To depledge, or not to depledge?

[KDCat]

Stay. I'll be 44 very shortly and I think your membership will be more valuable than you know.

You will be one of the first alums from your chapter and they need you. They need you to help with CAB/House Corp. They need you to be there for recruitment. They need you to act as a mentor and advisor for younger ladies. The colonization team picked you because they thought you would make good contributions to the chapter.

I know that you are going to graduate soon, but your membership as an alumna will provide you with a social network that spreads across the US.

I have made friends and experienced sisterhood as alum. I've met a ton of women who I am very fond of through volunteering with alumnae chapters, CABs, and House Corps. I have found that they are very welcoming to me and open to making friends, even if they don't know me from Adam. I've had more success making friends as an alumna than I have in other venues. It just seems easier to find women with whom I have things in common through my sorority than it is through other social venues. We have shared values and shared experiences and it makes a difference.

So... I'd stay. I'd spend the dues for the next two months and pay the initiation fees to have that in my back pocket.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by KDCat

You will be one of the first alums from your chapter and they need you. They need you to help with CAB/House Corp. They need you to be there for recruitment. They need you to act as a mentor and advisor for younger ladies. The colonization team picked you because they thought you would make good contributions to the chapter.

This, this, a ZILLION times this. Plus, those sisters will be a welcome shoulder to lean on when grad school is kicking your butt.

It would be one thing if this was 1937 and the only way you could keep in touch was by letter - but that's what skype and texting and facebook and all that good technological stuff is for.

[chi-o_cat]

The most active, enthusiastic member of our alumnae chapter joined her collegiate chapter when it colonized, and she was a senior at the time.

Definitely stick with it!

[Kevin]

Originally Posted by chi-o_cat

The most active, enthusiastic member of our alumnae chapter joined her collegiate chapter when it colonized, and she was a senior at the time.

Definitely stick with it!

It could even be possible that OP was recruited specifically because they thought she'd make a great leader as an alumna.