For NPC sororitiy women

[SWTXBelle]

To the best of my knowledge, Gamma Phi Beta's policy allow women to affiliate with the new school's chapter with the approval of the chapter. (If I stated that incorrectly, please let me know, sisters)
One of our sisters at Gamma Chi had transferred from another school - she was great! When my big sister transferred to UT, she chose not to affiliate with the chapter there - she transferred with only a little while to go, and didn't feel she had the time to commit to being an active.

[amanda6035]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

and didn't feel she had the time to commit to being an active.

I HATE when I hear stuff like this. I think if you are a member of a sorority at one school, and you transfer to another school with that sorority, and long as the chapter and that member "mesh," she should affiliate. WHat a cop out excuse - no time for being active....what, does that mean if she had stayed at her previous school she would have dropped out due to time commitments? I just dont buy it. I think if you're a collegiate, and your sorority is available at your new school, you should affiliate. I think it's lazy and disrespectful to your national organization to transfer schools, and not affiliate.

Blast away.

[33girl]

1) You have to put your education first. If you were barely scraping by at your old school and being involved in a sorority was a big part of why you were doing so badly, you do no one any favors by affiliating and barely participating.

2) If with the transfer you change your major from something super easy to something super hard and time consuming, again, you do no one any favors by affiliating and barely participating.

3) Dues are different at every school, often with housing or lack of same being a factor. Just because you could afford them at Small Private College doesn't mean you will be able to at Big State School.

I would rather have someone who knows how much she can take on not affiliate, than be active and half-ass it or end up owing tons of $$ she didn't have to begin with.

[violetpretty]

My chapter had a transfer affiliate the fall of her junior year. She actually came to visit us the spring before on her spring break and she seemed to mesh well with members her year, and she even had a friend from high school in our chapter. But, soon after she affiliated, she was MIA. I have no idea if she decided she didn't like US or the general Greek experience at our school or what.

She ended up not going to anything, just paying dues and all the fines she racked up for missing mandatory events. She would avoid us like the plague; she would usually just give her dues and fines to a sister she had class with, not even stopping by the house. While I commend her dedication to the National organization by not withdrawing her membership, it would have been a better situation for her to have not affiliated in the first place because she poured about $4000 down the drain (though, she COULD have gotten her money's worth had she chose to).

I know of other chapters at Maryland that have had transfer affiliates mesh marvelously. I think it is important to have an extended "get to know you" period before the member decides to affiliate and the chapter votes on her to make sure both parties would be happy.

[SmartBlondeGPhB]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

To the best of my knowledge, Gamma Phi Beta's policy allow women to affiliate with the new school's chapter with the approval of the chapter. (If I stated that incorrectly, please let me know, sisters)

This is correct (as one who did).

OP, you are assuming that there weren't outside circumstances that casued the person to transfer schools. I would have loved to remain at mine (and my loyalty to my chapter of initiation has not changed) but I was unable to.

Unfortunately, my chapter of initiation is now closed.