Can I get the same experience being in a sorority if I can't live in their house?
 

For a full year i have a contract to be in a dorm or on campus apartment and since its hard to get out of that i have to stay until the year is up so i wont be able to go live in a sorority until my senior year..will i not get the same experience? i do like my space and privacy mostly, but I wanted to be more involved by living with everyone seeing how i am a junior.

Are you in a sorority?

Not yet, but I figured i should take this into consideration even before rushing. So do you think someone can get the same experience?

Being Greek is about more than being in a house.

This is the last thing you should be worrying about at this stage. You don't even know the rules for living in yet. You're psyching yourself out for nothing.

Could you elaborate more on what you mean by rules other than the obvious dues and representing the sorority positively?

Why don't you worry about getting into a sorority first?

Will living in a dorm be the same as living in the sorority house? Obviously not. Will it be better or worse? We can't really say. That's up to you to determine. But it'll only be a year before you can live in anyway.

Assuming you actually receive a bid, of course......

I had a feeling someone would say that, but getting in isn't my concern due to where i live. The last school I went to they accepted everybody. However, I didn't rush there. That's a different topic, however.

If you could explain in your own experience, what are the best things about living in a sorority that you wouldn't be able to get being in a dorm?

"In XYZ Sorority, the only people who live in are sophomores and officers, due to space limitations"

You don't know what the requirements are for living in, so again, you're putting the cart before the horse.

Oh I already know the rules for that.Where i go to school they take juniors and seniors constantly. I have spoken to members in the sorority as well as the council members. So that is why I am not as concerned.

That has nothing to do with what I posted.

Also, if you speak to sorority members and council members, why not ask them this question?

I thought it did..Juniors and seniors just initiated have lived in the house and this was said by a member.

It just seemed easier to get multiple people's opinions on it here, but I will ask them as well.

This is just incredibly hard to answer since all campuses and chapters are different in this regard.

So getting into a sorority is secondary to living in the house?

Makes sense.

:rolleyes:

I said it is not as big of a concern because most people get accepted in the schools I have been to. In the one before me everyone got accepted and the one I go to most people do. I'm sorry I'm just not too worried about getting in. I like to be prepared for when I do. It might come off cocky, but it's not. If I do get in and then don't know what to expect that isn't a good thing either. I think you are confused as to what I meant, but that is okay. Have a good night!

That is okay I understand. Thanks anyway!