Question!?I need help! (Switch Sorority?)

honeyD · #1 07-31-2010, 03:10 AM

Last year I went to college as a freshmen and joined a sorority to try and make my college experience better along with meeting new people. Over the summer I learned that my parents could not afford to send me to that college any more and I needed to transfer to another college closer to home, and to help out my family. I am at the college were my whole family went and my mom, aunt, cousins, and grandma were all in the same sorority. I want to be able to experience meeting new friends and being in that bond of sisterhood at this new school and in general! But I am in a tough situation because I already had pledged in another sorority at a different college and the sorority is not at my new college. Is there anything I can possibly do to be in the same sorority my mom and family was in at the new college I am at to try and have that sisterhood experience? I understand there are many polocies and rules about this... but this was out of my control! Please let me know if there is anything I can do. Thankyou.

Leslie Anne · #2 07-31-2010, 03:35 AM

If you joined one of the 26 NPC sororities at your first college and were initiated then it is not possible for you to join another NPC sorority. Sorry but there are no exceptions.

lovespink88 · #3 07-31-2010, 03:59 AM

OHHHHHHHHH But it was out of your control! Of course they can make an exception!!

/sarcasm

If you initiated in your first group, you cannot join any other NPC group.

AZTheta · #4 07-31-2010, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by honeyD

Last year I went to college as a freshmen and joined a sorority to try and make my college experience better along with meeting new people. Over the summer I learned that my parents could not afford to send me to that college any more and I needed to transfer to another college closer to home, and to help out my family. I am at the college were my whole family went and my mom, aunt, cousins, and grandma were all in the same sorority. I want to be able to experience meeting new friends and being in that bond of sisterhood at this new school and in general! But I am in a tough situation because I already had pledged in another sorority at a different college and the sorority is not at my new college. Is there anything I can possibly do to be in the same sorority my mom and family was in at the new college I am at to try and have that sisterhood experience? I understand there are many polocies and rules about this... but this was out of my control! Please let me know if there is anything I can do. Thankyou.

QFP.

bostongreek · #5 07-31-2010, 05:37 AM

if you change your name, get plastic surgery so that your face is no longer recognizable, and never talk to anyone you knew before again, then maybe.

otherwise no.

TPA85 · #6 07-31-2010, 10:30 AM

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Originally Posted by bostongreek

if you change your name, get plastic surgery so that your face is no longer recognizable, and never talk to anyone you knew before again, then maybe.

otherwise no.

and get a new SSN.

knight_shadow · #7 07-31-2010, 12:26 PM

swerve/

Is this something that isn't taught to new members? Or something that actives would know? It always surprises me that SO MANY people 1) don't know the rules of their organizations/councils and 2) seemingly have no one in the "real world" to ask.

/swerve

ASTalumna06 · #8 07-31-2010, 12:32 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

swerve/

Is this something that isn't taught to new members? Or something that actives would know? It always surprises me that SO MANY people 1) don't know the rules of their organizations/councils and 2) seemingly have no one in the "real world" to ask.

/swerve

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Originally Posted by honeyD

I understand there are many polocies and rules about this... but this was out of my control!

She already knows the answer. She either a) doesn't want to believe it, or b) thinks that they'll actually make an exception for her (because she's special and it was "out of her control")

knight_shadow · #9 07-31-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

She already knows the answer. She either a) doesn't want to believe it, or b) thinks that they'll actually make an exception for her (because she's special and it was "out of her control")

OK. I remember reading that this morning, but didn't go back when I posted my reply. It's so silly to me that a rule that says "NO EXCEPTIONS" would generate this many questions.

33girl · #10 07-31-2010, 12:47 PM

If either the sorority that you joined at your first school, or the one that all your family members were in is a local sorority - i.e., it only exists at your one college and does not have chapters at any other college in the world - then you can join a new one.

But if they are both two of the 26 NPC sororities, then NO, you cannot. It sucks but no exceptions can be made.

ASTalumna06 · #11 07-31-2010, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

OK. I remember reading that this morning, but didn't go back when I posted my reply. It's so silly to me that a rule that says "NO EXCEPTIONS" would generate this many questions.

But don't you get it... SHE'S SPECIAL!

Barbie's_Rush · #12 07-31-2010, 01:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

She already knows the answer. She either a) doesn't want to believe it, or b) thinks that they'll actually make an exception for her (because she's special and it was "out of her control")

My thought has always been that they come here thinking we'll be able to tell them a double secret way to get around the rules because we totally feel sorry for them. Or we will tell them it's ok to lie because OMG it was out of their control in the first place!

I sort of wonder how her family feels about it since they are obviously so devoted to ABC. Would they really truly go along with it just because baby girl feels entitled to haz new sorority now?

Drolefille · #13 07-31-2010, 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by knight_shadow

swerve/

Is this something that isn't taught to new members? Or something that actives would know? It always surprises me that SO MANY people 1) don't know the rules of their organizations/councils and 2) seemingly have no one in the "real world" to ask.

/swerve

On top of what everyone else said, I think it's some people's first time associated with any kind of national organization. And they don't quite "get" that ABC at once school is part of the same org as ABC at another, and yes they follow the same national rules and all of them follow the same national conference rules and so on.

They just don't get that it's not the same as joining any other campus organization or association.

Barbie's_Rush · #14 07-31-2010, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Drolefille

And they don't quite "get" that ABC at once school is part of the same org as ABC at another, and yes they follow the same national rules and all of them follow the same national conference rules and so on.

Until of course they want to affiliate with a top tier chapter at a super competitive school. Then they're all about sisterhood being for life.......

Miriverite · #15 07-31-2010, 02:41 PM

Also useful to mention that if she was previous in an NPC and now trying to join an NPHC (or vice versa), that's also a no go.

Is there some reason why you only feel you can have "sisterhood" in your mother's sorority? Have you thought of colonizing your previous sorority at your new college? That way, you'll have as much control over the "sisterhood" factor as you want without breaking any rules :9