If once a pledge @ one fraternity, am I still able to join another after transfer?

[Jestor]

Like a lot of other guys and like the situation you indicated, I pledged a fraternity, then de-pledged because I transferred to another school, where I joined a different fraternity.

So as long as you don't initiate, you're fine.

[DSTCHAOS]

I'm just getting the point that "depledge" refers to disassociating after accepting a bid but BEFORE becoming initiated. I thought it was a post-initiation disaffiliation so I was going to ask why any chapter would accept a de-pledger.

[Tom Earp]

Because another GLO can, as they were not initiated but only recruited to be a possible Full member.

[noobishactz]

Finding out what happens after pleding is probally why you can pledge one but as long as your not initiated join another. It is once your initiated you learn all the secrets of the said fraternity. Where as a pledge you are only learning what you need to know to be initiated such as the history of the fraternity and some minor details.

[gruber]

I'd highly suggest waiting until you find out for sure where you're going to be.

As everyone else has said if you pledge fraternity X, your a brother of X & no other fraternity can accept you (well social anyway - you could join an honors or service fraternity (such as Phi Sigma Pi or Alpha Phi Omega, some are as active as social fraternities).

If your new school doesn't have a chapter of X your kind of stuck (of course you could always work on starting one).

Another reason to wait, is it'd be better to be pledged & inducted into the chapter that you'll be spending most of your time with. You'll be learning about the tradition, history, etc of a chapter your not going to be part of. Plus some fraternities may have requirements that you need to be a brother for y semesters after your inducted or you cant pledge.

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by gruber

I'd highly suggest waiting until you find out for sure where you're going to be.

As everyone else has said if you pledge fraternity X, your a brother of X & no other fraternity can accept you (well social anyway - you could join an honors or service fraternity (such as Phi Sigma Pi or Alpha Phi Omega, some are as active as social fraternities).

If your new school doesn't have a chapter of X your kind of stuck (of course you could always work on starting one).

Another reason to wait, is it'd be better to be pledged & inducted into the chapter that you'll be spending most of your time with. You'll be learning about the tradition, history, etc of a chapter your not going to be part of. Plus some fraternities may have requirements that you need to be a brother for y semesters after your inducted or you cant pledge.

gruber,

sorry to disagree with you on this.

There is a big difference in Association(Pledgeing) and being Initiated in to a Greek Organization.

You can leave anytime during association and still be recruited by another NIC Organization. But upon Initiation, while there have been a very few, normally you are a member of that Organization period.

[gruber]

Hey man... Yeah, sorry my bad. Mind must have been some place else. Pledging and being initiated are two totally different things. I was going with completing the pledge period & becoming a brother (which are of course two different events).

I dont know how to answer the question, if other GLO's would be cool with you pledging another, droping out before you became a brother & joined another. I'd assume given your situation there's not much they could do. Plus you'd have a small leg up - you'd already know the greek alphabet, etc (things that are "generic" to any fraternity)...

I def' wouldnt do it too often, as brothers might begin to question if you are really committed to the idea of joining a fraternity or if you just plan on keep bouncing around.

But we have accepted a couple ex-pledges from another fraternity into our group this semester, so it is possible to do...