One of the fraternities on my campus had an underground pledge while I was in school. The difference is, he was recognized by the nationals but not by the school. Our school had a higher GPA requirement than the fraternity did. So he didn't qualify by the school's standards to pledge, but by nationals he did. Of course the nationals didn't make the connection that he was underground.
Now with this example, I have some mixed emotions. First, it would be very dangerous. Here you have a underground member not recognized by the nationals, meaning he/she is not insured. If something would happen to this person, the sorority/fraternity would be highly at risk. As far as considering them my sister, I don't know. It depends I suppose. If they have to fill the same requirements as myself, the I would probably accept them as a type of 'honorary' sister, despite what nationals said, but I would recognize that 'technically' they are not a member.
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