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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
There is also some reluctancy to get involved if you move somewhere after graduation with which you aren't familiar.
Example: If you are a former chapter president from Small College in PA (where every single alumna in the area is from your chapter), and you relocate to Big Southern Town post-graduation (where everyone is from Big Southern University), you may be reluctant to get involved because everyone comes from a Big Southern University frame of reference and that is SO different from your college experience.
Not everyone is good at just jumping into alumnae life in a place that's culturally different. It takes time.
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Aaaand that would be me.
I was SUPER involved as an undergrad and I was really psyched to be involved as an alum too. But I moved across the country to a new city where the vast majority of the alums are from one of the few chapters in the area, which are very different from mine. They're really nice women, but I went to the first few events and I haven't been back because I had pretty much zero in common with them besides our letters. Most of them were already friends with each other from undergrad and I was too intimidated to try to break in. I knew everyone in my chapter and I'm still very invested in what happens with them, but I guess I'm just not really feeling it on a national level at this point in my life... which I was surprised by since I loved the national-scale events I attended as an undergrad.
Actually, it was really heart-breaking for me, especially since I really miss my sisters and I've had trouble meeting people here. But I just don't think alumna involvement is in the cards for me here. I would still love to advise and maybe get involved as a regional officer someday, but nationals requires that I be at least 2 years out of undergrad before I can do any of that. Oh well.