Too old to join a Sorority?

[MaggieXi]

I believe our university requires year of birth. This is so that PNMs who are under 18 obtain parental consent.
Yes, there are such things as 17 year old freshmen. I was one of them. My birthdate fell funny and was always one of the youngest in my class.

[Kansas City]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

I believe our university requires year of birth. This is so that PNMs who are under 18 obtain parental consent.
Yes, there are such things as 17 year old freshmen. I was one of them. My birthdate fell funny and was always one of the youngest in my class.

How curious! I know that it is not uncommon for those under 18 to attend college (my best friend turned 18 the summer before her sophomene year!) but do you know if birthdate information is distributed to each of the chapters during recruitment or if parental consent is a requirement when joining other (non-Greek) campus organizations?

[MaggieXi]

I am unaware if it was distributed to other college groups. I do know that on the actual applications, it listed the full birthdate including year. I don't know if this is campus specific, ICS specific, or if there is something actually written in the big green book about this (green book gurus - can you speak about this?)

I can say that when I was the recruitment chair for my org about 10 yrs ago, we had a girl go through recruitment who was 16 (she had skipped a few grades) and I know that our panhellenic provided copies of her parents signing off that she was elligible to rush.

[Kansas City]

Originally Posted by MaggieXi

I am unaware if it was distributed to other college groups. I do know that on the actual applications, it listed the full birthdate including year. I don't know if this is campus specific, ICS specific, or if there is something actually written in the big green book about this (green book gurus - can you speak about this?)

I can say that when I was the recruitment chair for my org about 10 yrs ago, we had a girl go through recruitment who was 16 (she had skipped a few grades) and I know that our panhellenic provided copies of her parents signing off that she was elligible to rush.

Very interesting but I suspect that it varies based on campus/state/etc.?

I just went to the registration site for our campus and it doesn't request anything other than contact information, year in school, GPA, transfer information, legacy information and t-shirt size (oh so important to Greek life ). Perhaps the University is then responsible for making sure that all registered PNMs are either legal or have consent - I do not know. Only the information collected during registration is distributed to each chapter (in which case, going back to the original post, members on my campus wouldn't necessarily know a PNM's age during recruitment).

If someone knows of an official Panhel policy regarding parental consent for minors, I would be interested in learning what it is.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by Kansas City

How curious! I know that it is not uncommon for those under 18 to attend college (my best friend turned 18 the summer before her sophomene year!) but do you know if birthdate information is distributed to each of the chapters during recruitment or if parental consent is a requirement when joining other (non-Greek) campus organizations?

I was initiated prior to my 18th birthday. My parents did not have to sign a consent for me to rush or get initiated. Of course, that was 1993...maybe things have changed.