Joining a new sorority on campus (Advice)

[glittergal1985]

Did you sign a bid card before you dropped out of recruitment? If you did, then you are not eligible to join any other sorority for one calendar year. If you did not sign, then you are eligible to pursue the colony. However, do not assume that joining a colony is easier than joining an established sorority. While current sororities look for women whom they can "groom" to be leaders for the sorority in the future. colonies are looking for women who are ready to step into leadership positions immediately. It is A LOT of work being in a colony, as you have to meet many requirements to order to become installed as a chapter. Also, colonies are not always successful and sometimes close down without ever being established, so there are not guarantees.

[AlphaFrog]

^^Tri Sigma is colonizing next Fall. It doesn't matter whether she signed a bid card this year.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

^^Tri Sigma is colonizing next Fall. It doesn't matter whether she signed a bid card this year.

Nope, they are colonizing now. http://www.facebook.com/SigmaSigmaSi...ref=ts&fref=ts
This is their FB page. To the OP, if they want 150 women for the colony, they'll get 150 women. Colony recruitment works very differently than regular recruitment. They will be looking for women of all years to fill the colony, not just freshmen, so women who missed out their freshman year have a unique opportunity. It is different in that you are building traditions for the chapter instead of walking into pre-packaged traditions. You don't have a big sister, but the organization usually has an alternative for the colony class. You have to work hard to set up the structure of the new group and get to know 150 new people, bc unlike in an established chapter, no one knows each other. With that being said, it can be very rewarding and only a few women get to be colonizing sisters. Read a few threads here. It's not for everyone.

[AlphaFrog]

Oops, I read that totally wrong. Somewhere I thought she said "next fall".

ETA: Actually, I read "this Fall" as Fall 2013 since it seems late in the school year to start a colony.