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sororities
i understand the basic concept. its like s bunch of friends, well more like sisters but i still dont know the details.
-how do you get in one
-do you all live together
-how many people are typically in one
-how do you find out about them
-what do you do
-is it like a bad thing?
-do you hook up with the frats
-is there anyway to tell that someone is in one
(because im always at a small college to see my family member play hockey and i want to know if i can tell if anyone is in one.)
i just like want a summary any details
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-how do you get in one?
that depends on the system you're going to be/are in. contact your greek life office on campus to find out more about the recruitment process. my one advice is not to jump at anything that moves. a lot of the best sorority girls are found throughout the year, not within the formal recruitment week. think about it, your friends at home shift around a lot and your friends at college will, too. you need to make sure you're in the right group before you join them for good. and a sorority is forever. you can't get to know that many girls in one week. take your time. especially if you're at a competitive school where recruitment is more formalized than at a small school.
-do you all live together?
generally yes, sororities have houses that are a lot of fun to live in. it's like living with your immediate family that you got to choose. there are funny moments that are missed by not living in the houses, but it's not required either (by most schools; mine requires one semester to go alumnae). some schools have sorority dorms where all the girls live in one building for all of the greek "houses" to have a convenient meeting space, but they're also intermixed with other sorority girls. other schools have rooms for each sorority to do rituals and meetings and they live scattered throughout campus. even though I'm not currently living in my house, I'm still living with a sister in a dorm.
-how many people are typically in one?
this again depends on the school. we have 53(?) members in my chapter. it's proportional to the school for the most part. it also depends on how many different sororities are on campus. on my campus we have 3 sororities (and 4 fraternities) and 800 students, so we're closer than at bigger schools.
-how do you find out about them?
generally, formal recruitment and word of mouth are how you find out about greek life. there are also online forums for greeks and websites for each chapter. at the national level, sororities (that are national, some are local) all operate on the same principal but a lot of the organization of each school is based on personality rather than a particular interest.
-what do you do?
girly things. you become more girly than anyone ever should be. it's almost disgusting, almost. sororities give you a license to do ridiculous things (like make naked snow angels or bake cookies at 3 AM, but unfortunately some use it as an opportunity to let their guard down in negative ways).
-is it like a bad thing?
heck no. and yes.
it depends on who you are and how you can handle things. if you can't handle peer pressure, DO NOT DO IT. you'll find yourself overstressing and generally freaking out about everything. if you don't have lots of time (and ample funds) you won't work in a sorority just because it is a lot of time to spend with one group of peers.
-do you hook up with the frats?
on my campus, my sorority is very close to two fraternities that we frequently party with. it's not mandatory. it's not a reason to join a house. and on my campus in particular, it's a safety thing. when we go as sisters we stand less risk of being hurt. we can also inform each other of where not to go on campus and who not to hang out with because they're bad influences or bad places. the particular fraternity we hang out with is extremely different from the normal idea of a fraternity. it's why we hang out with them.
-is there anyway to tell that someone is in one
(because im always at a small college to see my family member play hockey and i want to know if i can tell if anyone is in one.)
it's possible that that college doesn't have greek life if you don't know already. most chapters do badge days or letter days where you wear your pin or letter t-shirts. a lot of girls wear letters outside of these days anyway, as well.
by the way, I am a member of the fall pledge class 2007 of sigma kappa. if you have any more questions and your campus does not have a sigma kappa, you can drop one in my inbox. if not, it's technically dirty rushing and against greek life rules to sway you in a particular direction until after formal recruitment.
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Hey, how are you?
Well, I have a bias myself: I'm in a sorority! And let me just say that it's the best thing I ever did in my life.
In order to get in one, well, you go through either sorority recruitment or you attend an open recruitment party. It's mainly a mutual selection process, so these events are just a way for you to see where you fit.
I live in a sorority house, but you don't have to live in the house if you don't want to. I do because it's fun and I got to know so many girls!
Sororities vary by size, my sorority is about 65 girls, but I go to a Liberal Arts college where going greek isn't a big priority. I mean, it's big, but people don't go to the school to party and go greek.
Where I'm at, you find out about sororities through a brochure that has all the basic facts about them. Also, during Fall Recruitment, the recruitment counselor (a disaffiliated member of one of the sororities) is there to help you with any questions you may have concerning recruitment.
We do all kinds of things that are socially and philanthropically related. We have mixers, formals, and sisterhood activities... and then we hold Philanthropy events to raise money for our cause. .
I hope what we do isn't a bad thing!
We're friends with all the Fraternities on campus, some girls do date Fraternity members (my boyfriend is a Sigma Chi) but we don't whore out and hit up every house on campus lol!
Sorority members usually wear jerseys or shirts with their letters on them. During recruitment, we have to wear buttons with our letters on them everywhere-- even when we went to take a shower.
That's about it... if you want to know anything else, you can always AIM me at SmoothKalyn414.
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Sororities.
I'll state at the beginning of this that I have a bias. I hate frats and sororities. They represent a social structure I have come to hate, and a large number of them are little more than social networks for parties and sex.
Also, if you see me say "frats" assume I mean "fraternities and sororities". Its simply easier to write the one abbreviation.
That being said, they arent ALL bad. And all the members even of the worst frats and sororities don't conform to the stereotype set by their greek organizations.
How do you get in one?
You rush. There is an application period every year or every semester for people to show that they want to be a part of a sorority or frat. Rush involves different things, but usually going to the house, spending time with members, and kissing alot of ass.
Do you live together?
The most common set up is that you can live in the house the first year or two. Usually there are some older members but its far more common for frat or sorority members to live away from the house, especially juniors/seniors and grad students.
How do you find out about them?
Usually they have people around advertising, depends on the size of your college. I live near a major university so we have a ton of greek houses and usually there are representatives. Word of mouth as well, if you are interested ask around.
What do you do?
Varies very, very widely. In a good frat or sorority you will make connections that can serve you later, meet people whom you can have connections with through friendship or possibly business later in life. You might do community service, or something of that nature, or simply be part of a specific community. An example, a few friends of mine are part of an exclusively Jewish fraternity. They participate in various jewish community events, sometimes joining with the wider residential community centers.
The other side (where the stereotype comes from) is that they party. Most frats and sororities do. Some gain reputations as "party frats or sororities". These are the houses that have created the frat stereotype.
They drink, and have sex, and pass VD and abortions around, and generally have alot of fun making alot of terrible decisions.
Do you hook up with frats.
See, heres where the stereotyping comes in to play. Should you hook up with frats? Hell no. Why would you have so little respect for yourself as to hook up with some drunk asshole who gets laid by getting girls like you drunk and then sending them down the "walk of shame" the next morning.
There are alot of frats at my school, and because we are also one of the top party schools in the nation most of them are the kind that give frats and sororities a bad reputation.
Alot of the frats here serve no purpose other than to provide organization for parties, and alot of the sorority chicks go to parties to get drunk and get used by fratboys. Ive known girls who spent every weekend in a different fratboy's room.
Ive been to frat parties that amount to the guys standing in groups eyeing the girls trying to figure out which ones are drunk enough to try to make a move on while the girls drink trashcan punch and have fun getting blackout drunk and having friends tell them what they did the next day.
Is it possible to tell that someone is in one?
If they are wearing their greek letters probably. Some people do, some dont.
A word of advice. If you choose to join one, choose carefully. And have enough respect for yourself to not become another bleached blonde drunk girl who gets used.
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ill answer all of your questions how you asked them to make it easier! lol
-you rush. in the beginning of the semester, there will be notices all over campus about where to go to meet the girls in the sorority. theyll tell you about it and how to join. you can usually just get in without any problems but at bigger schools it can be kind of competitive. but not always.
-yes and no. some girls can live in the house or all of the girls can. depends how many members and how many bedrooms basically.
-how many members can range..look online at the schools your looking at. go to greek life and you will find information about each sorority at that school.
-you'll find out in the beginning of the semester.
-some see it as a bad thing. it can bring good opportunities and networking for jobs.
-you dont have to hook up with the frats. its not required or anything but yes, it happens, alot.
-sororities and fraternities usually wear alot of clothes with their sorority/frat name on it. youll see shirts/hoodies/stuff like that with greek letters on them.
if you need any help just send me a message in my inbox! hope i helped!
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