Missed out on sorority life...What did i miss?

[Anonymous]

Mainly lots of multi-colored vomit...

But for real, northern sororities are considered to be fakes by most southern sororities.

[Anonymous]

Nothing. You missed nothing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
I pledged one of the biggest, oldest sororities in the country as a freshman -- and I loved it. I went through rush on a lark, just to see the beautiful sorority houses and meet people (rush was before school started at my huge SEC school).

As rush week wore on, I realized there was one sorority I would feel totally at home at, much to my surprise. It was still new to the campus and the women were really smart and amazing. Not stereotypes. I got in and had a great three years (like most women, by senior year I was phasing out of sorority life). I was never hazed, forced to drink, or forced to do anything I didn't want to.

Joining a sorority gave my a smaller group of 100ish women to bond with on my campus of 30,000 plus. It gave me a lot of leadership experience. It wasn't all perfect -- I lost out on a post I really wanted -- but even that was a learning experience.

Throughout the years, I've used my sorority connections whenever I moved to a new city. It's a shortcut to connecting into the community -- these women helped my find the best doctors, schools and other resources, and welcomed me and my husband into their communities.

I recently went to a reunion of my chapter with women who were all at school the same time as me. I wondered how it would be after all these years.

It was fabulous.

Turns out I would have missed a ton if I hadn't joined a sorority.

Wow Reese! I didn’t know you read DCUrban Moms

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was in what was considered a "top" sorority at UVa late 80s-early 90s. It wasn't perfect, but it was great fun, and I made friends who are still there for me.

kappa or theta? I also went to UVA and will never forget how damn MEAN those girls were during rush.

[Anonymous]

I was an engineering major at MIT. Being in a sorority was a way for me to meet other females when I otherwise spent so much of my time in male-dominated environments and kept me from burying myself in the library for hours on end. *shrug* There was drama, of course, I think the deeply anti-sorority folks harbor a lot of subconscious misogynistic attitudes about women.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was an engineering major at MIT. Being in a sorority was a way for me to meet other females when I otherwise spent so much of my time in male-dominated environments and kept me from burying myself in the library for hours on end. *shrug* There was drama, of course, I think the deeply anti-sorority folks harbor a lot of subconscious misogynistic attitudes about women.

This. It's crazy all the things that people attribute to sororities. In most cases, almost none of it is true.

I experienced no more vomit than the normal freshman in a large mid-western state school. Everything was fun. Tons of stuff to do. There was mild drama but nothing unusual. We did have slight hazing but, honestly, it was all kind of tongue in check and not at all serious.

[Anonymous]

What’s the deal with sororities and Instagram?

All these sorority ladies at GW, PAC-10, and SEC schools have public profiles. All seem to have a minimum of 2500 followers.

It seems like there’s now a minimum follower requirement for many sororities. Are they buying fake followers? It’s crazy how much they are exposing themselves for all the world to see.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I was an engineering major at MIT. Being in a sorority was a way for me to meet other females when I otherwise spent so much of my time in male-dominated environments and kept me from burying myself in the library for hours on end. *shrug* There was drama, of course, I think the deeply anti-sorority folks harbor a lot of subconscious misogynistic attitudes about women. [/quote]

This. I wasn't in a sorority but still managed to hook up with frat boys and drink to excess without it. There's good and bad in everything, and I find the rabid anti- Greek attitudes here over the top.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What’s the deal with sororities and Instagram?

All these sorority ladies at GW, PAC-10, and SEC schools have public profiles. All seem to have a minimum of 2500 followers.

It seems like there’s now a minimum follower requirement for many sororities. Are they buying fake followers? It’s crazy how much they are exposing themselves for all the world to see.

I don’t think 2500 followers is too abnormal for these kids. Remember they basically grew up on IG. They have followers from high school and now from college. If they were popular at a big, suburban HS and were known for, say, a sport or something, that’s worth about 1000 right there. Then you get a bunch of sorority followers, not just from your chapter but from other chapters too and before you know it, you’re at 2500+ followers.

For context, I have a family member who is a college sophomore, NOT in a sorority, and at a smaller school, and she has 1200 followers and a fully public profile. I could see her having twice as many followers if she were in a sorority at a big school.