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I'm confused....
I've never really thought about the fact that I don't really know all the of the IFC rules regarding depledging/dissafiliated/etc. and joining another house later.
With PNC sororities, you can pledge one house, and as long as you 'depledge' before initiation, you have to wait one calendar year and then you can join another house. This is a Panhellenic rule to protect the member sororities. The key here is that you've never been initiated into one organization, therefore knowing all their secrets, and then initiate into another.
I know plenty of people on my campus, both men and women, who had pledged another house, but left before initiation and then joined (and stuck with) another house. There's not much stigma against those who've left one organization and want to rush again: usually it's just understood that they found their former house didn't match as well as they thought.
Sometimes people climb the ladder when they trade in one house for another, sometimes they are genuinely looking for a better fit. One of the girls in my house pledged another organization freshman year, but then depledged because it lacked the kind of sisterhood she wanted. She's one of the coolest, sweetest girls I know, and we were happy to bid her.
Anyway... so is the fraternity system less cut-and-dry? It seems odd to me that IFC would allow someone to initiate and know all the 'secrets' of more than one house.
Could someone clarify the initiation thing?
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