If once a pledge @ one fraternity, am I still able to join another after transfer?

[gruber]

Hey man... Yeah, sorry my bad. Mind must have been some place else. Pledging and being initiated are two totally different things. I was going with completing the pledge period & becoming a brother (which are of course two different events).

I dont know how to answer the question, if other GLO's would be cool with you pledging another, droping out before you became a brother & joined another. I'd assume given your situation there's not much they could do. Plus you'd have a small leg up - you'd already know the greek alphabet, etc (things that are "generic" to any fraternity)...

I def' wouldnt do it too often, as brothers might begin to question if you are really committed to the idea of joining a fraternity or if you just plan on keep bouncing around.

But we have accepted a couple ex-pledges from another fraternity into our group this semester, so it is possible to do...

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by gruber

Hey man... Yeah, sorry my bad. Mind must have been some place else. Pledging and being initiated are two totally different things. I was going with completing the pledge period & becoming a brother (which are of course two different events).

I dont know how to answer the question, if other GLO's would be cool with you pledging another, droping out before you became a brother & joined another. I'd assume given your situation there's not much they could do. Plus you'd have a small leg up - you'd already know the greek alphabet, etc (things that are "generic" to any fraternity)...

I def' wouldnt do it too often, as brothers might begin to question if you are really committed to the idea of joining a fraternity or if you just plan on keep bouncing around.

But we have accepted a couple ex-pledges from another fraternity into our group this semester, so it is possible to do...

Hey, this happens all of the time in all Greek Organizations. Some New Associates find something that they were turned off by and drop out and join other GLOs.

Now, the question is why were they turned off and by what?

[SxyLambdaLady6]

im a little confused, if you check out a fraternity and it is absolutely the one you were meant to be in you should be in it. If you are not so sure then why try to pledge. I was an interest for my sorority for almost a year before i went to the next "process". I think maybe you should wait a little bit and look around at what you got. I don't really agree with rushing (because my sorority doesnt do that, sisters and interests take their time in deciding) , rushing seems like too fast to decide which organization you want to be a member of for the rest of your life. If you want to participate and be involved with the fraternity (for a very looooong time and not just you undergraduate career) you want to join then fine. But...if you don't then reconsider....just hold out, instead of rushing and then backing out and then rushing for someone else...

i know that in multicultural greeks, for example in my sorority, we def do not take any girls that have pledged another sorority, and that means pledging and then dropping or pledging and being initiated..

i guess its different than mainstream, its a little confusing.

[Drolefille]

That's very similar to the NPHC process, but NIC/IFC fraternities are different when it comes to pledging vs. initiation.

[Tom Earp]

Pointedly, there is a difference within NIC or some other GLOs.

You can Pledge or Associate with. Once You Initiate/Ritual with, You know the rules, principles, and regulations from that Organization.

If one got that far, I wonder why anyone would even ask?

[Drolefille]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Pointedly, there is a difference within NIC or some other GLOs.

You can Pledge or Associate with. Once You Initiate/Ritual with, You know the rules, principles, and regulations from that Organization.

If one got that far, I wonder why anyone would even ask?

No one did. Your comment is pointless.

/Like that's new

[Tom Earp]

Originally Posted by Drolefille

No one did. Your comment is pointless.

/Like that's new

Typical, thank you for being you.

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by Tom Earp

Pointedly, there is a difference within NIC or some other GLOs.

You can Pledge or Associate with. Once You Initiate/Ritual with, You know the rules, principles, and regulations from that Organization.

If one got that far, I wonder why anyone would even ask?

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Why the hell would you pledge a fraternity if you didn't want to be in it? Go through a semester long pledge program and then decide to join another org? No.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by macallan25

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Why the hell would you pledge a fraternity if you didn't want to be in it? Go through a semester long pledge program and then decide to join another org? No.

Macallan25, from what ProZach said, he sounds interested in this fraternity. However, he is uncertain if he will be transferring, so he's unsure of whether he should begin pledging and depledge if he decides to transfer.

ProZach, I don't know where you go to school, and I don't know where you're thinking of transferring, so I couldn't make judgements based on the campus culture. I don't think a fraternity would look down on someone who depledged at another school because he decided to transfer. In some (but definitely not all) schools, if you pledge XYZ at State U, depledge, and then rush ABC at the same school, ABC could be skeptical of you. They might wonder if you didn't "make" it, or if you are not willing to commit to a fraternity, etc. Transferring is something that shouldn't stir up controversy about your character. Then again, I am from the North, and maybe transferring is controversial elsewhere.

I think that you should definitely wait until you know where you will be going next year. Obviously you don't want to pledge XYZ, and transfer only to find out that you don't fit in with the XYZs at your new school, or that your new school does not have a chapter of XYZ. Even if you end up staying, you could wait a semester later to begin pledging (again, this depends on the campus; some campuses only take freshmen).