Picking up a little

[Alpha O]

Like everyone has said, it really depends on your chapter and how they prioritize getting littles. In my experience, most chapters prioritize having sophomores and juniors as big sisters so that the new members have more time to bond with their Bigs. I'd recommend talking to your chapter's New Member Educator and leadership about how they are planning to match up Bigs and Littles.

Factors other than grade level that would influence whether seniors could get littles would be when recruitment takes place and the size of the new member class. If your school has recruitment in the Fall, I could see a possibility of seniors getting Littles. However, if your school has deferred recruitment, I think that there wouldn't be much of a point in having seniors be Big Sisters since they're graduating at the end of the semester. Additionally, if there is an overwhelming number of new members, some seniors may get a chance to be Bigs or some girls who are Bigs could take twins. Likewise, if there are more sorority members who want to be Big Sisters than there are new members, then the process of becoming a Big will likely be more competitive.

Some GLOs give their colony members "twins." This happens when colony members get matched up with someone else in their pledge class to do Big/Little-type things. That is one way that older members can still feel as if they're getting a Big/Little experience and being part of a family within the chapter. To my knowledge, this occurs in the colonization semester.

I don't know if I should mention this, as I've only heard of this happening once, but, technically, just as there is a possibility of a Big Sister getting "twin" Littles, it could be decided that a Little Sister could get "twin" Bigs. It is technically possible to pair the seniors who want to be Big Sisters up with a younger sister to be "twin" Bigs. I thought this was a pretty creative solution, but, like I said, I've only heard of this happening in a special situation at one chapter so don't get your hopes up.

Lastly, even if you don't end up technically being a Big Sister, that doesn't mean that you won't have the opportunity to get to know the new members and form deep friendships with them that can last your whole lives. Whether you form friendships that you maintain after graduation with current and new members is completely up to you.