mom dot or big sis little sis

[ThetaSis2GPhiB]

Being a charter member, I didn't have a Big Sis so we had rotating Twin Stars. Everyone would have a new one every couple weeks. It helped us all get to know each other better since we were such a diverse group. I don't just mean culturally diverse, but diverse in our majors, clubs on campus, sports, academic class year, etc.

The next semester we did Bigs and Littles but with a twist. Our chapter wasn't chartered until AFTER we had brought in a new member class thru Formal Recruitment (my school did deferred Spring Recruitment). Technically, we were ALL initiated at the same time in March 2000, but we did have Bigs from the Fall 99 class and Littles from the Spring 00 class. It probably seemed a little confusing to other Greeks, but it worked for us!

I am still in touch with my Lil Sis and we get along great.

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by ThetaSis2GPhiB

Being a charter member, I didn't have a Big Sis so we had rotating Twin Stars. Everyone would have a new one every couple weeks. It helped us all get to know each other better since we were such a diverse group. I don't just mean culturally diverse, but diverse in our majors, clubs on campus, sports, academic class year, etc.

The next semester we did Bigs and Littles but with a twist. Our chapter wasn't chartered until AFTER we had brought in a new member class thru Formal Recruitment (my school did deferred Spring Recruitment). Technically, we were ALL initiated at the same time in March 2000, but we did have Bigs from the Fall 99 class and Littles from the Spring 00 class. It probably seemed a little confusing to other Greeks, but it worked for us!

I am still in touch with my Lil Sis and we get along great.

I has also a founding member of my chapter, so the whole big/ little thing was a little confusing. For the founding class, we had Kite Cousins for the first couple of weeks. Each week there was a new Kite Cousin group, with about 6-8 sisters in each group. Each week, the Kite Cousin group would meet together and do a project. We do things like decorate tumblers, make scrapbooks, and make memory clipboards. This was a great way for the new founders to bond together!

Panhellenic spirit was huge at my school, so the other sororites on campus were able to Panhellenic pals or Panhellenic bigs for the new Thetas. The program had mixed success, but I still stay in contact with my Panhellenic Pal.

When we went through out first traditional recruitment, we had a normal big/ little program, but because there were not enough littles to match the number of big sisters, many girls (including me) have informal families. For example, I have twin littles, both founders like myself, who asked me to be their big. This was allowed as it was informal and of the unique situation.

We also had a Star Sister program where senior girls would mentor girls in their academic programs.

[ThetaForLife]

We have bigs and littles, big bigs and little littles, and each family has a mascot, the bears, the cats, the lions, the flamingos, the ladybugs etc. On bid day each pledge gets a mentor who is of a similar if not the same major as their mentee and they help them get involved in the house and with any schoolwork etc.