Joining two sororities?

[BemoreLXA]

NPHC organizations don't discuss membership intake processes here so you're not going to get the answers you're looking for.

Personally, I wouldn't join a service fraternity that emulated traditional NPHC communities because that just seems pretty phoney

[DSTRen13]

I'll second SenI - it is entirely dependent on your campus, and only you can be the judge of that. Also, be sure you know why you want to join (for both orgs). Best of luck making the right decision for you!

[Psi U MC Vito]

Originally Posted by BemoreLXA

NPHC organizations don't discuss membership intake processes here so you're not going to get the answers you're looking for.

Personally, I wouldn't join a service fraternity that emulated traditional NPHC communities because that just seems pretty phoney

Dude stay in your lane. You aren't in a NPHC and you said nothing to indicate that you are in a service organization. Leave it to those that are in both.

[naraht]

Couple of comments to add to Senusret I.

I'm making the assumption that this is Alpha Phi Omega.* I'd talk to the brothers in the Alpha Phi Omega chapter to see if any of them are also in one of the NPHC sororities, if any of them are in the NPHC sorority that you want to join, and *which* order that they joined. In general, I find that Alpha Phi Omega chapters would be *much* more open about that. (And if they aren't, let me know)

Also, the term "pledged" can be tricky. While Alpha Phi Omega still generally uses the term pledging, the NPHC fraternities and sororities officially do *not*. (To the NPHCs, pledging=hazing)

As Senusret pointed out, the path will vary according to which school *and* which NPHC sorority, though my *guess* is that the younger the NPHC sorority, the less likely you are to get static. Also, there *may* be less of an issue for joining Alpha Phi Omega after joining the NPHC sorority, though again, a guess. The one thing that I have seen is that for the NPHCs, grad chapters don't care about other student organizations that you have joined unless it is another NPHC.

I'm glad that you asked the question, I hope that we can help.

*(It could *conceivably* be Kappa Kappa Psi, but most of the HBCUs have Tau Beta Sigma as well)

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by Psi U MC Vito

Dude stay in your lane. You aren't in a NPHC and you said nothing to indicate that you are in a service organization. Leave it to those that are in both.

Especially since two people who are in both have answered the question.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by BemoreLXA

Personally, I wouldn't join a service fraternity that emulated traditional NPHC communities because that just seems pretty phoney

O please explain...I would LOVE to hear this.

[BemoreLXA]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

O please explain...I would LOVE to hear this.

If I was on a campus where APO acted more like a social fraternity than a service fraternity, I wouldn't join APO because they're going against their purpose. That seems fake to me, as if the members couldn't get bids in IFC organizations so they joined something with greek letters. I can see feeling the same way if a service fraternity used a lot of the same symbolism in regards to signs, steps, strolls, etc as a NPHC organization

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by BemoreLXA

If I was on a campus where APO acted more like a social fraternity than a service fraternity, I wouldn't join APO because they're going against their purpose. That seems fake to me, as if the members couldn't get bids in IFC organizations so they joined something with greek letters. I can see feeling the same way if a service fraternity used a lot of the same symbolism in regards to signs, steps, strolls, etc as a NPHC organization

Ok...so how is any one organization is any more 'real' or 'fake' than the other, please?