Lane-swervy question

[pinksequins]

Tld --- were it as innocent as you suggest. Women would drop out of Big Southern University if they did not get specific houses, transfer to a small, uncompetitive school in order to get the letters they wanted and then transfer back to Big School. Or they would simply start at Small Uncompetitive, get the letters and transfer. This has become far less common with the RFM recruitment syste and the growth in chapters and expansion. But it was about purported prestige rather than sisterhood. Remember that for NPC, we are talking about teenagers joining.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by pinksequins

Tld --- were it as innocent as you suggest. Women would drop out of Big Southern University if they did not get specific houses, transfer to a small, uncompetitive school in order to get the letters they wanted and then transfer back to Big School. Or they would simply start at Small Uncompetitive, get the letters and transfer. This has become far less common with the RFM recruitment syste and the growth in chapters and expansion. But it was about purported prestige rather than sisterhood. Remember that for NPC, we are talking about teenagers joining.

This. It is such a different approach to membership for NPC than NPHC that I would imagine that transfers for NPHC members from one school to another are rare in comparison to NPC. The research and everything that goes into being an aspirant takes time and a certain level of dedication. Most of the collegiate NPHC members that I have known were juniors or seniors when they crossed. Whereas in the NPC, you can pledge a sorority before you even have your first college class. It's not unusual for freshmen to transfer, but the closer one gets to graduation, the less common transferring becomes in general.