Which would you choose: school or GLO?
 

In reading people's stories about their college and GLO experiences, I wondered...

If you could guarantee your child's admittance and happiness in one or the other but not both, would it be more meaningful to you to have your child attend your alma mater or initiate into your GLO?

:)

Alma mater, definitely. There are quite a few wonderful selections for sororities/fraternities at my school, and the opportunities there definitely trump any I've experienced in my GLO.

Alma mater. While I'd love to have a daughter in my GLO, I'd much rather her find her own home. I have a lot of respect for the other chapters on my campus, and I'm sure any one of them would be a good experience.

Actually my son is going to my alma mater in 10 days. He's a Pike legacy, but, like FleurGirl, I'd much rather he find his own home. He said he's not interested in GLOs, but I told him not to dismiss it out-of-hand, to attend a few parties and see what it is. If it's not for him, it's not for him (but I secretly hope it is! ;-))

Not having kids, but I'd much prefer my nieces or nephews to go to Otterbein and be as happy as I was. Joining TD would just be a cherry on top.

Neither, either. Whatever school or GLO she wanted to go to.

I think I'd rather he or she go to the school of his or her dreams, rather than my alma mater or my organization.

I loved Gannon, but if I had to pick a school I went to I'd rather he or she go to Pitt because of our "family connections" (I met live-in at Pitt, his dad went to Pitt, a ton of his dad's family went to Pitt). Gannon was great, for me, and I'll always throw most of my alumni support there, but it's definitely the type of school that's "right" only for a small number of people.

If my child went to Pitt I would hope he or she would be smart enough not to get involved in the "let's run up Forbes and destroy stuff" that seems so prevalent there recently.

I'd LOVE for any hypothetical kids of mine to go to my alma mater, but it's not for everyone. It'd be great if they did though!

Just to clarify...

I know we would all agree that we want our children/nieces/nephews to go where they would be happiest. I'm asking the hypothetical question of what would mean more to you - to share an alma mater or share a GLO with him/her/them?

For me the alma mater. I feel like my overall college experience was awesome because of my sorority, but I could've been just as happy if I'd joined a non-GLO on campus. The campus is more than enough, the teachers are personable, and you get a lot of individual attention. It makes people love the school.

(I'm also in a different sorority than my mother and I'm kind of glad. It's nice to be able to talk about "greek life" but know that she doesn't show up to events with me. I like having separate organizations to be proud of, with that common "greek life" ground. So I won't be pushing for my hypothetical daughter to join my organization unless she wants to.)

The thread title made me snort-chuckle and then click to see what madness was going on in here. It's a lot more tame than I expected.

100% Alma Mater for all potential children. Nearly everyone in my family graduated from the University of Georgia and many people have taught there.

However, my daughters BET go Theta Nu Xi. :mad:

Neither. I don't really care about legacy stuff when it comes to school or Delta. It's just disinteresting to me.

I had to edit my post because I realized that this thread is about school or GLO legacies and not what I thought it was about. :)

You know that's the recipe for them NOT going Theta Nu Xi. :p

I don't believe in many of the legacy antics that some Sorors participate in because I honestly don't care if my daughter wants to be a Delta. If she wants Delta on her own, that's great. If not, that's great. :)

Really? Why is that?

I'm just overexaggerating. :p I would be sad if Theta Nu Xi wasn't right for my daughter(s), but if they can't put their whole heart into the Sorority, they shouldn't be members.

Since I don't have any children I'll think of this as my youngest sister (who just turned 13). I would love love love for her to go to my school and become a Tri Delta.
But I want her to be happy so whatever she chooses I'll be happy. She already says that shes "only going to look at schools with tri delta" and I've been trying really hard to stop her thinking that way. I try to explain to her that one of my best friends is in another sorority so hopefully that got her thinking. I mean school is five years away for her but still.

I don't really want her to go to this school because it doesn't have what shes interested in which is non profit managment.

I am a Son of Georgetown. My children will be Sons and Daughters of Georgetown.

Where and how they go Greek is up to them. I wouldn't be sad if my sons became Ques, Sigmas, NIC fraternity members, or even most multicultural or LGLOs.

But if my son comes home in red and white, there will be smoke in the city.

So obviously, my school legacy is far more important. :)

One of my best friends went to Georgetown. Great school, great location.

LOL

*cheers*

It's the same in my house. http://gbatemp.net/style_emoticons/default/unsure.gif Honestly, I feel the same way about certain multicultural and mlatinacultural orgs.

:) Were they also involved in any of the theatre programs?

LMAOOOOO yeah, me too.

LOL! You guys! :p

But you're right.

No kids for me. But I was just over the moon when I found out that my youngest little cousin is going to IU this fall! (He's the only family member other than me to go there. One cousin is at community college with an eye on transferring to Illinois, and one cousin is at Alabama, but everyone else went to Illinois.)

I'd love it if any of my cousins joined APO, but only if they want to.

It wouldn't really mean more to me either way, so my answer stands.

Alma mater - I, my parents, siblings, and my girls' father all went to the same school. My eldest daughter is there now - there is something really great about having a third generation at the same school. She has the same fencing coach I had - has had several philosophy professors I had. I took a music class from the man who was instrumental in getting my father into the San Antonio opera, and who has a memorial plaque at Grin's restaurant. It's a nice connection.

Whoa, that really is cool.

My school isn't right for everyone, and may not be right for my (far in the future!) children. So, if I had to pick, I would hope I could share my sorority bonds with her. However, if she wasn't a fit, I wouldn't push it upon her.

I have a younger sister who has several years before she makes it to college. My cousin is a Delta Zeta, and has told her multiple times that if she goes to her university, she will be a DZ. I try to talk my cousin out of saying it, but she does anyway. There isn't an AXO chapter there, so she wouldn't be betraying me, but I would just want her to be happy. If she goes to the larger state school (with no AXO chapter), I would just want her to be happy.

On the surface, I would LOVE for my sister to attend some school with an AXO chapter, and then I would hope and pray that she could find the sisterhood that I have found in AXO. But, if she wasn't a fit, I wouldn't pressure her.

fraternity.


unless they become engineers or pharmacists, i wouldn't send them to my alma mater.

Honestly I am not sure. I went to the same university (TCU) that my mom and her father attended, and there was something very cool about that. In fact my grandfather attended so long ago that he actually knew many of the people that our campus buildings were named for! My parents even got married in our university chapel. So, you can see that there is definite a special place in my heart, as well as my family's, for TCU.

However, I do have a daughter. The decision to rush and the group to list first on her pref card is hers and hers alone. That being said, I would really cherish the opportunity to share Theta with her. Perhaps that is because I already have the shared family connection with my college, but do not have other family members in Theta. Maybe there is just the desire to share that type of experience too. Who knows.

However, a fourth generation TCU-er would bring me much joy as well. Maybe I can have the best of both worlds- my son attending TCU and my daughter a Theta.

I think I'm going to be the only one to say this - but definitely my GLO. My university was fine, but Pi Phi MADE my undergrad experience what it was.

I was tempted to make some horned frog jokes, but this is too touching :)

/UTAMaverick

Wow. This is a great thread. It is a toss-up because I love my GLO but, I also bleed blue and white. My fiance proposed to me at the Nittany Lion Shrine (it serves the same purpose as the Gator at UF and other fun monuments people get pictures with for graduation). I am having a Penn State themed wedding. We are getting married in State College and most likely having our wedding reception at the Nittany Lion Inn. Although, 4 of my 6 bridesmaids (to include my maid of honor) are my sorority sisters. Because my fiance and I are first-generation college graduates and both graduated from Penn State, and eventually Syracuse, I would have to say Alma Mater.

At the end of the day, we make it farther in life (for most people) based on the prestigious universities we attended and not necessarily on our GLOs.

Since I have all boys, I'll say alma mater.

Seriously, I would love to have them go to my alma mater, but since it would be out-of-state for them, they had better get some scholarships! One of the reasons I loved my school is that it's not a suitcase or commuter school- most students stay for the weekends. As long as they can have a similar experience, they can go anywhere.

Although, if they came home with AOII girlfriends, that would just be icing on the cake.

Hahaha...That is exactly how I feel. If my (future) sons come home with Phi Mu girlfriends, I'll be pretty darn happy.

Ditto. GLO wins for me, hands down. Unlike many in this thread, I don't have any familial ties to any particular school. Or GLO for that matter. I'm a first generation college graduate. My husband & I met at our college, but a small private liberal arts school isn't for everyone. And because there's no family tradition, and because that school is 2000 miles away from where we live, not a lot pulls us back.

My sorority experience made my college experience, and it did more to prepare me for the workplace than school ever could. I would love to share Kappa with a potential future daughter. Honestly, though, I think I would love to share any GLO. If not Kappa, then I'd get to learn that much more about another group. And really, that's not so bad. Alumiyum made a great point about how sometimes it's nice to have something similar but not exactly the same... so either way has its perks.

Neither. I detest my alma mater and I have three boys who have said at various times they'd never join a Fraternity. I'm just thankful beyond belief that the oldest reconsidered and found his Lambda Chi Alpha brothers. Who knows what the next one will do now that he's heading to college in a month? At least I have four more years before the last one heads out!

Unless my kids want to become architects or engineers, I don't want them going to my alma mater.

Even then, I wouldn't really care what school they went to... It all depends what specifically they'd want to study.

I would love for my sons to become SigEps. If I have daughters, it'd be cool if they married SigEps. Or I'll get them pinned somehow. :P

The goal is a 100% SigEp family lol.

No kids here, but if I did have any - alma mater, definitely.

A friend of mine claims that his wife went to college to major in Greek, not the classical language but sorority/fraternity life. He went to a a top ranked liberal arts school that doesn't have a Greek system. For him, alma mater ...

Without a doubt, I would want my daughter to be a Chi Omega, regardless of the campus she chose.