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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06
This is what I was going to say. I believe some orgs - or maybe all? - require an AI to have an undergraduate degree. "Alumna" is right there in the acronym.
I admittedly know very little about the process, but I would think sororities would try to avoid giving AI bids to undergraduate students because it would interfere with the collegiate membership process. For example, if an undergraduate could get a bid and be initiated through AI, what would stop them from going to the active chapter on campus to try and get involved on a collegiate level?
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I've read that the AI process takes a long time, sometimes a year or two, so I can't imagine many (or any) undergrad students really trying it or seeing the benefit of trying AI just to go be active at a collegiate level later. I haven't heard of any group that allows an AI to collegiate transfer.
I wouldn't have inquired about AI had I thought I would be an undergrad this fall. Every group I've read about that allows AI requires at least 2 recommendation letters plus a sponsor. Then you have to attend a number of events, have a sponsor, then 'petition' the national sorority for their approval to become an AI. KKG I think only allows 20 AI max per year nationally, so it's incredibly hard of a process with some groups more than others.
I read on Kappa Kappa Gamma's website that they don't require a degree, but do require an alumnae initiate to have attended (but not graduated) a 4 year college. I would probably have to weed out the groups that do require degrees if I don't finish college and go that route.
One sorority I read about that allows AI requires someone to have stopped undergrad 5+ years ago. You don't need a degree for theirs, but need to have attended at some point and been out of school for 5+ years. I can't remember which group that was, but it was one of the AI groups mentioned on this forum. I wouldn't be eligible for that group now that I enrolled in classes this fall. The group that replied to me this week about AI is not that group. I need to reach out to them and make sure they don't have the 5+ years out of school requirement.
I don't believe someone could be an alumna initiate then go back to a collegiate chapter. I don't think any groups allow it-- you can go alum, but can't go from collegiate to alum from what I've heard. I could be wrong, but even if it's not formally banned, I can't imagine most people doing it or it working. I think an alumna initiate candidate who's 18-19 and a student would get rejected for the sorority itself and not get the 2 recommendations/1 sponsor that most sororities that allow AI that I've read about require.
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