Switching from a Local Sorority to a National One

[atoheadlines]

I just think if you quit you shouldn't rejoin. I thought after initiation you can't anyways. I know personally several guys that went through rush quit before initation to join another and they made it in but most people thought it was shady.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by atoheadlines

I just think if you quit you shouldn't rejoin. I thought after initiation you can't anyways.

That only applies to NPC groups - i.e. if you join one NPC you can't quit and then join another NPC.

Her initial sorority was a local, so technically she can, but it really depends on the local's standing within the Greek community and on campus culture if it would be accepted.

ETA: not that I think this is her, but WHOA bad google choice with teh username.

[DDDlady]

Originally Posted by atoheadlines

I just think if you quit you shouldn't rejoin. I thought after initiation you can't anyways. I know personally several guys that went through rush quit before initation to join another and they made it in but most people thought it was shady.

There is a difference between what you can do when your first affiliation is a local. You cannot join two NPC sororities or a NPC and a NPHC sorority, but you can be a member of a local sorority and a national sorority. And whether it will be thought of as shady or not will be situation dependent. No one on this site will be able to tell her how women on her campus will act. We can only advise her as to how they may respond. That is why I advised her to talk to women in the organization she is interested in. It could be that there is something else going on with her situation that could make the perception of her rushing different from what it appears to be in her OP.

[mkprncss]

Thanks everyone for the advice so far! Depending on what the greek advisor says tomorrow I have a few different ideas. I believe she wants to gather the executive boards of all 4 sororities and let me get the "go-ahead" from them as well. I'm not sure if she wants me to tell the exec's why I'd like to re-rush or what.


@KSUViolet06 For the record, I was only in the local chapter for one full semester and 3/4s of the second semester. It has been a full year since I left the local chapter.

And I know for a fact that this sorority is very organized and well put together. Because I don't want to give away my location nor my actual school, I can't really go into detail here and give more explanation.


@33girl The local chapter is part of the Panhel.