[HotDamnImAPhiMu]

I am in the same situation. Phi Mu does not recognize "5th Year Alumna Status" or anything of that nature -- the idea being, you are a Phi Mu for life, and if you're still on campus, you should be trying to contribute to the sorority as long as you are able.

I left school last year for a number of reasons, and will be "blue forming" later this year (a form which "makes" you alum without actually going through the ceremony. For the record, I wish I'd gotten to do the ceremony! The form is, of course, blue.) I intend to go back to school in about a year, but I will already be an alumna.

I don't plan on reactivating as a collegiate for many reasons -- some of which being, by that point, I'll be 24, and have very different priorities than some of my new 17 year old sisters.

I do feel, however, that I can contribute in MANY ways to Phi Mu as an alumna attending a college with a collegiate chapter. It's not Phi Mu or Not Phi Mu. It's just a matter of Collegiate Phi Mu or Alumna Phi Mu.

You obviously know Alpha Xi Delta is for life. Maybe now it's just a matter of figuring out how you can best serve Alpha Xi and how Alpha Xi can best help you.