Well aside from the fact that certain women are just dying to be in a sorority and join a sorority (any sorority) as an AI because of the fact that some let a lot more in than others, can you think of some reasons why women would AI one org over another?

And if so, please do tell :)

-Rudey

Yes.

The two most glaringly obvious things I can think of are Philanthropy - it'd be great to pick an org that does charity you're already involved with - BUT I think the #1 factor comes down to prominence in your area. If you're in Oregon, you're probably not going to AI into ASA, being that the closest collegiate chapter to you is in Alaska and the closest Alum chapter is in San Diego, CA.

If I were trying to become an AI, I'd just the hottest sorority, go to the house and be like, " ok girls, pillow fight!"

Then they'd all look at me weird becuase I was 35 about 40 pounds above my college weight and my skin wasn't as nice :(


But who cares. Atleast I'd get to pillow fight with the hottest sorority.

Probably some of the same reasons women have for choosing a sorority in college -

• they're a legacy
• their best friend/coworker is in a group, so they've had a lot of exposure to that group
• personal connection/interest in a certain philanthropy
• big/visible alumna group in the woman's hometown
• cutest mascot

You know. The important stuff.

you forgot

- they didnt want to be part of the ugly/fat girl sorority (i've heard girls at my school say that)

- they wanted to party with hot guys, so they went to the hot sorority

- they know that if they associate themselves with "the hot girls", then people wuold automatically think they were hot ....even if they werent hot

Bobby, you obviously know nothing about sorority life.







If you want to look hot, you stand next to fat girls.

Let's say they don't have family or friends in that sorority and live in a state where there are several sororities with pretty large alumni associations and these sororities also offer AI.

So it comes down to colors, mascot, motto?

Or is there anything else?

And what's stupider - basing your choice on colors, mascot, motto or also taking into account some type of stereotype on the national strength of a sorority?

HMMMMMM

-Rudey

Bobby remember that pic from Fullerton we saw with the one chick and how every other girl looked ridiculously hot compared to her? hahaha

-Rudey

you are without a doubt the most rational person on this board.

I know some girls who did that. They ultimately resigned because they kept losing in everything, and people would always say, " oh man you are in a sorority with a bunch of cows" and they got sick of it. they usually ended just being fraternity rats lol

LOL the thing is. EVERY girl in that pic was hot. So she probably went around going, " we are so hot blah blah blah"

and then other people would say, " sure, your sorority is hot. but you're a cow"

In this case, the ratio of hot girls of ugly girls is greater, so thus the sororities reputation is not hurt

thanks! i'm going to quote that. :p

and yeah, nu mus are hot too.

If you had any credibility before, (which I believe you didn't), you lost it just now.

Thank you.

In GC, everyone is made from the same mold, is just as smart as each other, and just as successful.

-Rudey
--GC is the magical land of Narnia and no differences will ever be allowed.

Some chapters are known as All for Free

:) Those are my favorite chapters. All chapters should thrive to be like that

The thing is all sororities and fraternities are "Good". And helping cure breast cancer over heart disease isn't "Better."

So really you are left with not too many things to base your opinion on. And you're not joining a college chapter so you don't have a reputation or image on that campus; it's an Alum chapter which can consist of women from several campuses and regions and age groups.

-Rudey

This post made me giggle. Thank you Bobby.

And you could have picked Alpha Phi because of the colors as well.

And since an alum chapter is so diverse, it forces you to think about the sorority nationally and to form an image of them.

I mean heck the fraternity KA has an image nationally to me. Alpha Delta Phi and Psi Upsilon conjure up images. Or how about the machine/skull&bones? That sure conjures up a lot of images for people. It may not be true on every campus, but it doesn't have to be, since it's a national image/stereotype.

-Rudey

Exactly. When I expressed initial interest in AGD, I noticed right away that their table at the Campus Center was decked out in red, buff, and green. I-and-I RASTAFAR-I, we jam to the reggaem MON! to most college kids.

I sure as hell didn't join for the squirrel mascot. We don't even have squirrels in Hawaii!

I wasn't making any point about AI but if you can't read and interpret and want to make a retarded statement, go ahead.

-Rudey
--I was making a point about sorority reputations.

Did you want to address any of the points I made or just pretend they don't exist?

And if you have no Greek knowledge why do you want to join a sorority? That doesn't make sense. And I suppose you could always ask on Greekchat, like the OP did, but then a pack of girls would chew your head off.

-Rudey

I've met girls from SLO at various functions. Very nice ladies. And SLO isn't exactly NorCal either, kind of odd. Lovely day today. Nice not to have any rain. =) ETA: I'm proud of AOII in general, and especially since we're colonizing a new SoCal chapter in the fall. Yippee! I'm thinking about helping out with that. :)

You know, it's stopped being remotely amazing to me that just about any thread at any time can go from 0 to ridiculous in about no time at all. Like sands through the hourglass, so are the days of GC lives.

Because some of us were pledges at said sorority and transferred to another university to go after an athletic dream, but the second university didn't have the sorority we had pledged to. :)

No squirrels in Hawaii?! Well, now there is!

http://www.alumni.psu.edu/hub/photos...s/squirrel.gif

Yes. The Cal Poly SLO AOPis...are uhhhh....ummmm how do we say. Easy on the eyes. VERY pretty girls.

I have never met any other AOPi, except one. She was a southern belle and I love her to death. And if you are a Pike, I'm sure you know who I'm talkin about.

Yeah, at any given time. If I enter a thread, it can turn into chaos.

I seem to be the only one contributing to sorority reputations.

Where is AOPi colonizing at? I will be brutually honest. Please tell them to stay away from Cal Poly Pomona.

Chapman would be a awesome school. I like Chapman. Chapman is good. LMU? Pepperdine? Good schools to expand to. And make sure those AOPi girls follow the same mold as the SLO AOPis.

University of La Verne. It was open for expansion and we accepted the invitation of the University Panhellenic. Actually, they don't have a mold...they would follow international's policies. =)

OHHHHHH the ULV. har har har. Good times. Man, I use to live up in the IE baby. Partied with those kids alot as well.

Hey Deltalum. Aren't you glad you're not the mod in this forum anymore? HAHA

Yes.

That's why I didn't read this thread.

Oooops. Busted!

Well, after reading all of the others like it, I just couldn't help myself.

And I told you that colors, mascots, and whatnot are not major factors. Some may consider a sorority for something else.

I also told you that several fraternities have reputations.

I also told you that these are general and not specific to every chapter and brother/sister out there.

-Rudey

Art is subjective too. Yet people discuss it constantly.

-Rudey

You're lucky, I hate squirrels.