What Does Your Basic Badge Look Like?

[aephi alum]

All AEPhis wear the same badge. 27 pearls, letters set in sequence on a yellow gold bar. The sister's initials are engraved on the back of the bar. Our only option is guard or no guard.

Here's a pic of my badge. I posted this to the "badge trends" thread a while back. The picture includes a dime for size comparison. Subtract the guard and dangles and you've got our basic badge.



One of the really nice things about our all having the same badge is that they almost always arrive in time for initiation. NMs fill out a form with their initials and "guard or no guard" and cut a check early on in the NM period, and the NME sends everything off to nationals. Provided that this happens in a timely manner, the badges are shipped to the chapter in time for initiation. This way, each new sister is pinned at initiation with the badge she will keep for life - not a "loaner" - and big sisters don't have to do without their badges for any length of time, or worry that their little will lose their badge.

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by aephi alum

One of the really nice things about our all having the same badge is that they almost always arrive in time for initiation. NMs fill out a form with their initials and "guard or no guard" and cut a check early on in the NM period, and the NME sends everything off to nationals. Provided that this happens in a timely manner, the badges are shipped to the chapter in time for initiation.

It may work that way for y'all, but not for us, since we order badges later in the probationary member period.

Originally Posted by pshsx1

Okay, it seems that it's standard in the sororities that everyone pays for their own badge or they don't go through initiation. Correct me if I'm wrong.

Based on what has been said in some other threads, I think that in some sororities (or some chapters of some sororities), the basic badge is included in the initiation fee, while in some others, everyone pays for the badge of choice separately. And some sororities don't require members to purchase badges at all.

For SigEp, all of our standard pins are covered by our dues and come out of the Chaplain's budget. Does anyone else not have to pay for their badge?

For us, the basic badge is included in the initiation fee.