Thoughts on sorority life?

socalemma
Sun, 31 Mar 2019 08:16:55 +0000

So interesting to read everyone’s experiences, thank you. Whenever my daughter talks about her sorority life I try to keep my personal biases to myself, but I express my concerns. She loves her new sisters and I am happy that she’s happy. As long as she maintains her grades I will be satisfied that the sorority activities are not interfering with her academic life.
I hope I didn’t offend anyone with the use of the word “pretty”, that makes it sound like the other girls are not as attractive. Maybe I should have described them as “girls who seem to spend a lot of time on their appearance” lol. I dislike labels but I didn’t know how else to describe them.

@greenbutton so interesting, the targeting! I don’t think she started school with the intention of joining greek life. It all sounds so contrived. I also didn’t realize that some schools forbid freshman from rushing, is it because they are more vulnerable? What is the penn state report card?

@bamamom2021 I’m happy to say that my daughter’s sorority does encourage studying and they often have study groups. Sounds like your daughter has had a great experience!

@twoinanddone thank you for the correction. I haven’t seen the girls much in person, all I see is their apparently carefully crafted social media presence. 43 year reunion? How cool is that?!

@brooklynlydia no, they don’t miss class. When it was three days they left after classes were over.

Hi @ProfessorPlum168 we “spoke” a couple of times last year awaiting ucb decisions yes, Greeks are not prominent at Berkeley. Sounds like your son is working hard. Did he go away for spring break? My daughter was away most of the week, as were her friends. I don’t know if that’s a sorority thing or maybe all kids go away on spring break these days.