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Originally Posted by 33girl
I think that you are able to register your SSN directly with Omega, rather than giving it to the fraternity. The less people getting their hands on your info, the better. Not only that, I think if you don't want to use your SSN, Omega can give you an ID number (much the way medical insurance does).
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Your account number with Omega does not replace the SSN. The SSN is used so that if you're an idiot who doesnt pay your bill (for months and months on end) and the chapter chooses to turn you over to collections, it can and will be attached to your credit report. If you don't pay your fraternity bill, and it comes to bite you in the @$$ several years down the road when you're trying to get a home loan, you deserve it. Your fraternity bill is just like any other bill, except that you can actually work with your chapter to set up a payment plan and not get charged a ridiculous interest rate or fee in the process.
AXiD actually has a new New Member reporting process in which the new members don't have to give their SSN to another member of the chapter to file paperwork, because it's all done electronically now. The new members just have to fill it out an electronic form which is then sent to headquarters. If I'm not mistaken, Alpha Gam is using this same kind of reporting through Omega.
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