Can someone maybe answer this?

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Alumnae involvement is a great part of my life and I would highly recommend it. And except for the snottypants comments above I think you will find several national GLO's who would love to have you. Every one has a website and I'm sure a way for you to ask questions about the process.

As far as what you do or do not know, I think it's completely unrealistic to expect her to know all the lingo, especially when the lingo changes over time and varies by campus and part of the country.

An "active" is a collegiate member who is actively participating in the college chapter. She is in college and in good standing with the chapter (grades, financial, etc.). This is as opposed to an alumna who is a member of the organization but not an active member of the college chapter. This is the group into which you would initiate. My sorority initiates alumnae into a special chapter, so you are not affiliated directly with a college chapter. But I think this varies widely by sorority.

Best of luck to you. Disregard the snarkyness. Unfortunately the reputation of sorority girls being mean and bitchy comes from real people and is just dumped on the rest of us.

You realize the OP is from 2008, right? I doubt she's still hanging around.

ETA: The OP was also given good advice in another thread she started, so there's a reason for the responses in this one. Don't be so quick to call people bitches when you don't know what's going on.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Alumnae involvement is a great part of my life and I would highly recommend it. And except for the snottypants comments above I think you will find several national GLO's who would love to have you. Every one has a website and I'm sure a way for you to ask questions about the process.

Do you plan to sponsor the OP for alumna initiation into your sorority?

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

Alumnae involvement is a great part of my life and I would highly recommend it. And except for the snottypants comments above I think you will find several national GLO's who would love to have you. Every one has a website and I'm sure a way for you to ask questions about the process.

As far as what you do or do not know, I think it's completely unrealistic to expect her to know all the lingo, especially when the lingo changes over time and varies by campus and part of the country.

An "active" is a collegiate member who is actively participating in the college chapter. She is in college and in good standing with the chapter (grades, financial, etc.). This is as opposed to an alumna who is a member of the organization but not an active member of the college chapter. This is the group into which you would initiate. My sorority initiates alumnae into a special chapter, so you are not affiliated directly with a college chapter. But I think this varies widely by sorority.

Best of luck to you. Disregard the snarkyness. Unfortunately the reputation of sorority girls being mean and bitchy comes from real people and is just dumped on the rest of us.

Correction: In (insert council) sororities, an "active" is a collegiate member....

Just wanted to point out that things are different among different councils and can even vary between different orgs. We shouldn't assume that the poster is only interested in sororities within a certain council. In the NPHC for example, an active member is a financial member, can be undergrad or alumnae.

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by rhoyaltempest

Correction: In (insert council) sororities, an "active" is a collegiate member....

Just wanted to point out that things are different among different councils and can even vary between different orgs. We shouldn't assume that the poster is only interested in sororities within a certain council. In the NPHC for example, an active member is a financial member, can be undergrad or alumnae.

That is 100 percent true. I know in my fraternity the terms active for undergrads is discouraged. This is because we expect all brothers, undergraduate or alumni to be active in the fraternity.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by OTW

My organization also does not use "actives." You're either a collegian or an alumna.

Same here.

[MysticCat]

Ditto for us -- you're a collegiate brother or an alumnus brother.

[Psi U MC Vito]

We use the term undergraduate, but collegian would make more sense considering you can be an undergraduate member as a graduate student.

[rhoyaltempest]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

We use the term undergraduate, but collegian would make more sense considering you can be an undergraduate member as a graduate student.

For us it's not about being a grad student. When you graduate from undergrad, you are expected to transfer to a grad/alumnae chapter.

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Jen

Who says it's peeing? =)

By the look on his face, that's actually what I thought.

[icelandelf]

I do not know how I missed this thread.

Nice catch on the sockpuppet btw OTW!

AlphaFrog I've missed seeing you and I'm glad you're back!