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I know of this arising in two situations.... One in the early 90's, the other in the mid 90s.
In the early 90s, a young lady from the coast pledged Tri-Delta at MS State and transferred her sophomore year to USM. She affiliated after a semester and the love was mutual. It is always possible that she just wanted to be closer to home... but, rumor was a bit different (maybe, her not transferring in after fall semester fueled the rumors; back in the days we were not initiated until one full semester of pledging).
In the mid 90s, a young lady's mother sent her to pledge a certain chapter at USM, because mom was concerned that she would not be offered a bid at Auburn or UAL. This was very important as her father was a big wig at UAL and mom was a social butterfly. Please keep in mind that they are good people and a very old southern family. I am not telling this story for criticism, which is hard if you do not have an understanding of old southern families.
She was given a list of four/five acceptable chapters all of which are top chapters in AL. She pledged a chapter that is considered top tier in AL, but not so at USM... then decided she loved USM and was going to stay, but not within the chapter she pledged. So she depledged prior to initiation and went through formal rush a second time.
As far fetched as this may be.... it is a very true story... however, I always wondered why she left her first chapter... so I asked her one night and that is the story I got! And for all you PNMs who are going through rush a second time do not fear... Her second time, she was only cut from three chapters. (However, she still had her list)! Of course this was also an example of very involved/connected alums calling everyday... at first I thought it was just our chapter, but I quickly found out mom's friends were in many GLOs.
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