Joining late....

[ADPi-Jen]

I'm cuirous if anyone else here joined as an upperclassman (not a freshman). Do you feel like you missed out on anything? What were your experiences like?

Anyone join through COR? How long were you an alpha, how many other alphas were initated with you?

I joined through COR and since our chapter was the only NPC without a house and we were very small, & I was an RA in the dorms during the 1 year that I was on the Delta side of recruitment....I NEVER experienced formal recruitment.

I know that my experiences are so different (not better or worse- just different) from sisters in other chapters who boast 100's of active members at a time. I am lucky though that I could provide first and last name of all of my alpha class & deltas that were a head of me (and even behind me) as well as some individual info about each of them....


(just trying to spark some conversations....)

L&L
Jen

[nauadpi]

I did actually rush my freshman year but not till about a month in a half into school...I was bored one night...and adpi was having a cor event so I decided to go...by the end of the weekend I was going through alpha ceremony...But anyways...because that fall had such a small class from formal recruitment, it was decided to actually hold them back a few weeks and take the many girls that they were getting through cor and take everyone through at once...so in the end I was initiated with 13 other women...But we were not initiated till November cause of when people all joined and what not...but it worked out for the better...

I also know what you mean about knowing everyone in your chapter well...I look at my chapter which generally now sits around 50 members and I can tell you so much about each of them now...Which in turn actually can be a great selling point for our chapter during formal recruitment...

Ok...I am done with blathering for now....

[texas*princess]

I joined ADPi as an upperclassman!

I transferred schools right after my sophomore year and wasn't able to attend formal recruitment the week that it started. I thought I had completely missed out on the experience until I called the Greek office and heard some sororities on campus would be COR'ing during the Spring semester.

During my first semester there (fall 02) I did my share of observing the different groups on campus and met a couple girls from one house on campus, and I happened to meet an ADPi. The ADPi I met was so super sweet and so down-to-earth.. I was so excited when Spring semester started and they would be COR'ing that semester

Spring 03 semester rolled around and I went to the ADPi recruitment events. I was soooooo glad I did!! All the ladies I met were so sweet, nice & sincere and I felt at home! I was so excited because the night they came to deliver my bid I had no idea it was coming, so the surprise was incredible!

Spring 03 was my Alphaship, and I became a Delta this past April! I was initiated with 5 other awesome ladies!

So far I don't feel like I've missed out on anything.. I still have 3 more semesters to go before I graduate, and plan on making each and every one of them count with my sisters!! Another reason I don't feel like I've missed anything: Alpha Delta Pi is a lifelong commitment, I definately would like to take part in an alumnae association after I graduate !

[polarpi]

I joined as a upperclassman. I talked myself out of going through recruitment my freshman year, and on the bid day of that year, I knew I had made a mistake. I was hoping to go the same sorority as all my other friends (one who joined through formal, one who was CORed right after FR, and two others who were CORed in the fall), and was devastated when I was cut from them after the third round. I was really glad that I stuck with it, because I felt more at home with the ADPi's than I would have felt with the other sorority, and it was nice to have friends in that sorority and get to know their sisters while having my own sisters at the same time.

I joined with the largest Alpha class we've had (besides our colony)...12 women went through initiation together in February. I still remember everyone I initiated with, and am close friends with a few of them that I still talk to on a regular basis. My only regrets were not going through recruitment earlier, because I would have loved to know the sisters who graduated before I joined (and those who graduated the semester I joined) a lot better than I did.

I know also what it means to know the other members of the chapter really well. My chapter has been consistantly around 30 members or so, I think 40 has been the highest we've been (and campus total is 53). Being part of a smaller sorority allows for us to know each other really well, but at times you can have more conflicts with smaller chapters as well. I still love being with my sisters, but I am closer to some sisters rather than others (based on similar interests and personalities).

[valpogal99]

I also joined as an upperclassman. I transfered schools and had planned on joining a sorority my first year on campus. In fact, a RA in my dorm talked to me about her sorority (at that time they were all local) and I was really interested. Unfortunately, I let other people influence me and decided to wait and go through formal recruitment. When it came time for formal recruitment, I had so much going on and felt a little intimidated being older than the other girls so I decided not to rush. I was talking with a few friends of mine who had also transfered schools and we all were saying we wished we had joined a sorority. The next day I ran into my old RA and talked her about that conversation. She was so excited and invited us all to a COR event. We went and all had a great time. We were excited to get bids together to the local sorority Delta Chi Epsilon. We also had the privledge of joining at a time when all the locals were considering national organizations. We got to listen to all the sororities and met with a few that we had selected to consider for our sorority. It was kind of like rushing the national GLOs. It was a lot of fun and (in looking back) a great honor. I am very excited to have been a part of it. While I wish I would have joined the Sorority earlier, I am very glad I eventually joined. After all, it is never to late to find the bonds of sisterhood!

[ADPiSAI]

I just joined this past spring, the second semester of my 4th year (out of 5...). Before this year, I had absolutely no interest in joining a sorority, but meeting my sisters convinced me otherwise.


I think that the only thing I feel that I have missed is formal recruitment because I never went through it. I'll get to experience it this fall though, but never from the PNM point of view.

I was an Alpha for about a month and a half. I was initiated all by myself, which was an incredible experience. I was completely nervous and had noone else to share my worries, but I think that being the only one really added to how special and meaningful it was for me.

[ehope]

I rushed as a second semester sophomore and even though I wanted to rush as a freshman I'm glad I waited. I went through a year of college figuring it all out and I when I decided to go to recruitment I was there specfically because I knew I wanted to be there. It didn't hurt than one of my co-workers was an adpi who was a great representation of the sorority

Sounds cheesy, but I knew I was an adpi before I walked in the room the first night.