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[QUOTE=KAPital PHINUst;1539181]I am glad I came into APO at an all-male school, because quite honestly, if it was anywhere else, I would've pimped the system, got my letters, and left. Real talk. There would've been no challenge to get the letters, and no incentive to stay active once I got them. And all too often, that is an avenue that many college students often exploit because the chapters allow them to.
IF you pledged at a school with an all male chapter, you can't really speak on what happens in a co-ed chapter can you? You don't really know what our requirements are do you?
People have to remember that Alpha Phi Omega stands alone and we do what we do. I do not advocate Brothers pledging and then leaving, but I see too many people trying to treat APO like a social GLO and we ARE NOT. Stop trying to make APO what it is not. If you have a problem with how retention effors in chapters are going, then be a positive role model and make suggestions on how we can retain the Brothers once they become members.
To answer your initial post, I know several brothers who pledged NPHC first and APO second. The reasons varied...one person thought it was cool to be in a sorority and a fraternity, one person did it because a lot of their friends were members or APO/dated someone in APO. One pro would be you know that they are not trying to use APO as a stairstep into another org, they are familar with pledging, and if they are dedicated to their first org hopefully, they will be dedicated to our org. Cons include the pledge trying to compare APO's process to their old process and make changes that DON'T work in APO, them not taking APO as serious, not being able to effectively dedicate time to both.
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