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In terms of lifetime membership:

There is also a level of burnout among collegians depending on their chapter size and issues their chapter had. Example: If you were in a really small chapter that required everyone to hold an office, and were President for two years, VP for one, and Membership Recruitment Director for one, you are most likely not going to jump into an alumna chapter or involvement right away.

I have been FAR more active as an alumna than I ever was as a collegian. I joined as a second semester sophomore and was only active for 2.5 years. I was heavily involved in another org and really only held chair positions in Sigma.

Since becoming an alumna in 2006, I have held a regional or national level volunteer position and attended Convention and Volunteer Summit twice, and have had NO period of inactivity.

I think that my alumna involvement is largely due to me NOT being a Sigma all four years of college. I just didn't have the time to become as burned out as some of the women who were "all Sigma all the time" for four years.

This is also why I am a proponent of chapters considering upperclassmen whenever possible. Some of our strongest and most active alumnae women weren't Sigmas all four years of college. Sophomores and juniors can be some real diamonds in the rough.