One Person - Two Sororities

[DGTess]

Originally Posted by SthrnZeta

<snip>... I too fear that pledge periods will become too short and thus not allow for the proper contemplation about the commitment girls are about to make.

I fear they already have. I'm hearing on these boards that 6-8 weeks is the norm. IMHO, one semester is more appropriate.

[AnchorAlumna]

Originally Posted by DGTess

I fear they already have. I'm hearing on these boards that 6-8 weeks is the norm. IMHO, one semester is more appropriate.

Hi Tess, 6 to 8 weeks is indeed the norm. In most of our chapters, it's a six-week program stretched to 8 weeks - we count the first week as a sort of "paperwork" week, and the last week is initiation week. I, too, would prefer a longer time. It gives a New Member an incentive to make her grades, but the idea is to discourage hazing, plus many, many schools require this time period of the Greek groups. I only know of 1 school (there are probably more, but they're rare) that requires the old semester-long new member period.