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Originally Posted by naraht
With all of the changes that have happened over the last 20 years that have shortened the pledging period at various groups, I'm wondering what the longest pledging period is at this time. Alpha Phi Omega (service fraternity) has 6 to 10 weeks as part of the National Pledging Standards (If the school says it has to be shorter it is)
Are there Fraternities and Sororities where it is longer than 10 weeks?
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My own fraternity, it sort of depends on when we feel they're ready. I saw one group go 9 months or so, but that included the summer.
I've heard of a story where a guy had come back to a chapter and noticed that the pledges that were there when he left, were still pledges a year later...and that there were even newer pledges. The pledge trainer said that the chapter stated that they were going to only initiate five people from that pledge class and that there was still 6 left over, someone had to drop out before they'd be initiated. Whether or not that's true, I don't know.
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