[FloridaTish]

Important for connections? As in getting a job? I can understand being a member of a sorority or fraternity and using that connection in getting an interview or locating a job opening. However, what I think is absurd is the thought that being a memeber of a "top tier" sorority at State Univeristy is of any importance when it comes to actually getting the job. Yes, being a member of ABC might get you an interview, but I would hope to God that the person conducting the interview would judge you on your experience and educational background, NOT whether you were a member of ABC at State University and your sorority was the coolest and you threw the best parties and your MVP was crowned Miss America in 2005.

I am from Atlanta and I know this is very common in a lot of traditional Southern social circles. Does that make it OK or make the "tier" concept any less shallow? No...I just wish that more people would realize that there is life outside of college and being in the "BEST sorority" in college doesn't insure a lifetime of happiness by any means...

Sorry, I had to vent!!! I'm off my soapbox now!