I've heard this statement many times before, and I have to respectfully disagree.

While this may be true in areas where greek life is prevalent, where girls (and boys) know about greek life before college, definitely.

But there are many areas, such as where I grew up (and now live), where most kids haven't ever heard of fraternities and sororities before they go to college - if they even do go. I know that I only had the vaguest idea of what a sorority was when I left for school, and that was just that it was a bunch of girls who were in some sort of club and wore wierd letters on their shirts. Most of my now-sisters have said the same.

If I had seen something like Sorority Life (which, I have to admit, I've never seen, I'm basing my judgments off of only what I've overheard) before I went to college, I wouldn't have touched sororities with a 10-foot-pole. It wouldn't matter that they could be the greatest girls on campus, I wouldn't ever know because my judgment had been clouded.

So it may be a little hasty to say that girls who think that sorority life (small letters) is like Sorority Life (capitals) aren't worthy of joining our bonds... first impressions are everything.