This May Sound Dumb....

[ziasha07]

.... But could somebody please explain the steps to becoming a soror? I keep reading all these terms (rush, bid day, pledge, formal/informal recruitment, initiation...) and I get it, but then again I don't. Could someone just explain what order they go in and a brief description of what they actually are?

Originally Posted by ziasha07

.... But could somebody please explain the steps to becoming a soror? I keep reading all these terms (rush, bid day, pledge, formal/informal recruitment, initiation...) and I get it, but then again I don't. Could someone just explain what order they go in and a brief description of what they actually are?

The terms you listed (rush, bid day, pledge, etc.) are ones used in NPC (National Panhellenic Conference) recruitment. There are 26 NPC sororities.

I'm assuming you're wondering about the 4 NPHC sororities (National Pan-Hellenic Council), as "soror" is used more commonly by their members.

Since that's the case,
www.aka1908.org
www.deltasigmatheta.org
www.sgrho1922.org/
www.zphib1920.org

You might also want to pay attention to the stickied posts in their individual GC forums if you have questions pertaining to membership

[litAKAtor]

Originally Posted by OTW

I'm assuming you're wondering about the 4 NPHC sororities (National Pan-Hellenic Council), as "soror" is used more commonly by their members.

Since that's the case,
www.aka1908.org
www.deltasigmatheta.org
www.sgrho1922.org/
www.zphib1920.org

You might also want to pay attention to the stickied posts in their individual GC forums if you have questions pertaining to membership

Please pay close attention to these!

[Akception]

Originally Posted by litAKAtor

Please pay close attention to these!

I'm with you soror, please pay attention to the sororities of the NPHC... start studying ...

[agzg]

Originally Posted by OTW

The terms you listed (rush, bid day, pledge, etc.) are ones used in NPC (National Panhellenic Conference) recruitment. There are 26 NPC sororities.

I'm assuming you're wondering about the 4 NPHC sororities (National Pan-Hellenic Council), as "soror" is used more commonly by their members.

Since that's the case,
www.aka1908.org
www.deltasigmatheta.org
www.sgrho1922.org/
www.zphib1920.org

You might also want to pay attention to the stickied posts in their individual GC forums if you have questions pertaining to membership

I don't think they're still in there. There's a section on NPC, if I remember correctly, but I don't think it lists them all just a general how-to on handling PHC and whatnot.

I used the early 2000 edition when I was a NM... and I used the most updated version when I was NMC with my girls.

I do, however, love fraternity education and I could do it all day.

[ziasha07]

26? How can you even remember all of them?

And yes, I was referring to the NPHC.

Thank you for the links.

Originally Posted by ziasha07

26? How can you even remember all of them?

And yes, I was referring to the NPHC.

Thank you for the links.

I can't speak for my NPC sisters, but I learned and memorized them during my Fraternity Education program.

Remembering them is no different from knowing the alphabet.

[lyrica9]

Originally Posted by OTW

I can't speak for my NPC sisters, but I learned and memorized them during my Fraternity Education program.

Remembering them is no different from knowing the alphabet.

my experience is that these days not everyone (collegians) even know there are 26 groups, much less what they all are.

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by lyrica9

my experience is that these days not everyone (collegians) even know there are 26 groups, much less what they all are.

I learned there were 26 but I never learned all of their names. I could probably have come up with 15 of them in undergrad and all 26 now (with a bit of thought) that I've been on GC.

[AngelPhiSig]

I did all 26 as an undergrad for our national NPC rep... she was impressed

[AlexMack]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I learned there were 26 but I never learned all of their names. I could probably have come up with 15 of them in undergrad and all 26 now (with a bit of thought) that I've been on GC.

Same here. If I thought about it now and wrote them down I think I could do all 26 but it wasn't in my new member education. OTOH, I rocked the hell out of my new member education test before initiation scoring a 99.5. Damn you omicron! The one missing letter!

[BetteDavisEyes]

Originally Posted by lyrica9

my experience is that these days not everyone (collegians) even know there are 26 groups, much less what they all are.

I had to know all 26 during my education experience into SK but I know not every group does this. I actually met a very nice woman recently at work who is a member of an NPC GLO. When we started talking about the GLO's at our respective alma maters, she had not heard of some of the one's I mentioned. I was frankly stunned b/c there are very well known & respected GLO's yet she did not have a clue who they were OR that there are 26 NPC GLO's.

Can you imagine the look on my face when she actually asked me who XYZ and ABC were?

[CutiePie2000]

Originally Posted by ziasha07

.... But could somebody please explain the steps to becoming a soror?

Could some BGLO ladies please explain how the NPHC sorority recruitment process happens?

[Buttonz]

I knew all 26 but it wasn't a must when I went through it. When I became NME I made my girls know at leats 10 or so of them, because I knew not a single one would have gotten all 26 down correctly...althoug hI have to say some of them really surprised me

[AlphaFrog]

I didn't know that there were 26 NPCs until I came to GC the semester after I initiated.