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I, too, was a part of a high school sorority. Now that I look back upon my experience, I realize that it was a pretty silly and demeaning. At my high school, once you were a sophomore you could join. The "sorority" was supposedly for the only very pretty, rich girls. We all wanted to be a part of it, and when the day came when invitations were given out, all my friends and I were so excited/nervous to see if we had gotten invitied. Most of my friends were invited, but some were left out. I felt horrible for them, but I kinda pushed it aside and was so happy that I had gotten invited. We each had a "big sister," but the similarities end there as for the collegiate level sororities. At my high school sorority, we were all hazed horribly. We pledges had to dress as a baby (literally) for a week and our bigs were our "mommies." It was a ridiculous thing, but we all thoguht that we had to go through with that, just because being a part of our HS sorority was a big thing. After we were hazed at initiation, we became regular sisters. There was a lot of backstabbing and internal problems in my HS sorority, but on the outside we seemed to be very tight, albeit a sorority for only the "elite."
I would not do it again. We had a "sorority reunion" last year in my hometown, and it was horrible. Very superficial connections, I guess. All of the girls went on to join real sororities, and to be honest, I would not be happy to call them "sister." Thankfully, none joined Kappa Alpha Theta. Some, however, joined sororities whom Theta is really close with on my campus, and I honestly cannot see them as an ABC/XYZ, etc.
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