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Originally posted by kddani
Then what, pray tell you, are the national reputations of the groups she listed? Really, i'm curious, since you profess to know them.
She didn't ask about alumni "clubs" (or what we sorority women generally call "alumnae associations".). If she did, she could certainly find that info on the homepage of each of those organizations.
She didn't ask about region. She didn't ask about anything specific that would actually lead to an "educated decision".
I'm not sure how asking about national stereotypes can lead to an "educated decision." Actually, IMO, it would be more than likely to lead to an "uneducated decision" since it would be information based on gossip and stereotypes, not facts and personal feelings.
You talk about people here being rude, but your own post was very rude, especially for a newbie. Pot, kettle, hypocrite?
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1. Maybe you should re-read my post. i did not profess to know those sororities' national reputations. I merely stated that sororities, in general, DO have national reputations... which they do.
2. I'm sorry, at my school we refer to them colloquially as alumni (or alumnae, to be grammatically correct) clubs. For my sorority the correct term is actually alumnae chapter, not association. I'm not sure what you are trying to achieve with your "we sorority women" comment, but I'm guessing you are suggesting that I am not in a sorority.. not correct.
Of course she could look up information about alumni clubs. In fact, I think you could look up the answers to about 80% of the questions on this website. Sometimes it's easier to interact with others and ask a broad question than to take time and look up statistics on each of these sororities. Her question was very broad, and I think she just wanted whatever information anyone could give her. The girl is probably in high school - i'm sure she doesn't even know what specifics to ask for.
3. I think that knowing stereotypes about something does assist you in making an educated decision about it. In order to make a truly educated decision, you should attempt to find out all the information that you can, and make of it what you wish. If the stereotype of a certain sorority was crappy, maybe you would rather choose a sorority with a better stereotype. I'm not saying that's the correct thing to do, or what I would do, but it is certainly something that PLENTY sorority women DO take into account, like it or not... and they have every right to do so.
Secondly, a big part of sororities national reputations do have plenty to do with facts and figures. I am fairly confident that if anyone asked me what my sorority's national reputation is, one of the first things that I would say would be "well, we are very well known because we are the biggest sorority in the country." That is totally factual. I would also mention the fact that we have a lot of chapters in the South, and a much smaller presence in the Northeast. Perhaps other sororities have similar FACTUAL things they could say. I don't know- and neither does she.
4. How does me being new on the board affect whether I am allowed to post rude things or not? First of all, I'm not new, I just forgot my password to my other account, and secondly, NO ONE shoudl be rude. I was NOT being rude, merely sticking up for some poor girl who is probably totally turned off to the greek system by some incredibly ill-mannered people. One person even had the audacity to tell her that she wouldn't be a good addition to greek life, or something along those lines, because she asked that question. How ridiculous.