Summer pledge class?

[honeychile]

We never took an actual summer pledge class, but we did have the occasional holdover pledge. IMHO, it doesn't work out well. I think we had one holdover actually stick it out.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by honeychile

We never took an actual summer pledge class, but we did have the occasional holdover pledge. IMHO, it doesn't work out well. I think we had one holdover actually stick it out.

Same here. We had the occasional girl who held over summer for one reason or another (I was one), and I'd say it worked out well most of the time. I don't think it is something our HQ would prefer for us to do now (they of course would like chapters to initiate women before the end of school).

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Same here. We had the occasional girl who held over summer for one reason or another (I was one), and I'd say it worked out well most of the time. I don't think it is something our HQ would prefer for us to do now (they of course would like chapters to initiate women before the end of school).

Our holdovers were usually for grades, and many of them just didn't return to school after the summer.

[bu1904]

My chapter did a summer pledge class this past summer. We pledged a few girls in late April and over the summer they would mail their "homework" assignments to the new member coordinator and she would email them weekly updates and lessons. If some of the girls were in town then sisters would take them to lunch or coffee. We initiated them in August two weeks before formal recruitment. Once school started they participated recruitment practice just like every other sister we just waited to over the member selection process until they were initiated.

[chickenoodle]

Originally Posted by bu1904

My chapter did a summer pledge class this past summer. We pledged a few girls in late April and over the summer they would mail their "homework" assignments to the new member coordinator and she would email them weekly updates and lessons. If some of the girls were in town then sisters would take them to lunch or coffee. We initiated them in August two weeks before formal recruitment. Once school started they participated recruitment practice just like every other sister we just waited to over the member selection process until they were initiated.

The logistics of coordinating a pledge class (lessons, quizzes/tests, homework, etc) seems like it would be a nightmare. My organization does not do summer pledge classes and I have yet to hear of a holdover from Spring.

Judging by your organization's summer pledge program, it would be difficult for the pledges to get to know each other and bond which I believe is a crucial part in any pledge education. How did those summer pledges fare when initiated?

[33girl]

It could have been these were girls who knew the majority of the sorority members as it was, and actually pledging them and initiating them was more of a technicality.

Or it could be that the pool of people the school draws from is all very close together. As far as bonding, as in ANY pledge class - that's up to the pledges. There's nothing preventing them from taking, for example, every Friday night and meeting up in a chat room or such.