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Old 02-18-2011, 10:21 AM
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PS for my history record, I have never attended TCU, I applied to multiple schools and I will be attending Texas Tech in the fall.
Thanks for the update, S! My sisters and friends will be waiting!
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Old 02-18-2011, 10:29 AM
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And it's not the sororities themselves, it's an antiquated structure on the part of NPC, from the day and age where they had to pledge women quickly, because half of them would drop out by their junior year. Maybe one of these days, NPC will take a bold step into the 1980s.
That structure has worked pretty darn well for some of us.
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Old 02-18-2011, 11:52 AM
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Thanks for the update, S! My sisters and friends will be waiting!
Cant wait!! Since I'm not going through recruitment, you dont have to do any sabotaging of anyones (my) recruitment, although I am sure you would enjoy it. Thanks for the advice though, you made me realize Greek life is not for me.

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Old 02-18-2011, 12:31 PM
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Cant wait!! Since I'm not going through recruitment, you dont have to do any sabotaging of anyones (my) recruitment, although I am sure you would enjoy it. Thanks for the advice though, you made me realize Greek life is not for me.
I get the impression you're the kind of person who wouldn't need to be sabotaged.
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Old 02-18-2011, 01:14 PM
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At this point probably not.
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Old 02-18-2011, 01:20 PM
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At this point probably not.
I think a Boeing 747 just went over her head.
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Old 02-18-2011, 03:31 PM
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I think a Boeing 747 just went between her ears.
Fixed that for you...
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Old 02-20-2011, 11:38 PM
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That structure has worked pretty darn well for some of us.
"Some of us"? Are you saying Chi Omega advocates pledging only freshmen and sophomores and above should just not bother rushing any of its chapters? That seems like a pretty big statement. Oh well, I'm sure there are lots of upperclass women who will be glad to have that cleared up so they don't waste their time looking at Chi Omega.

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Old 02-20-2011, 11:42 PM
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I don't think that's what's being said. I think she meant that the recruitment structure that NPC uses works well for some of us.

I doubt the above is true re: Chi Omega because the chapter at my alma mater typically pledges a mix of class standings (like we all do.)
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Old 02-20-2011, 11:49 PM
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I don't think that's what's being said. I think she meant that the recruitment structure that NPC uses works well for some of us.

I doubt the above is true re: Chi Omega because the chapter at my alma mater typically pledges a mix of class standings (like we all do.)
My point is that "some of us" should be defined. Sorority? Chapter? School? What? Taking it upon yourself to speak for an entire group and being ambiguous about exactly which group you mean is unwise.
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Old 02-21-2011, 12:59 AM
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NPC at my school started requiring a junior/senior quota to ensure that juniors and seniors would go through recruitment. Does anyone else's school do this?

Sorry for getting off subject!
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Old 02-21-2011, 01:37 AM
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NPC at my school started requiring a junior/senior quota to ensure that juniors and seniors would go through recruitment. Does anyone else's school do this?

Sorry for getting off subject!
Is it regularly used? As in, do most chapters take the number of juniors/seniors to which they are entitled?

Even if you could take, say, one senior without it counting in your quota, I think I'd really want to know why she suddenly decided that NOW was the time to go through recruitment. This almost sounds too much like AI in my mind.

Juniors are a bit different, especially if your school has a large number of people who transfer in after two years at a CC***. There is still a chance that they will live in the house for a year, you get the additional maturity of a junior in college, and they are less likely to burn out by graduation (and therefore more likely to get involved as an alum right away).

***This was pretty common at my alma mater, because you can't transfer in as a sophomore. I think that it is also true in California, where junior colleges don't have the stigma they do elsewhere, and maybe in some other states where there are branch colleges feeding a flagship.
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Old 02-21-2011, 04:36 PM
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^^^Similar thing with my school. The sophomore/junior thing wasn't a big deal because KSU has 7 branch campuses and it was pretty common for people to spend 2 years at a branch (for monetary reasons or others) then transfer into the main campus.

Most of the time, the soph/junior women were GREAT for the reasons you listed above (raises hand!) I think I am a more involved alumna because I joined later and didn't have the 4 year burnout that a lot of women had who were in my age group but joined as freshmen.

Example: my grandbig and I graduated at the same time (and we're the same age), but she took longer to get involved in alumnae life due to having been super involved (2 officer terms and 2 years living-in) since freshman year. I was pretty ready to jump in because I had only had 2.5 years under my belt.


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Old 02-21-2011, 10:13 PM
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I think that it is also true in California, where junior colleges don't have the stigma they do elsewhere, and maybe in some other states where there are branch colleges feeding a flagship.
This is true. A lot of people transfer to the Cal States and the UCs after spending 2 years at a CC. It's highly unlikely for a CSU or UC to admit a transfer after their freshman year unless they were previously dual-enrolled or have enough AP credits to classify them as a junior.
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Old 02-26-2011, 09:15 PM
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I don't have a lot of issues, just a lot of bad things that have happened which I do not need to name. My school isn't that competitive about sororities & we do not have sorority houses.
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