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KD generally says you have to be out of college for i think 2 years before you can be on an advisory board, but in my case that was waived because it wasn't my chapter I was going to be advising and because it was a recolonzied chapter and they essentially needed to get a board together for the chapter. I'm also in grad school, and it can take up a good amount of time, but I've found I can juggle pretty well. I'm the Panhellenic advisor, so it's not as much a strain on my time as it would be if I was the chairperson or the Membership advisor or something like that. So far I've found that being fairly close in age to the chapter members has actually been a benefit - because the collegiate experience was recent for me, I can relate well to the chapter members, but because I am an alum, there is that respect there as well. It may be a tricky balance but so far it's worked, and I think it's a great experience!
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