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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] I was a first gen student with an immigrant mother, father was not in the picture. I knew nothing about Greek life.  I think there might have been two frats and one sorority at my “directional” university.  My husband is also an immigrant, so he wasn’t involved in that scene either.  I never encouraged her to join Greek life.

Jump to my DD who is in a sorority at at T25 school. She is in a “mid-tier” house. So far she likes it. The dues are about $3K a year, and that includes some meals (she lives off campus). She is gaining experience leading different events, and has a leadership position starting this year. There are some aspects she thinks are annoying and silly, but she sees this experience more as an investement in her future regarding networking and volunteer work. She will live in the house next year, and he rent will be much lower. Plus, the location of the house is very close to central campus area.

I think she got dropped by her first choice house, but is happy where she landed. She tells me about drug use (cocaine) by some members of top tier frats and sororities. Not all members are  doing drugs of course.  I am sure there is some use by brothers and sisters in all tiers, but she has noticed it only by some in those top houses.

Most of her friends are in Greek life as well. She has friends in different sororities too. Compared to what I have heard from Greek life at other schools, her sorority seems a lot more chill. For example, she knows a girl whose mom went down to her university (Alabama) on Bid Day to line the streets and cheer the girls on. None of that stuff happened at my DD’s school. That just seems so over the top!

Basically, so far, from my DD’, I think this has been a good experience for her. I can see though, how it can be a ridiculous, expensive, superficial,  frustrating and heartbreaking experience for many. [/quote]

Love how you sprinkle in drug use in top house. Doubt it and if in one then all.  Usually there is cattiness toward top house if someone was dropped. Also to the mom who went to bid day well good for her. I think that is a nice thing. Maybe she was in a sorority and had happy memories. [/quote]

I was just reporting what my daughter told me over break about drug usage. I hope this is not the norm. She implied the higher ranked houses had more members with the means to buy drugs. At first I assumed she meant it was the frats only. She then clarified it was also the sororities.

I guess I am not so gung-ho over the whole sorority stuff. I assume this is THEIR thing.  That is why it just seemed odd, to me, for parents to hop on a plane for bid day. I wouldn’t want to be involved, unless the activity actually was for us, as in the parent formal. To each their own. [/quote]

Seems as though your daughter was mad she got dropped and her way of handling this is to put those houses down. Sad.[/quote]

Or, just maybe, she actually saw that.

Not every pnm is desperate to be in certain sororities for validation. She landed in a nice house, along with some of her friends, and is thriving.

I hope you have a fabulous day. [/quote]

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