A sensitive question
 

Hello to you all my name is Xquisite...Please do not confuse the X as having any representation of Chi for it does not.

I have come to this forum in search of an answer I have not recieved anywhere else. I am extremely interested in Chi Omega. I have been doing my research about this Fraternity as well as done some independent work on my own with the Fraternitys Philantrophy. I will be entering a new college in the Fall which has an active Chi Omega chapter and I was considering rushing. My concern is that I am a student of color, black to be exact, and I was wondering if that would have any barring on my inclusion. I am aware that there are no Chi Omegas, that I know of, who are black. I know no one wants to say anything derogatory about their Fraternity and I do not expect you to. Regardless of if my race has barring or not I will not change my good opinion of Chi Omega. There are many organizations where race is an issue and I would just like to know if this is one of them so that I may seek out other organizations to become a part of. An honest answer would be appreciated. Thank You

Quisite

Ok I see so many people are looking and not responding thanks alot...you represent your fraternity quite well

I know that at my alma mater, there was at least one, if not more, women of color in Chi Omega.

I think it just varies from chapter to chapter and to be honest, if you are truly interested, that interest will show through during recruitment. Your skin color should not be a detriment and I wouldn't take the lack of responses to mean anything.

Race has nothing to do with the NPC selection process. Every sorority at my school has chapters comprised of people of various backgrounds.

Hope that helps to answer your question.

Women of Color
 

Hi! Thanks for asking, because really that IS an interesting if not "sensitive" question. To tell you the truth, it is an issue one of my very best friends had to consider when she went through recruitment last fall (she is a woman of color too). Unfortunately my school is not very racially diverse, so she is the only African American in my sorority at the current time, but there have been in the past ladies of all colors who have chosen to go Chi O here in the past.

POINT: YES! We are very much welcome to everyone :)

I was working on a big project for summer classes else I would have responded sooner... I certainly do value your inquiry!

greek love,
april

Give them a little more time to respond ... lots of people can't check this site every day. Everyone on Greekchat can read this question, including people like myself who are not Chi Os and do not want to set ourselves up as representing the organization. Most questions get a lot of "reads" before they get a response.

Thank you very much for your responses....that was my only concern. I have yet to decide if I will rush Chi Omega but I am interested.
I appreciate your responses and I wont take the time of response into consideration...lol

Unfortunately, I work during the day, so I am not on the board 24/7 and couldn't respond sooner!!!

But to answer your question, race isn't an issue. In fact, in my chapter, we've had sisters that are Asian, African American, and Hispanic.
I hope this helps. :)

"To be lovable rather than popular" ~ that's an indirect quote from the Chi Omega symphony. And to be honest I believe we uphold it. In my chapter there were a few girls of different ethnic backgrounds and it never posed a problem for us. I didn't look at any of them differently and didn't consider them any less of an asset when choosing them to be my sister.

I firmly believe that it's about what is on the inside that counts. Unfortunately during Recruitment people get overlooked and things just don't happen for whatever reasons (recruitment is a tough process filled with quotas and snap bidding...etc.).

So, knowing a lot about Chi Omega does put your foot in the door. I know I would have been impressed with any woman that went through recruitment having already known my sorority's background.
But to be honest Chi Omega does look for a few specific things and grades and involvement are two of them. So get involved, and keep the grades up!

Best of luck and keep us posted for sure!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hootie

i am a chi omega and a woman of color...i am bi-racial...half caucasian half west indian....my chapter has other women of color...i think one of the issues here is there are sororities especially for women of color thus a line was drawn but that doesnt mean that it can be crossed :)

:)

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Hi,
I am so sorry for not responding sooner -

Please take a look at other Chi O sites- you will see in the pixs tons of women of other nationalities in the pixs! Just type in Chi Omega in the search engine and you will get all the chapters. You will see that everyone is a Chi Omega- in California, for example, a lot of the chapters are Asian.

If you go thru rush and want to be a Chi O- all we ask is that you have a 3.0 and ... just be yourself! You will be an asset to any sorority if you follow that train of thought!

Good luck! We are here for you!
Sue

I've never met a Chi O who wasn't sweet, welcoming, and gracious.

I don't think you'll have any problems.

Xquisite~Please don't be discouraged by the time it took to get responses. I know many of us on this board are quite busy. But to answer your question, race has no barring on rushing Chi Omega. I attend a very racially diverse university and my chapter is very diverse. Each woman, no matter how different on the outside, brings something amazing to our chapter from the inside! Good luck with your decisions on rush and keep us updated:D