Greek life

klio33
Tue, 20 Oct 2009 00:45:45 +0000

I am a senior here and I joined a sorority my freshman year. I wasn’t sure if it was what I wanted to do at first, but I also found a group of intelligent, nice, and down to earth girls. Sure there were a few wild ones in the bunch, but most were as far from the stereotypical sorority girl as you could get. I enjoyed my time in the sorority. I ended up deactivating my junior year mostly due to financial reasons. The only other reason I decided to quit was because I felt like I didn’t need it. I could still be just as involved in parties and other activities without it and I already had good friends from the group that I continued to hang out with after I quit. I am enjoying life as an independent, but I certainly don’t hate sororities or the girls in them. It is fun to eat at the house and do homework in the living room. IM sports with your sorority were always enjoyable and so were the formals that we had. But my biggest piece of advice is go with your heart. If you really don’t feel comfortable with it, don’t do it. I know many girls who joined or stayed in sororities because they felt pressured or thought they wouldn’t have a social like if they quit. Trust me, if you are a reasonably friendly, nice, and intelligent person then you will not have trouble finding a social life without a Greek organization. But if you think it is for you then by all means try it out. I do think there is more of a stigma attached to being an independent guy than a girl so I may not be the best one to answer in regards to a boy’s experience.