Is it normal to regret which sorority you joined?

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Originally Posted by thetalady

I may be splitting hairs pretty finely, but I do think that when a woman becomes an alum early can differ, depending on the organization.

I believe that some groups do not confer alum status on women who have transferred until their gratuating class has completed 4 years. So if you are initiated as a freshman, you are not an alum until your class has graduated in 4 years.

By doing it that way, if a woman transfers away from her original school, she becomes inactive/ unaffiliated or whatever they specifically call it. Then if she transfers a second time to a school that has a chapter of the organization, she is still eligible for active status. Make sense?

With the varied sorority representatives that have written in this thread, someone who is a sorority sister of the OP might have explained the alumna status process to her in the thread. If not, maybe they will. I also think that is why most of us use the caveat "most, often, sometimes" when we are involved in a general discussion. We know our sorority policy and realize that others might have different procedures.

From my experience, both as a collegian and an alumnae advisor, I advised the OP to find out her sorority's policy from an advisor to her chapter or consult with someone at her sorority's headquarters. I have found that at times the collegiate officers(or roommate) give the wrong information. Either they don't bother to consult their officer membership manuals, or they think they know the proper procedure when they actually do not.