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Anonymous wrote:I went to a school that didn't have a Greek system. I didn't want to go to a school with an active Greek life because it all seemed co catty and only focused on partying.

Fats forward 20 years and now I know I was naive and short sighted. Sororities and Fraternities give you a lifetime of career and social connections. It comes up all the time in my work life and I envy those that have Greek connections.

Interesting. It has never ever come up once in my work life.

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Anonymous wrote:I went to a school that didn't have a Greek system. I didn't want to go to a school with an active Greek life because it all seemed co catty and only focused on partying.

Fats forward 20 years and now I know I was naive and short sighted. Sororities and Fraternities give you a lifetime of career and social connections. It comes up all the time in my work life and I envy those that have Greek connections.

Interesting. It has never ever come up once in my work life.

I went to a school that didn't have a Greek system. I didn't want to go to a school with an active Greek life because it all seemed co catty and only focused on partying.

Fats forward 20 years and now I know I was naive and short sighted. Sororities and Fraternities give you a lifetime of career and social connections. It comes up all the time in my work life and I envy those that have Greek connections.

Anonymous wrote:Sororities and fraternities are relics from another era.

+ 1. I can’t believe they still exist.

Sororities and fraternities are relics from another era.

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Anonymous wrote:OP I’m sure the rejection is difficult for her. Sorry. Sororities are ridiculous. It’s shocking to me that schools still have this process of judging girls based primarily on their appearance and clothes. Aren’t we more evolved than this as a society? Sad. If it makes you feel better when I see a sorority or fraternity listed on a resume I drop it in the trash.

DP
I love you for this.

Wait..people put this on their professional resume?

Only if they are still in college and held a leadership position.

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The financial VP of our sorority managed a $600K budget, and that’s a pretty significant skill that can set a 21-year-old apart from other candidates in a positive way.
The recruitment VP managed over 200 people, marketed abc scheduled events and managed an intake process that resulted in 74 new members that’s a pretty impresssive skill for someone to have on an HR resume.

Our Philanthropy VP planned and executed our annual fundraiser that had over 580 attendees and raised over $62K.

So yeah….I don’t think you’d want to put “member of Alpha Beta Chi—partied my a$$ off for four years!” But if you held a role that gave you demonstrated experience in a certain area, you don’t leave it off the resume just because someone like the judgy “throw it in the trash” guy might read it.
I mean, I’d throw the resume if someone who had too many visible tattoos in the trash too, for the same reason as judgy PP: my opinion is that tattoo guy may not use the best judgment. That’s what judgy PP thinks of sorority girls.
Maybe we’re both wrong. Or not.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I’m sure the rejection is difficult for her. Sorry. Sororities are ridiculous. It’s shocking to me that schools still have this process of judging girls based primarily on their appearance and clothes. Aren’t we more evolved than this as a society? Sad. If it makes you feel better when I see a sorority or fraternity listed on a resume I drop it in the trash.

That really just makes you no better than the sorority. So . . . good job?

Oh please. It makes her tons better. And smarter.

Holding a grudge.
Judging someone for a social activity.
Being super judgy and petty, and moreover, proud of it.

Yeah, that really shows her to be a better or smarter person. It really shows her to be nothing but a simple, vindictive bi---ch of the most basic variety.

We have a Tri-Delta in the chat.

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OP, I'm sorry. Is the school Hamilton? I have stories.

The Greek experience at Hamilton sounds exactly like what OP describes. A very small percentage (10%?) of females rush sororities with no national affiliation that exist only on this campus, and the sorority members tend to be arrogant about their membership and exclusive in the most painful way. Generally, they socialize only with other sorority members. They wear their sorority gear and for this small percentage of girls, it dominates their attention and college experience. I’m very surprised that the school has not forbidden them, because they are the antitheses of the ethos of general school community.

Did you go there or dc? Where you/they in the sorority?

Anonymous wrote:

OP, I'm sorry. Is the school Hamilton? I have stories.

The Greek experience at Hamilton sounds exactly like what OP describes. A very small percentage (10%?) of females rush sororities with no national affiliation that exist only on this campus, and the sorority members tend to be arrogant about their membership and exclusive in the most painful way. Generally, they socialize only with other sorority members. They wear their sorority gear and for this small percentage of girls, it dominates their attention and college experience. I’m very surprised that the school has not forbidden them, because they are the antitheses of the ethos of general school community.

The is beyond gross and I agree--seems completely unaligned with the culture of the school. sad.

OP, I'm sorry. Is the school Hamilton? I have stories.

The Greek experience at Hamilton sounds exactly like what OP describes. A very small percentage (10%?) of females rush sororities with no national affiliation that exist only on this campus, and the sorority members tend to be arrogant about their membership and exclusive in the most painful way. Generally, they socialize only with other sorority members. They wear their sorority gear and for this small percentage of girls, it dominates their attention and college experience. I’m very surprised that the school has not forbidden them, because they are the antitheses of the ethos of general school community.

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Anonymous wrote:OP I’m sure the rejection is difficult for her. Sorry. Sororities are ridiculous. It’s shocking to me that schools still have this process of judging girls based primarily on their appearance and clothes. Aren’t we more evolved than this as a society? Sad. If it makes you feel better when I see a sorority or fraternity listed on a resume I drop it in the trash.

Are you careful to distinguish the honor societies that are not sororities or fraternities, but also have Greek letters, like Phi Beta Kappa (liberal arts), Kappa Mu Epsilon (math), Psi Chi (psychology), Phi Alpha Theta (history), Alpha Psi Omega (theater), etc.

Good point.

Anonymous wrote:OP I’m sure the rejection is difficult for her. Sorry. Sororities are ridiculous. It’s shocking to me that schools still have this process of judging girls based primarily on their appearance and clothes. Aren’t we more evolved than this as a society? Sad. If it makes you feel better when I see a sorority or fraternity listed on a resume I drop it in the trash.

Are you careful to distinguish the honor societies that are not sororities or fraternities, but also have Greek letters, like Phi Beta Kappa (liberal arts), Kappa Mu Epsilon (math), Psi Chi (psychology), Phi Alpha Theta (history), Alpha Psi Omega (theater), etc.

Anonymous wrote:At schools with such a small Greek population, Greek life is trash anyway (and is also trash at a lot of schools with a lot of Greek life). She shouldn’t sweat it too much, even though it’s upsetting and humiliating in the moment.

Op here— thank you. You are spot on. Just so painful.

Anonymous wrote:What is dirty rushing?

OP here-Definitely not the issue that it’s just a really small school with very low-key Greek life

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP I’m sure the rejection is difficult for her. Sorry. Sororities are ridiculous. It’s shocking to me that schools still have this process of judging girls based primarily on their appearance and clothes. Aren’t we more evolved than this as a society? Sad. If it makes you feel better when I see a sorority or fraternity listed on a resume I drop it in the trash.

+1

So ridiculous and juvenile.