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Old 06-19-2018, 07:47 AM
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I was a new member of a sorority but wasn’t initiated and I really want my membership back. I was “kicked out” because of some not so great behavior by these two ladies who really didn’t like me. They only made me return my bid day shirt and they let me keep everything else. When I tried logging into the website, a profile for me comes up but the initiation info is blank. Am I still somewhere between being a member and a non initiate? Even though I’m older could I rejoin? I did’nt finish my 4 yr degree as I chose another path but I loved that sorority and don’t want to let it go. Any advice please??
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Ex sorority girl who need some help.
Actually, this post brings to mind something I read very recently about the worthiness of the term "pledge" and the misleading nature of using the term "new member". #bringbackpledging #abolishnewmemberterminology

Sigh. OK, assuming this is NPC and not another group:

You are not an "Ex sorority girl". You're not in limbo at all. Your association with a sorority was severed during your "new member period". FYI, for others reading, it is fairly easy for either side (new member or sorority) to terminate during a "new member period" for virtually any reason at all, including "not so great behavior" (was it your behavior, or the two ladies who really didn't like you who exhibited the behavior? I can't tell from the way that sentence is constructed). After initiation, not easy at all for the sorority to terminate a member.

A non-initiate is a non-member. That's where you are. Now stating the obvious: did you contact the headquarters of the sorority with your question? Because that's the best place for an official answer.

IMO, that sorority membership ship sailed away, probably a long time ago. ETA: in your first post on GC you self-identified as "GPhi and Beta Sigma Phi" so I'm a little curious about that. Please tell me you're not misrepresenting yourself as an alumna of Gamma Phi Beta. That would not be good. At all.
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Old 06-19-2018, 08:29 AM
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Oh dear. You did not.

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Hi Gphi & Beta Sigma Phi here.

Hi Gphi & Beta Sigma Phi here.
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Old 06-19-2018, 05:46 PM
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As AZTheta wrote, you're not a member, i.e., you were never initiated. You were, what we called back in the day, a pledge and you were then "de-pledged" by your chapter. "New member" is the fancy term for pledge.

As far as joining the sorority you were pledged to, that ship is sailed, to quote AZTheta again...a chapter that released you from any level of membership (even if you had been initiated) is not going to take you back.

You could re-rush next year at your current school or at a transfer school. You would be cut immediately from the chapter that de-pledged you, I strongly suspect, so I wouldn't get your hopes up for that one.
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