Question from someone I intitiated in 1974

[phimusam]

By the time one reaches her senior year, it is not unusual to be involved in work, research, applying for grad school, etc. I would support transition toward alum status for those who need it.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by phimusam

By the time one reaches her senior year, it is not unusual to be involved in work, research, applying for grad school, etc. I would support transition toward alum status for those who need it.

The problem is that sometimes that goes too far and it turns into "anyone active as a senior = loser." IMO you really need to ascertain that the person is going to be that swamped, not just that they want to save their senior year dues money to spend at the bar.

For example, in my major, a lot of our really tough classes could be taken junior year. If someone would have said "I have to go alum as a senior because it's sooooo hard" we would have known they were full of poo. A special ed/eled major who has to do multiple student teachings and can't do them till senior year, that's different.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by 33girl

The problem is that sometimes that goes too far and it turns into "anyone active as a senior = loser." IMO you really need to ascertain that the person is going to be that swamped, not just that they want to save their senior year dues money to spend at the bar.

For example, in my major, a lot of our really tough classes could be taken junior year. If someone would have said "I have to go alum as a senior because it's sooooo hard" we would have known they were full of poo. A special ed/eled major who has to do multiple student teachings and can't do them till senior year, that's different.

I think a lot of us were just bored of mixers and stuff by senior year, so we did stuff like have senior mixers and go to the bars that were actually 21+. I have a picture of the vast majority of my pledge class at formal, though.