Sophomore rush at a&m

[DubaiSis]

good eye AzTheta! I had a whole thing written and then realized the OP never said the roommate wasn't happy with her AChiO experience, just that she wants to change schools. She may not have been aware of the possibility of affiliation, and thought she'd have to start over. To save everyone who isn't familiar with A&M (as I'm not) there is also an AChiO chapter at A&M.

But all the above applies. She could initiate and transfer and hope for the best, but I'd definitely do some research first.

Just looking at the numbers from the NPC recruitment thread, it looks like they have a proportionally large upper classmen quota so she'd probably have a reasonably good shot at going through again. Unfortunately it doesn't list total or even the recruitment results for AChiO so we don't know the (strictly numbers based, since that's all we have to go on) likelihood of affiliation.

Straying a little off subject, but concerning affiliation, other than the super competitive schools, how common is it to not allow a sister to affiliate? We had a sister affiliate and we were thrilled to have her, but I'm wondering about other chapter situations and how selective they actually are, regardless of the rules.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Straying a little off subject, but concerning affiliation, other than the super competitive schools, how common is it to not allow a sister to affiliate? We had a sister affiliate and we were thrilled to have her, but I'm wondering about other chapter situations and how selective they actually are, regardless of the rules.

We addressed this in another thread just a few weeks ago, but it depends on the campus. Large "collector" schools - where it's not uncommon to have students transfer from junior colleges or different schools - may have a lot of transfers so it's not uncommon. And it depends on the sorority. For instance, last time I counted, Phi Mu had 9 chapters in Alabama, so they would potentially have LOTS of transfers moving around. Alpha Xi Delta has 2 chapters at Alabama schools, so there are fewer AZDs to transfer.

And then you get into the issue of girls pledging ABC at Little College just so they can transfer to Big U and join ABC there, which happens to be the Big Sorority On Campus. Some sororities may require all their chapters to accept all transfers, but many let the chapters decide. So if you're an ABC at Little College, you may find that ABC at Big U will smile sweetly but not invite you to join.

Plus, the chapter at Big U may be totally different from Small College. If you transfer, affiliate, and hate the chapter at Big U, you're stuck. You'd have to resign the sorority to get out of the situation.

I always suggest that a transfer visit the chapter at the new school and get to know some members a little before actually affiliating.