[EtaEpsilove]

On my campus, all (or most) of the fraternities have houses. However, none of the sororities have or are allowed to have houses. We're a middle - sized school (around 15,000 undergrads), and we've just never been allowed to have houses.

Instead, there are three dorms on campus that are designated the sorority dorms. These dorms accomodate the majority of sophomores who wish to live with their pledge sisters and the 17 suites/chapter rooms for their respective sororities. The first floors contain the sorority suites which typically have a large chapter room, an office and a kitchen. Then, each sorority also gets a corridor or a floor for housing.

Sisters may live with each other, but they can also have an unaffiliated roommate. For example, I'm an ADPi, but my roommate's a Phi Mu, but we still live in the ADPi corridor. Basically, just one of the two roommate's have to be affiliated with the sorority corridor in which they live.

I think it has its pluses and minuses, just like any housing situation. Sometimes I wish we had houses because they're gorgeous, and I feel like you get to know all the sisters in your house better. But, I still like our system b/c we can still room w/ girls who aren't in our sorority ... so it's not like the second you join a sorority you can only be friends with your sisters. Well, sorry my post was long...but that's sorority life at Miami U!