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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I was a first gen student. I had zero interest in joining a sorority. Nobody in my social group growing  up had any experience with them, so it was not on my radar.

Moving forward, my daughter is rushing this week. We are supporting her, a little reluctantly though. All the girls she has met her first semester are also rushing. Her school does not ask for recommendation letters from previous members, thank God, because we really don’t have those connections.

My question is, how disadvantaged is a first gen student who is rushing at one of the schools where they still ask for rec letters?  Is that system in place to continue keeping the “poors” out of the greek system?  Also, don’t get me started on how expensive some of those soroties cost. Just another reason why they are so out of reach for most first gen students. [/quote]

Wishing a fantastic rush experience for your DD, OP!
And I sincerely hope that the sisterhood she eventually joins will have an opportunity to win you over from your previous viewpoint. It’s hard to set biases aside, but I applaud you for supporting your DD in this endeavor, even if you don’t value it….yet. My hope is that you’ll find her experience to be an enriching one for her and that you’ll see evidence that not only will it strengthen her connection to her alma mater, but it will sharpen her academic focus and give her a community if women who support and champion her i efforts to follow her path and make a difference in her community…whatever that may be! And yes, there will be parties and fun and all that—as you’ll find all over camp mus. But Women supporting women across all generations, across all interests is what sororities do best. And fun fact: many sororities nowadays offer some form of alumna initiation that allows young women to extend offer of membership to their own mothers who are not already affiliated with a Greek organization! So this is even something you may be able to share with your daughter someday. [/quote]

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