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Regarding the resume:

I knew people at UF who joined a sorority because they wanted to enhance their resumes in order to be able to get into law school. Many many people did join A Phi O for selfish reasons including the resume- but I can see how this is more common and intuitive for a service fraternity. I can imagine how in some fields, membership to a social sorority/fraternity may be misinterpreted by people with misconceptions. Personally, I would not mention it- because it would fall in the same category as mentioning I belong to the Young Adult Ministry or the Anime Club. I only mention relevant professional affiliations. And nobody in my library system seems to have belonged to one for some reason.

Regarding reasons for joining:

"Pledged" did not turn me off one bit. Neither did stereotypes that other people had. Nor relatives thinking it is "buying your friends", a "rich girl's longing", or the test-stealing and hazing incidents they witnessed.

About connections:

I did not have any close friends in sororities back at UF. I had acquaintances, classmates, fraternity brothers, and the sort. But one house appealed to me very much. I tried joining it in COB, but it did not work out either (family reasons and other conflicts). When I found out about AI, this was one of the first sororities I thought of. And upon reading their website, I saw it was an excellent match for me. So I have contacted them and the process is going on. Not exactly a connection, but there were some clues.

I certainly do not plan on knocking on every door till someone answers and lets me in. I have no intentions of getting into a random house simply to wear Greek letters.