quick question-transfer

guardgirl88 · #1 10-03-2007, 06:38 PM

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AlphaFrog · #2 10-03-2007, 06:41 PM

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Originally Posted by guardgirl88

Because if I dont have a chance of being able to affliate, my decision to transfer to that school will change.

You are in school to get an education, not to be in a sorority.

Benzgirl · #3 10-03-2007, 06:53 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

You are in school to get an education, not to be in a sorority.

Listen to AlphaFrog!!!!

FSUZeta · #4 10-03-2007, 08:15 PM

chapters may accept transfer members wishing to affiliate at anytime-having pledged quota and being at or above total will not prevent the chapter from accepting the transferring member, however, many chapters like to have a "get acquainted" period to see if the member seeking to affiliate with them would be compatible with their membership.

AOII Angel · #5 10-03-2007, 08:20 PM

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Originally Posted by FSUZeta

chapters may accept transfer members wishing to affiliate at anytime-having pledged quota and being at or above total will not prevent the chapter from accepting the transferring member, however, many chapters like to have a "get acquainted" period to see if the member seeking to affiliate with them would be compatible with their membership.

I've always felt like this is crap. We don't expect alumnae to have a "get acquainted period" before joining an alum chapter, so why do we limit the rights of initiated members just because they weren't initiated at the chapter they are trying to join. Who cares if she isn't a great fit....she's a sister, and you should find a way to make a sister fit! Just my two cents.

UGAalum94 · #6 10-03-2007, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I've always felt like this is crap. We don't expect alumnae to have a "get acquainted period" before joining an alum chapter, so why do we limit the rights of initiated members just because they weren't initiated at the chapter they are trying to join. Who cares if she isn't a great fit....she's a sister, and you should find a way to make a sister fit! Just my two cents.

I tend to agree. Unless there's a standards issue or she wasn't fulfilling her obligations to her old chapter, I think it should be easy for girl to affiliate at a new chapter.

I understand that problems can arise when certain chapters are considered feeder chapters for more selective ones (girls choose to rush at one place with the intention of transferring after initiation). But if we're national or international groups, it seems lame to be anything other than fully welcoming to a sister who has been initiated into the group.

If we have wildly different standards for membership at one chapter versus another, how can we really regard ourselves as unified groups?

To the OP: I can't recommend letting your chances at affiliation guide your choice of schools, unless you are choosing between two academically equal schools and you are using affiliation chances as some sort of tiebreaker.

If that's the case, FSUZeta clarified that the group, in terms of NPC policy, can accept you even if they are over total and you ought to talk to your officers and get advice and then maybe start making contacts at the new chapter to see. They are the ones who will really get to decide how easy or hard it is for you to become a full, included member of their chapter.

33girl · #7 10-04-2007, 09:55 AM

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Originally Posted by AOII Angel

I've always felt like this is crap. We don't expect alumnae to have a "get acquainted period" before joining an alum chapter, so why do we limit the rights of initiated members just because they weren't initiated at the chapter they are trying to join. Who cares if she isn't a great fit....she's a sister, and you should find a way to make a sister fit! Just my two cents.

Yeah, I used to think that too, until I heard about the people who join a small chapter they have no intention of staying at, just so they can get in the large prominent chapter through the "back door." You're in effect screwing over TWO chapters, and if a sorority's had it happen a lot, I can understand why the "get acquainted" rules were put in place.

I think that the not fitting happens at alum chapters too, and I think that way too many times, rather than everyone working together, people either 1) drop out of being involved completely or 2) start a new chapter when it would be better to have one big strong one rather than a bunch of smaller ones. #2 drives me nuts, but it might just be something specific to my GLO.

FSUZeta · #8 10-03-2007, 08:35 PM

you don't owe any of us here an explanation.

glad i could help. good luck with whatever decision you make!

texas*princess · #9 10-03-2007, 08:47 PM

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Originally Posted by guardgirl88

ok thanks, thats all I needed to know.
i'm actually an alumnae right now since the school that I am at is not at this campus so I would like to get back into my sorority. I am getting a good education, and this school has what I need, but so does the other school and its closer to home.

Can alum members become active again?

Benzgirl · #10 10-03-2007, 08:56 PM

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Can alum members become active again?

Not in our sorority.

Case in point...when a recolonization occurs, the former actives go alum. The sorority recolonizes, and the pledges become the only actives. Now, alum can be invited to social events, such as formals, but can't actively participate in recruitment, greek week functions, etc.

lilzetakitten · #11 10-03-2007, 10:53 PM

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Can alum members become active again?

They can in ZTA, but you have to go through A LOT of paperwork. There's actually a girl in my chapter right now who was initiated into our chapter, transferred to another school without Zeta, making her an alum, then she came back. She had to fill out a whole lot of paperwork with IO, but she was able to get collegiate status back.

lauralaylin · #12 10-04-2007, 01:37 PM

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Originally Posted by texas*princess

Can alum members become active again?

In Alpha Phi they can. For example, we are colonizing at UConn right now, and there are two sisters from other chapters that have transfered there. They are a part of the new chapter now.

We also allow our members to become alums if they transfer before graduating. A sister from my chapter transfered to another school after her freshman year and immediately joined the local alum chapter and took a position in it.

AOII Angel · #13 10-03-2007, 08:55 PM

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Originally Posted by guardgirl88

im only an alum because the school I am at now doesnt have my GLO. I'm not sure if i am really one, i've just heard that if you transfer to a school that doesnt have your org you automatically hold alum status.

I think this is true for AOII. I wonder if every NPC has the same rule. If you are at a campus with an active chapter and you have not graduated, you can join the chapter.

texas*princess · #14 10-03-2007, 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by guardgirl88

im only an alum because the school I am at now doesnt have my GLO. I'm not sure if i am really one, i've just heard that if you transfer to a school that doesnt have your org you automatically hold alum status.

Gotcha. Yea, if you were initiated at Uni#1, and transferred to Uni#2 that didn't have your GLO, I'm pretty sure most all NPC sororities would make you alum.

However, I could be wrong on this, and it may vary from GLO to GLO, I don't know if the alum status can be "reversed" if you transfer to Uni#3 and that school has your GLO.

That might be something to ask your Exec Board or HQ of your GLO.

rhoyaltempest · #15 10-03-2007, 09:20 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

You are in school to get an education, not to be in a sorority.

This is true but not everyone cares a great deal about WHERE they go to school just as long as they are in school or just as long as they attend a good school. So why not transfer to a school that has your organization on campus? This is how some people think and I don't think there's anything wrong with it. We all joined our organizations because we obviously wanted more than just the educational experience that college has to offer. That's the truth.