<p>1) If you are AA, the NPHC houses offer amazing networking during college and beyond. Such is their strength, that this is one of the reasons that AAs continue to pledge these chapters and not try for the historically white NPC sororities or IFC fraternities. </p>
<p>2) If you are a minority other that AA, then there are girls in the NPC chapters who are also minorities. Not very many, I grant you. But they are there, including in the Old Row chapters. They have one major thing in common: as well as meeting all the usual requirements: grades, recs, great ECs etc the one standout thing about them is that they already knew a lot of girls in the house when they went through rush. This means that the girls they know from HS/ECs/Church etc etc are pulling for them during rush because they already know them and have got beyond any aspects of ‘appearance’. You said you are from AL - how many girls do you know in sororities at Bama?</p>
<p>3) Most importantly - Greek Life is great fun and I loved every minute, as does my sister in her house at Bama. But recently we discussed how we both would not have just survived but thrived without it. Bama is a great school whether you are Greek or not, so please don’t let this be too large a part of your college decision</p>