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Originally Posted by qbt1990
The Kappa chapter at my school does that, although I think they are the only ones. I too was really happy I had a month to get to know ALL the older girls before we got bigs.
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Kappa Nationals requires all of our New Members to receive their Key Sisters (Bigs) within a few days of pledging. For me, there are pros and cons to this.
The con is that most of the older sisters and new members don't know each other yet, so it can be kind of a crap shoot in terms of assignment (though honestly, I've only ever seen it go truly badly once or twice... the standards committee knows the sisters pretty well and usually does an excellent job). Another part I don't like is that we can't do a big "Secret Week" like the other sororities on our campus do - those seem like a lot of fun! We still do something comparable during I-Week, but obviously you know who your Big is that that point. The flip side is that in my experience, those secret weeks can produce a lot of risk management issues (girls being blindfolded and led around, made to do tasks, etc.).
However the BIG pro is that you have a mentor and group of friends immediately upon joining. When I joined, I didn't know a soul in the sorority or in my pledge class and I was pretty intimidated. Getting my big gave me a lot more confidence and helped me find my place in the sisterhood. I would have had a much rougher time adjusting and understanding what was going on if I had been "afloat", so to speak. My Big was able to introduce me around to all the upperclassmen I would have been too shy to get to know on my own. It really faciliates immediate bonding between the upperclassmen and the new freshmen.
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