[chelly]

I am currently in a sorority at U of A and I absolutely love it! Here is some advice in response to everything you have asked about!

1) As someone mentioned before, it is best not to talk to anyone about the reputations of the chapters prior to seeing them all yourself! If will not be beneficial! (I promise)

2) None of the sororities at U of A reject PNMs on the basis of religion

3) All sororities at U of A have at least some study hour requirements, we want to keep our academic standards high!

4) For check-in and the informational meeting it doesn't matter what you wear. When you check in, they give you a recruitment t- shirt and a lot of girls wear that to the meeting, but you there is no particular place you are supposed to wear it, it's just for fun.

5) Sets I and II are pretty casual, but it wouldn't be looked down upon if you were to wear a sundress, as long as you don't wear heels with it! Preference night is when you should wear a cocktail dress and definately heels!

6) As far as recommendations go, I would get as many as possible for all the houses, it definately will give you a leg up because a lot of girls won't think to get any.

7) VERY inappropriate to ask the women in the chapter anything about fraternities or boyfriends. Unless, of course, the fraternity questions have to do with philanthropy or something like that. As an answer to your question, the best I can give you is to say that many sorority women at U of A have boyfriends, but many do not. And yes, a lot of the boyfriends are in fraternities.

8) Big/ little sis: Some chapters call them big sis/ little sis, some call them mom and dot, etc. All of the sororities have them. They are not chosen randomly, but it varies between bigs picking littles and littles picking bigs. Some sororities do both! In fact, that is my position in my chapter, yay!!!

9) On bid day, it doesnt matter what you wear, but for SURE wear a pretty standard pair of shorts/ jeans/ skirt on the bottom because you will be given your bid day shirt after you run to the chapter house! That said, don't wear a dress or something that won't look good with a t-shirt/ tank top!

10) Don't worry about your purse at all, because you WILL NOT take one into the houses at all. You will get a ziploc bag in which to put a pencil, a little notebook (to take notes on each chapter), and like a lipgloss or compact if you want one. Your purse will stay in your meeting room.

11) You can bring flip flops on preference night to walk between houses in, if you feel like carrying them.

GOOD LUCK SWEETIE! I know you are nervous, and I know for a fact you won't believe me (because i didn't believe this either), but the women in each chapter talking to you are SO nervous as well. In fact, I have been through both sides and I was MUCH more nervous talking to PNMs than when I WAS one. Just enjoy the experience, have fun, and you should be able to find your home! PM me if you want!

Much love, Chelly