What! I Don't Need No Stinking Sorority!--An NPHC Membership Journey

[sigtau305]

Cool thread so far. keep it coming.

[rho4life]

argh.............what happens.........

[SISTERGREEK]

Fast forward several years: Graduate membership pursuit is A Serious Matter! Unlike undergrad, where you might potentially run across members of any given organization on any given day, once you are out in the great wide world it is hard to make genuine contact with members; especially since most members do not generally identify themselves as such, at least not in the ways that undergrads do with nalia and such.

I had quite a few false starts in my pursuit of X-Men. There were times when I thought that I was on the right track and really close to my goal, only to end up back at square one. As I pursued membership with X-Men, my excitement about that prospect motivated my grandmother, who is an X-Men, to reactivate with her chapter (I had not known that she was a member until my junior year in college). I also learned so much more about X-Men as well as the entire Divine Nine. I read all of the histories that I could get my hands on, as well as books about greek life (I even came across a dissertation written about greek life). All of my additional research only confirmed what I already knew, X-Men was the only organization for me and was worth the effort of my pursuit.

Also, in the mean time, I lived my life. I went to graduate school, I continue to serve the community, I continued to be active in other organizations. I alternately felt discouraged, pessimistic, excited, and hopeful throughout my pursuit. I even wrote poetry.

[Little32]

Finally, at long last, on January 7th of this year, I, Little32, reached my goal and was initiated into:

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INNNNNNCORPORATED.

I guess there are a lot of morals to my tale; however, being an literature professor, I will let you discern them for yourself. Also, I hope that you have enjoyed my story; I have appreciated the opportunity to share. I really have enjoyed these threads, particularly the NPHC threads because of the kind of insight they offer into what it means to pursue membership.

[1908Revelations]

See Soror you had me thinking the other way around....I thought I had it figured out, but I didn't. Good story!

ETA...now everybody is gonna have a sockpuppet to tell thier story.

[Little32]

Yeah, I wanted to use the nom de plume to keep people guessing. If I had written it as me, there wouldn't have been much suspense to the story; of course, I need all the help that I can get with building suspense. I am glad you enjoyed.

[CrimsonTide4]

Originally Posted by Little32

Yeah, I wanted to use the nom de plume to keep people guessing. If I had written it as me, there wouldn't have been much suspense to the story; of course, I need all the help that I can get with building suspense. I am glad you enjoyed.

I kind of figured it was someone already on GC and I thank you for the nom de plume because had you written it under your regular name, I would have known the end result.

This was a great story, very well written! Thanks for sharing your journey!!

[Senusret I]

Yayyyyyyyy! Great story!

[tld221]

how bout THAT for a twist! gret job sistergreek!

[Little32]

Originally Posted by Senusret I

Yayyyyyyyy! Great story!

Thanks! That is a great compliment coming from you.

Thanks to you too tld221, as the inspiration for my sharing my story.

[treblk]

Originally Posted by Little32

Finally, at long last, on January 7th of this year, I, Little32, reached my goal and was initiated into:

ALPHA KAPPA ALPHA SORORITY, INNNNNNCORPORATED.

I guess there are a lot of morals to my tale; however, being an literature professor, I will let you discern them for yourself. Also, I hope that you have enjoyed my story; I have appreciated the opportunity to share. I really have enjoyed these threads, particularly the NPHC threads because of the kind of insight they offer into what it means to pursue membership.

Good story and congrats!