Sorority Pledges Living in the House?

[kaeb]

we haven't had a girl living in drop while she was living in, so I guess they stick it out until the end of the semester or year.

[dukedg]

Originally Posted by HQWest

One of the big selling points of rush at Cal used to be that if you pledged you could move into the house. Some rooms were doubles, some quads and some held more girls -but it was much nicer than the dorms. At that time, total was about the number of beds in a house. The price was not much different.
Then the school passed a rule freshmen had to live on campus and women couldn't move into the houses until they were sophomores. The older girls had to keep the house full (total went up). Still there would be freshmen that would sleep on the floor rather than go back to the dorms if they were up at the house studying late or if they had a particularly problem dorm situation. There would usually be a couple of girls that would pay to break housing contracts to move in if someone graduated or moved out at the winter break. Now the school has gone to deferred rush, but I expect as many as possible move in as sophomores.

Cal has gone to deferred rush? When did that happen? Or do you mean they start the week or two after school starts?

[flirt5721]

At New Mexico State new members are allowed to transfer their living arrangements. ZTA, ChiO, DZ all have wait list to live in their houses so new members to not have the option of living in the house. PiPhi, DG,AXiD rent(ed) on campus houses that is part of the Housing department so new members can move in to those houses if there s room available. They will either pay housing directly or pay the sorority which then pays housing.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by BAckbOwlsgIrl

I personally believe that living in the dorms is a fundamental experience. You may not like it, but, at least you had the experience to know if you liked or did not like it. I feel that by going straight the chapter house, women are being deprived of this experience.
It is an opportunity to make new friends outside of the sorority. Hence, it can prevent "sorority tunnel" vision where that is all one sees is the sorority. It is a method of getting away from the sorority. After all, women will have four years to be with their sisters, but, only one in the dorms.
I made a ton of friends in the dorm.

Had I moved straight into the chapter house, I would have never made them. To this day, I am still friends with those from my dorm. Years later, one even helped me get an interview with his company.
After all of these years, I still remember the countless fire alarms, bomb threats, pranks and traveling over an hour to get to get liquor, underage! I will never forget my third night in the dorms; cramming 20 people in a tiny dorm room to watch the movie Heathers and eat Lucky Charms!
I will never forget the guys of 3C and 2N.

I absolutely agree. Rushing before you even have a college class is bad enough, never living with anyone outside of your sisters is even worse.

[aephi alum]

Originally Posted by 33girl

OK, I have to be Debbie Downer. What happens if someone depledges? Can you get back into a dorm or are you screwed?

Back in the day, if a freshman depledged or deaffiliated from a fraternity or independent living group, s/he was guaranteed a place in the dorms. You might get the crappiest bed in the crappiest room in the crappiest dorm, but you'd get a bed. (Now, of course, this is a non-issue as all freshmen must live in the dorm system.)

If a sophomore/junior/senior living in the house deaffiliated, s/he could apply for dorm housing, but there were no guarantees.

[IUHoosiergirl88]

At Indiana, all freshmen are required to live in the dorms that first year. Granted, we have very deferred rush (December/January), so moving in immediately after receiving a bid would be strange.

I know in my house, if an active deactivates during the school year, we're contractually obligated to provide her housing until the end of that semester or school year, whichever comes first. It's happened before, and it's awkward, but you get over it pretty quick. Dorms are at a premium at IU (they put kids in the lounges at the beginning of the year), and off campus housing is as well.

[ASUADPi]

The chapter I advise just got a house this past fall. The school at first didn't want Alpha's to live in, but eventually consented when they realized we would have a full house if they did (otherwise the house would only have been less than half full).

I remember at U of A they (residential life) was letting girls move into houses if they got a bid and out of their dorm contracts. This was because the university stupidly guaranteed a dorm room to any and everyone who applied prior to May 1st. You got your application in my May 1st at 5pm you were guaranteed a dorm room. The problem was they had more guaranteed rooms than they had beds. Hence them encouraging girls to go through sorority recruitment and then allowing them out of their contracts and into the houses. I'm not sure if they still do this or not.

I didn't move into the house, as I couldn't get out of my dorm contract.

[AGDLynn]

University of West Georgia - Freshmen have to live in the dorm their freshman year. We were hoping to get that changed when the Greek Village was built, but no go. (At least I don't think it has changed in 2 years.)

Back in the OLD days, I pledged in the fall and moved to the Alpha Gam hall for spring semester. The only pledge on the hall It was fun.