Thanks! That was very informative.
So my understanding of the general procedure is (please correct me if I'm wrong, esp. with the terminology):
1. A woman decides she wants to join an NPHC sorority. (Or a man decides he wants to join an NPHC fraternity. I'll use the woman so I don't have to keep writing "he/she"
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2. She goes out and researches all 4 sororities. This includes meeting members and talking to them about their orgs, as well as using the internet (national and chapter web pages, resources like GC, etc). She reads up on their history, philanthropy, etc.
3. At the same time, she prepares herself by maintaining a good GPA (if in college) and by establishing a consistent record of community service.
4. After careful consideration, she chooses one and only one org to pursue. Let's call it XYZ.
5. She makes sure to learn everything she can about XYZ.
6. She identifies the appropriate chapter of XYZ and makes it known that she's interested. She participates in community service activities that they sponsor.
7. The XYZ chapter holds a rush/informational/whatever, and she attends. At this point there is no going back, it's XYZ or bust. She is expected to dress nicely, but it's a bad idea to show up dressed head-to-toe in pink and green, or red and white, etc.
8. She may or may not participate in an interview, depending on the chapter.
9. The chapter chooses new members by whatever (secret) process they have established.
10. The selected new members are contacted and are then officially on line.
11. At some point, everyone on the line crosses and they are then full members.
12. If this woman is not selected for membership, she can attend a subsequent XYZ rush. But it would be inappropriate for her to suddenly turn up at ABC's rush.
So - part of the NPC new member process is learning the history of your org, the founders' names etc. Am I right that an NPHC GLO new member would be expected to already know this information?
(whew, this got long
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