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Originally posted by PnguinTrax:
Every chapter has different expectations of their members, hence, some chapters may not vote to incorporate a transfer student into their chapter. In that case, the transfer student is consider an alumna/alumnus and participates in the local alumni chapter(s).
Barbara
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Good job, as always, Barbara, of explaining transfer situations!
Alpha Chi, like others posted here, also allows a member to choose if she will remain active (via tranfer of membership from her initiation chapter to the new chapter) or become an alumni. There are several reasons why a woman may choose the alum option - I personally know sisters who have gone alum because their grades have fallen and they transfer to another school to bring their grades up. I also know sisters who are initiated in one chapter (usually on a small campus where total is set at say 50) and then she transfers to a large college/univ where chapter total may be 250 or larger! There is a big difference between having an entire chapter of 50 girls, and a chapter that has 50 girls in a pledge class!
There are differences in every chapter, and even though I am an AXO sister, I may feel more comfortable with one chapter than another.
Reason for voting for affiliation...the "new" chapter may have NO IDEA of the circumstances regarding a sister's transfer. For example, an XYZ on my campus totally freaked out. She claimed that she was raped by several guys in a fraternity, that she was pregnant, and several other tales. Her sisters supported her 110% even to the point of a lawsuit. Then slowly but surely one lie gave way to another and the whole thing came crashing down. Everything she had said were lies. It hurt our greek system terribly (you can imagine the stigma of the fraternity even though the truth was finally revealed). The girl left school before any action could be brought against her. What do you know? She showed up at another college a few hours away the next semester and affiliated with the XYZ chapter there. Those girls had no idea what they were getting. Eventually everyone learned about her past and she ended up dropping out of the sorority.
This is why I am thankful that for our chapter, if a girl wants to affiliate, she must get a rec letter from her chapter and then is voted in accordingly.
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[This message has been edited by AXO Alum (edited September 24, 2000).]