Can I join a sorority??

[AOII Angel]

You have to be a full time student to go through recruitment and remain an active member of a chapter.

[dekeguy]

Do any national sororities allow cross campus memberships? Some years back several fraternities began to allow cross campus membership in certain circumstances like one school having a Greek system and a close by school either not having a Greek system or having only a very few chapters thus offering an extremely limited choice. This usually takes place where there is an existing policy of cross registration for classes or very close proximity of campii. Tulane/Loyola in New Orleans comes to mind where the schools actually share some campus facilities and they are literally next door neighbors. The practice, as I understand it, is on a case by case basis, the national HQs must approve, and while the schools do not recognize the other school's chapters as official university organizations they seem to turn a blind eye to the practice so long as insurance matters are covered for the cross campus members. I gather that most of the Tulane chapters will consider a PNM from Loyola and at least one Loyola org accepts Tulane students. There is one local sorority that draws from Loyola, Tulane, UNO, and Holy Cross. Of course that one is not under the panhel rules.

So, is this pretty much a fraternity thing or do any national sororities do likewise?
(Note: I use the terms sorority and fraternity as general descriptions for simplicity sake. I do realize that several GLOs are womens fraternities).

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by dekeguy

Do any national sororities allow cross campus memberships? Some years back several fraternities began to allow cross campus membership in certain circumstances like one school having a Greek system and a close by school either not having a Greek system or having only a very few chapters thus offering an extremely limited choice. This usually takes place where there is an existing policy of cross registration for classes or very close proximity of campii. Tulane/Loyola in New Orleans comes to mind where the schools actually share some campus facilities and they are literally next door neighbors. The practice, as I understand it, is on a case by case basis, the national HQs must approve, and while the schools do not recognize the other school's chapters as official university organizations they seem to turn a blind eye to the practice so long as insurance matters are covered for the cross campus members. I gather that most of the Tulane chapters will consider a PNM from Loyola and at least one Loyola org accepts Tulane students. There is one local sorority that draws from Loyola, Tulane, UNO, and Holy Cross. Of course that one is not under the panhel rules.

So, is this pretty much a fraternity thing or do any national sororities do likewise?
(Note: I use the terms sorority and fraternity as general descriptions for simplicity sake. I do realize that several GLOs are womens fraternities).

Loyola and Tulane both have their own Greek systems so that's not a good example.

[dekeguy]

Originally Posted by AOII Angel

Loyola and Tulane both have their own Greek systems so that's not a good example.

I agree with you that both have their own greek systems, but I think they fall under my comment about two closely located schools, one having a stronger or larger system and the other having only a few.
Anyway, since I really do not know very much about the rules governing sororities I was just seeking information in broad general terms. I appreciate any info available.

[DrPhil]

Originally Posted by dekeguy

Do any national sororities allow cross campus memberships? Some years back several fraternities....

Check dekeguy's wording. If by "national sororities" and "fraternities" dekeguy is only talking about NPC and NIC (fraternities that are only NIC), then the answer is "no" for NPC.

If dekeguy is talking about national sororities and fraternities, in general, NPHC fraternities and sororities are examples of conferences and councils in which GLOs have city-wide chapters, core chapters, and/or allow members from particular schools to affiliate with a chapter at another school. Generally speaking, the school has to be approved by the "GLO governing bodies" to allow members from a particular school(s). The administration of all of the schools must also agree with this. It generally cannot be a thing that the current chapter members decide completely on their own.

There are women's colleges, for example, that see the campus as one big sorority and therefore do not allow students to become members of sororities elsewhere. Therefore, sororities will not include these colleges' students in their potential pool of aspirants. In the relatively rare cases where a student at these particular colleges wants to pursue membership at a neighboring college or university, the GLO chapter must be permitted to accept that and the student's college must accept having a student who is a sorority member at a neighboring school. Whether or not that is allowed will depend on the circumstances. For NPHC aspirants at these particular women's colleges that do not want sorority members as students, these aspirants are almost always going to become alumnae chapter applicants OR eternal aspirants.