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Originally Posted by 33girl
Crashing, because I have a dumb question (because my sorority has a chapter there too):
Do these girls know when they join that they'll be transferring after two years? I thought the only reason chapters got chartered at Behrend in the first place by any groups was because the majority of the students were going to be there all 4 years since it had some special majors that Main Campus does not.
Do people start going there with the intention of being there for one of the aforementioned special majors and then end up changing their major? Or are people just using Behrend like it's one of the other branches? I thought that was a no-no and just hard in general (i.e. getting into Behrend is not like getting into a garden variety branch campus).
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Sorry for the double-post, but...
In my experience, I've come across many different situations when it comes to girls transferring. I started out my college career intending to go into Plastics Engineering - a major only offered at Behrend (and maybe 12 other colleges in the U.S.!).. I quickly decided to change to Aerospace Engineering - which I'd only be able to finish at the main campus. When I started going through recruitment, this was still my intention and my chapter knew this. However, I decided to change my major once again (and eventually - after a few more changes of heart - ended up in Political Science) and didn't transfer.
I don't know that I've ever really thought about the percentage of people that transfer from Behrend to the main campus vs. other campus' students transferring there, but I would have to guess that it is significantly less. However, it does still happen within the sororities.
I've seen girls join a sorority in their second semester of school and know that they're going to transfer in a year and a half... I've seen girls join the semester before they're transferring... I've known girls who thought they were going to stay at Behrend, then decide at the last minute they're going to leave.. basically, I've seen it all.
The thing to remember is that, for the most part, the chapters haven't been at, or near total, sometimes for many semesters at a time - which is a whole different discussion that we won't get into right now
So when you have 15 spots, and 10 girls you want to bid, 2 of which you KNOW are planning to transfer to the main campus, you take them. It's not like at other schools where there is extreme competition for a certain number of spots.