big/littles

[vivalacutie]

i always wondered, can your big be in the same grade level as you? like for example if one of your friends rushed freshman year then you decide to rush the following year, can a person in your same grade be your big, or its always someone older than you?

[carnation]

Mine was a year behind me; I pledged as a junior.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by vivalacutie

i always wondered, can your big be in the same grade level as you? like for example if one of your friends rushed freshman year then you decide to rush the following year, can a person in your same grade be your big, or its always someone older than you?

Every chapter is different, but at my school, yes.

I was a young college student (started at 17.)

Because of that, when I pledged as a 2nd semester sophomore, my Big Sis and I were the same age (19) but she was a year behind me in school (freshman.)

[katydidKD]

Originally Posted by vivalacutie

i always wondered, can your big be in the same grade level as you? like for example if one of your friends rushed freshman year then you decide to rush the following year, can a person in your same grade be your big, or its always someone older than you?

In my chapter, yes. A lot of chapters do big-little differently (some are really structured, with one pledge class being bigs for the ones below them mostly, and others the little pretty much chooses who she wants in the chapter, and im sure others do something else completely different than that too)

[XAntoftheSkyX]

Generally it isn't a big deal if someone's big brother/sister is younger/the same age. Remember, they're your big sister/brother in the organization (read:have spent more time in), not in everyday life.

[FSUZeta]

add another yes to the statistics. my daughter got twin littles her sophomore year-one little was also a sophomore and one was a freshman.

[knight_shadow]

Originally Posted by XAntoftheSkyX

Generally it isn't a big deal if someone's big brother/sister is younger/the same age. Remember, they're your big sister/brother in the organization (read:have spent more time in), not in everyday life.

Yep. Both of my littles are older than me.

[sherrybaby]

My grandbig is actually younger than her little (although in a higher grade) and only 9 days older than me. That same big is in my grade.

[AnotherKD]

I rushed 1st semester freshman year, and my little rushed 2nd semester freshman year. So we're the same year, and she's a few months older than me.

[FleurGirl]

I joined late, so my big and I are in the same year. It's great -- she's never going to graduate and leave me!

[33girl]

Absolutely. My little AND little little were both in the same class as me, and are both biologically older than me.

[ForeverRoses]

One of my pledge sisters pledged as a junior and her big was a sophomore, and a full year younger than her. He grand-big was a junior like her. The next year when she took a little, she took one of the juniors that pledged. So her big and little were in the same class.

[txAOII_15]

i rushed second semester sophomore year, so my big is also a junior (even though im older than her) and one of my littles did COB in the fall so shes also a junior (younger than me). things will get complicated next year when we all graduate lol my family will be slightly wacky.