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Some advice ?
Hi everybody! This is my first post on GC but i've been reading for a while...I need some help from some of you about these sororities. I am planning on pledging next year and I want to know everyone's general opinion...So please help!
Oh ps I will be going to Longwood and these are the sororities offered there... Alpha Gamma Delta- Alpha Delta Pi- Alpha Sigma Alpha- Alpha Sigma Tau- Delta Zeta- Kappa Delta- Sigma Kappa- Sigma Sigma Sigma- Any advice is greatly appreciated!! thanks! |
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Are you looking for reputations? Because you won't find that here...which you should know if you've been "reading for a long time".
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I'm not looking for reputations, I just wanted to know what was your "favorite" part of your sorority or what you liked about them... sorry if i offended anyone
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People join GLOs for different reasons, so what's appealing to one person may be irrelevant to another person.
Like AOEforme said, you need to keep an open mind when going through recruitment and form your own opinions. |
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They are all fantastic sororities, not just the Farmville Four. Everyone has given you great advice- keep an open mind. They are all great groups.
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Realize that you are lucky to be joining a system that was the birthplace to FOUR of our NPC organizations. That is a wonderful tradition! The other groups on campus must be wonderful, too, to hold their own against the Alpha Chapters of these great groups!
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Then why list them all? |
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To the OP- everyone finds things to love about all the organizations. They all have wonderful sisterhoods both in college and in the alumnae ranks. All have wonderful creeds/mottos/symphonies/etc as well as honorable philanthropies. Read through the link above. Good stuff. While there are many universal elements to all NPC organizations one thing to recognize is that all groups are going to vary from campus to campus in terms of the active members. Therefore, to find the fit for you, you will simply have to go through recruitment, meet the women, and form your own opinion. Recognize that the sorority women are also looking for members that are good fits for their organization. In the same way that you will be narrowing down the number of chapters that you visit each day, the sororities will be narrowing down the number of women that they invite back for each round. Best of luck! |
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OP: Go into recruitment with an open mind and pledge where it feels like home. |
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I know this sounds cheesy and you've probably heard it a million times:
Don't judge any sorority based on it's first event. I have friends who didn't like the sorority they joined on the first night, but after that they realized how perfect of a match it was. Be open to all groups! And on a random note, I love Tri Sigma's colors. Purple is the best! :) |
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How sad....
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This thread is as close to comprehensive as it gets when it comes to recruitment advice. Good luck!
http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=54403 |
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For you to come here and ask us general opinions is offensive to each sorority there. You need to go in with an open mind. Women over the internet can't decide. Just because they love their sorority doesn't mean you will. Each sorority there is great. No sorority is the best, just the best for an individual. Nitpicking right now: it's not called pledging anymore. |
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To the OP: I could post pages about why I love my sorority, but what's important to me may not be important to you. This is why everyone's urging you to go into Recruitment with an open mind. |
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Actually, she should say she's planning on rushing next year, but I didn't want to be a meanie and pick that nit. |
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There are some great articles from that time period in the New York Times archives. |
I own copies of two 1914 issues of The Crescent, and there is a good bit of info about the Barnard closure in them. And, even better for all of you, all four 1914 issues are available in google books!
http://books.google.com/books?id=EAc...age&q=&f=false Go to page 92! If you don't want to read yourself, here are two excerpts: From the January 1914 issue, reprinted from the editor of The Key: "These are the resolutions finally adopted by the faculty: Resolved, That for a term of three years, commencing October 1, 1913, no society of a social character at Barnard College, of which the organization, the emblems, and the rites are in any way secret and which has national affiiliations shall be allowed to elect new members...." From the March 1914 issue, from Iota's chapter letter: "We have secured a three years' charter from the Student Council, as the other sororities have done, and we are still hoping for a reversal of the Faculty decision.... Especially now that we are no longer allowed to initiate new members, we feel the close bond existing between the older Gamma Phis and ourselves, and regret that in all probability, no new girls in Barnard will have the chance to be a part of this national organization." When the graduating class left in 1914, there were 9 members left of Iota chapter, and once all of them had graduated, the chapter closed. I believe this is the same situation for all of the other sororities at Barnard, too. :( |
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I love the link to The Crescent!
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To be honest, I started reading this thread expecting a trainwreck but I learned so much about Alpha Omicron Pi via Wiki and The Crescent. I started looking up other NPC sororities and I am completely awed by the history and accomplishments of these sororities and their members.
Ladies, thanks for the discussion on AOPi and the Alpha chapters. I learned a lot about AOPi and other sororities. |
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