Recruitment Advice - Transfer

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

Hi all!

I just transfered from my old university to my newer one and am unsure if I am able to go through NPC formal recruitment this semester. I am interested in Greek Life here and I am pretty sure that I am able to join since SPS is not a traditional sorority and such. However, I am unsure. I do not plan on letting anyone know I was in SPS because it is nontheirbuisness

Also, i would like to note that there is currently no Greek Advisor at this institution. There are 6 NPC chapters though.

THANKS ALL!!!

There you go... let's start the relationship out with lying, because that is what withholding the truth is. That's a good start.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

I just want to put my past behind me, love SPS but I don't want it to hurt my chances

According to the Swing Phi Swing web site, members are not allowed to be members of any other social sorority.

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by Barbie's_Rush

According to the Swing Phi Swing web site, members are not allowed to be members of any other social sorority.

It's not necessarily that clear (the wording isn't), but I'd hazard a guess that you're right.

OP, you first should double check with someone in the know because it sounds like you cannot be a member of both. Even if we're mistaken, starting off by being withholding isn't ideal. Assuming that being a member of SPS would hurt you (and personally I'm not sure how it would, unless you were attempting to participate in both at the same time, which would turn into a time management issue), I'm willing to bet your being deceptive about your membership would be a much bigger issue.

[FleurGirl]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

right. Thank you all for that help. I have seen threads here where if someone asks for advice they are just pushed away and mocked. this is greatly appreciated

What you're asking is not really something we can answer. You have to either figure it out through SPS or take it up with the recruitment chairs/advisor for each of the NPC sororities. It may well be that it's simply not an option. In all fairness, I have seen people react as you have many times when they don't get the answer they want. Someone took the time to look at the SPS site for you; instead of getting defensive, why not ask where they saw that?

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

right. Thank you all for that help. I have seen threads here where if someone asks for advice they are just pushed away and mocked. this is greatly appreciated

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

I didn't get defensive at all! Even if i can't join because of SPS I'm sure there is a way around it

Phi_Delta/408

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

I didn't get defensive at all! Even if i can't join because of SPS I'm sure there is a way around it

I just. No.

Not going there.

It's (almost) Christmas.

[AZTheta]

Hey Drolefille! Merry Christmas to you!

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by AzTheta

Hey Drolefille! Merry Christmas to you!

Hey! Wait, did you get me a troll for Christmas?

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

I just. No.

Not going there.

It's (almost) Christmas.

Getting ready for the "omg I had to transfer because of the tragic death of my entire family and their last words on their collective death bed were that their only dream for my future was to transfer schools and join an NPC sorority and Swing Phi Swing said they would totally make an exception for me because I am such a special snowflake" story in 5 .... 4 ..... 3 ......

Even when I try to be nice they end up bringing the snark out to play. Why do I even bother?

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

Hey! Wait, did you get me a troll for Christmas?

Me? *scuffs toe in dirt*

awwwwwww. You peeked!

ETA: Barbie, you were lovely. It really isn't about you; it can't read and is punctuation challenged, to boot. Merry Christmas to you too!

[Alumiyum]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

I didn't get defensive at all! Even if i can't join because of SPS I'm sure there is a way around it

That attitude will in no way impress those NPC members. Find out what SPS's rule is for certain, and respect it.

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

The sororities I'm interested in say that to join you can't be in a NPC or a NPHC or a local sorority.

SPS says that you can't be in another social fellowship to JOIN

so I'm in the clear because I already joined SPS and SPS isn't NPC or NPHC or local

So you checked directly with Swing Phi Swing nationals and they got right back to you on that over Christmas break. How responsive they are!

[Barbie's_Rush]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

I don't have to check with them, it says so on the website. SPS can't be a member of another social to JOIN. It doesn't say what I can do after I join...

And I am sure they would do the happy dance if someone joined an NPC after becoming a member. Dual membership simply isn't allowed before becoming a member.

No one wants a sister who's constantly looking for potential loopholes to get out of the vows she took to another organization. Good luck with recruitment.

[DrPhil]

Swing Phi Swing isn't even part of the sorority equation on most campuses--even some HBCUs--so a lot of people don't notice them until the assert themselves via stepshows and stroll competitions. They are widely held as a non-GLO that does philanthropy and has a history of "fun."

From their website:
"We do not accept members who currently belong to a Greek-letter sorority. However, academic business or service fraternity membership is allowed."

Honestly, it is very rare for a Greek-letter sorority member (usually NPHC) to even want to be a Swing Phi Swing.

Whatever the case, it is more important whether an NPC (this is the first time this topic hasn't dealt with NPHC) sorority would accept a member of Swing Phi Swing. It's not important what Swing Phi Swing would accept. She's already a Swing. We typically have Swings and sweethearts trying to become members. It would really suck if all NPC and NPHC sororities don't accept Swings. Imagine living your life relegated to Swing for sorority membership, regardless of whether you became a Swing in college or alumnae (funny).

God bless them for what they do in the community, though.

[Senusret I]

Originally Posted by SwingPhiSwinggg

I'll let you know how it turns out! Thanks for the help