<p>There’s nothing wrong with greek life. Paying dues suck, but you’re putting money for an organization you’ve built up with people you respect and get along with to prosper on the campus’s social scene. It gives structure and symbols to social life immediately on campus. If you were to just hang out with your group of friends, you’d have trouble organizing events in the city with open bar for several hours and where you can rent out an entire area for yourselves and your dates and not worry about the sketchy people that usually frequent those venues, your group would also be much smaller, and you wouldn’t be as connected to the campus’s student body. Greek organizations allow freshman to have older people who they are close and connected with to offer guidance as well as camaraderie through the usually similar interests displayed. The organization also has a huge house that is a central gathering spot for all of its members, and its own meal plan which fosters closer connections eating and living together rather than just going to a dining hall and sitting with whoever, maybe just a couple kids from your dorm, who you will barely see the next year. It’s about forming lots of strong friendships that last throughout all four years of college, while you may form a few with people in your grade or dorm and continue to live with them, the fraternity or sorority allows a definate bond throughout four years while you help to maintain the house’s social scene, it allows you to meet and make connections with every freshman class as you try to pick out ones that are a good fit for your house and who will carry on the reputation that you have upheld the past few years.</p>
<p>If you don’t join an organization, then your social life consists of what, just those few friends you make freshman year, maybe kids from classes, kids from dorm, kids you see at parties, but take snapshots of these relationships throughout the four years of college and you’ll notice how disconnected these are the majority of the time with large gaps between meetings, and them usually being random occurrences. Maybe you’ll have your really close group of five or six friends, but you’re unable to plan events that run exactly how you want them to, and your acquantaince network will be extremely fragmented. If you do plan on having a strong social life in college, then a fraternity or sorority fosters a structured and developed method, it allows more focus on academics since you dont have to worry about planning events and making appointments to meet up with all these different acquaintances you’ve gathered if you’re really social, you know you can just attend and have the time of your life with your friends as well as meet and hang out with all the other people that are there because they respect the house’s social status.</p>
<p>It varies from school to school, anytime the campus is at least 20-25ish % greek, you should be too if you’re social</p>
<p>It is quite offensive when you think we are all looks and nothing else. We are not all clones and being in a sorority is a big deal on most campuses. Yes, we do pay a lot to be in a sorority but that it for house dues (living in the house), food, socials, date functions (which i might add are very cool… we go to New Orleans for one and I’m at FSU), philanthropy functions, t-shirts, initiation, and other things that we put so much work and effort into around our campus.</p>
<p>Being in a sorority means you are apart of a sisterhood full of bonds, secrets, and memories. Yes, some sororities now-a-days are extremely trashy at certain schools but that does not mean anyone has the right to say bad things about all sororities. We are not all sorostitutes!! We all have fun and party A LOT but so what? It’s college! It’s degrading to hear all these negative things about sorority girls. Each sorority is different but the way you get into a sorority depends on your personality first off because you need to make sure you have a similar personality or else all you are getting out of it is a title. Second, you have to be intelligent, hard-working/driven, caring, active (participate with things around campus), and yes, attractive. </p>
<p>Take these things into consideration next time you want to say something negative about people who are apart of greek life.</p>
<p>– Greeks devote more of their time to community service than non-Greeks
– Greeks give back to their colleges and universities at a higher rate than non-Greeks
– Greeks tend to have higher GPAs than non-Greeks
– Graduation rate among Greeks is higher than the general population
– Since 1825, the founding of Greek-letter organizations, all but two U.S. Presidents were Greek.
– All but two U.S. Vice-Presidents were Greek. (since 1825).
– 7 out of 10 people listed in Who’s Who are Greek.
– Both females elected to the U.S. Supreme Court were sorority members.
– 85% of the Fortune 500 executives are Greek.
– Of the nation’s 50 largest corporations, 43 are headed by Greeks.
– 63% of the U.S. President’s Cabinet members since 1900 have been Greek.
– Nationally, over 70% of Greeks graduate, while only 50% of non-Greeks graduate.
– 76% of U.S. Congressmen and Senators are Greek.
– Over 85% of the student leaders on some 730 campuses are members of a Greek-letter organization.
– Since 1910, 40 of 47 Supreme Court Justices have been Greek.
– Three Canadian Prime Ministers have been Greek.</p>
<p>Ill play along with the thread. At my school here are some good sororities along with their most common stereotypes.</p>
<p>Tridelt-blonde, blonde, and hot. These girls are often tall and tan, above average sluttiness, and generally regarded as the number one sorority on campus. They recruit less based on money than the others and mostly look for attractive girls who are like them.</p>
<p>Alpha Phi-depending on who you ask, a large proportion of the campus would put this sorority as number one. Very hot and generally classiest/girly girls on campus. Less blondes and generally won’t waste their time on you if youre not in a top Fraternity.</p>
<p>Kappa Kappa Gamma- also known as Visa Visa Mastercard, these girls are the richest, old money girls from the east coast. In recent years has become more Jewish but this has come with no change in status as they are still very hot and come in at clear number 3. Some can be shallow, however the hottest girl in the greek system is in this sorority.</p>
<p>Sigma Kappa- Still very attractive but at this point there is a visible step down from the top three. However, they make up for it by being the funnest girls to be around. When my fraternity had a mixer with them, we bought 1.5x typical alcohol because these girls drink like a frat. All very chill/down to earth.</p>
<p>It would be interesting to see if anyone can guess my school based on these stereotypes.</p>
<p>all i know is the sorority girls here are sluts mostly and idiots. They are the ones that look like zombies at frat parties because they slam whippits. Idk how much time they put toward the community and school work, but whippits kill brain cells and school is way more important than partying imo. Obviously every school is different and i’m not slamming greek life bc some schools have better systems than the one at my school</p>
<p>Your dues go to specific things, you don’t just pay to say you are a part of something. They go towards formals, date parties, events, etc. whatever your organization plans. You are not just paying to be a part of something but to learn something. I know because of my sorority I have become a much better public speaker, leader and organizer. Its how each person takes it though. Someone could decide to be in a sorority, be lazy, and just party or they can choose to really be a part of it and use it for what it is there for.</p>
<p>It’s seems a bit shallow that a bunch of people who aren’t Greek are making judgements about an entire system based on limited interactions. Greek life here is fantastic and no membership dues go to alcohol and all mixers are dry. Seems to me some of yinz are jealous at those who went Greek. Best decision of my college career. You meet amazing people you would have otherwise not met and it gives you some great experience in running an organization and networking. To that fendergirl- you seriously don’t provide drinks to guests and kick people out? So pretentious. No one at my school would ever do something so snobbish. Isn’t kicking people out of a party more exclusive than Greek life? People in Theta always have my back and support me allthe time because we are friends, not because we pay dues. Dues go to the organization they’re not bribes to members to be nice to eachother. The amazing connectedness I’ve gained is indescribable. I’ve always been an introvert who was very anti Greek until my guy friends rushed. I joined and it was a mutual selection process and my sisters never fail to amaze me. Don’t judge the whole Greek system based on your school. Yeah some are party oriented but they still do more service and fundraising than most non Greek students abd are much more active in student life. Don’t hate on Greek life becaus you’re not part of it. “frat” parties are more open than private parties and is a great way to see everybody. Same thing as a sports party. Stop hatin Greeks especially those if you who never joined. Stop being so judgemental and shallow it’s really petty.</p>