Question about informal recruitment

[thetalady]

Originally Posted by kim90

Hi!!

I have transfered to my new school and have a question about informal recruitment.
Since I am a little older than the normal pledge student, I think it is my last change to get a bid in this spring semester through informal recruitment.

I've already heard, that this should be less stressful than normal recruitment, because I don't have to go to every chapters house, but my question is, if the time after getting a bid, so the pledge time, will be different in spring than in fall, because the pledge class consist of only one or two people?
How long does it take until I will become an official sister when I do informal recruitment?

As a last, I have heard from one sister, that there are mandatory weekly meetings, usually on weekends and if I don't go I have to pay a fee. Is this right for every sorority? I will definitely want to go to most of the meetings, because that's the reason I want to join a sorority, but there will be maybe one or two weekends in a semester, where I will visit friends in another city, and when those mandatory meetings are every sunday, I would need to pay the fee of 75 usd to be able to visit my friends.
Is it normal that no excuse will count for not attending a meeting, even it's just once or twice in a semester?
I know, I should probably ask this question to the sorority where I want to pledge, but my friends told me, they'll get offended by this question and it is likely that I won't get a bid by asking such things.

So I really hope someone here can may help me to understand how this sisterhood really works.

Thanks for every help!!

I am afraid that I got really, really lost in most of your post. From what I am able to figure out, the reply is that no one can tell you if you will be fined for missing meetings. Every chapter of every sorority is different. Organizations do have mandatory events. How they deal with girls who fail to show up is different for everyone.

Seems like you need to decide how important it will be for you to join and fully PARTICIPATE in sorority life. Life is all about making the choices that are best for you.