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Originally posted by FSUBUTTERFLY
I AM NOT GREEK (YET ANYWAYS) AND I WAS WONDERING IF YOU ALL THINK IT WOULD BE WRONG FOR ME TO ATTEND INFORMATIONAL MEETINGS OF DIFFERENT SORORITIES. THAT DOESNT TECHNICALLY MAKE ME "INTERESTED" DOES IT? I JUST KINDA WANT TO KNOW WHAT SOME OF THEM ARE ABOUT. I HOPE THEY DONT GET THE WRONG IDEA. IF (WHEN ) I DO PLEDGE, I WAN TO MAKE SURE IT IS WITH THE RIGHT ORGANIZATION SO I WONT BE ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT REGRET IT.
ANY ADVICE WOULD BE HELPFUL!
THANKS
IF YOU HAVE ANY PRIVATE ADVISE EMAIL ME @ MONIKA51773@HOTMAIL.COM
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My best advice is to understand the climate on your campus. At Texas A&M, the NPHC has a general informational where all NPHC chapters on campus give info about their org. This way noone is 'singled' out for one group. And, if you are not sure then don't try to join any org. It sounds as if you still need time to understand each greek org and you need to understand what you can contribute to an org of your interest.
Another piece of advice that I can give is to be discreet on your intentions and respectful of all greeks on campus. While you may have an intention to join one org, bad-mouthing the other orgs is a big no-no. If a prospective showed up to my informational and was saying bad things about the other chapters, then I would not want to extend an invitation to her to join my chapter, it indicates bad greek unity. Also, people talk. The greek community is small and word gets out about prospective members. Is this right? No, but it does happen.
Another reason to watch what you say and do is that you never know who knows whom. For instance, I know a young lady who wants to go Delta and since I know of some I offered to introduce her to them in a casual way. I feel that she would be a good member in my org, and since Delta is what she wants, I felt that maybe she had a chance with them. In the end due to personal issues she has not joined Delta, but I know she is trying and I encourage her. The flip side to this is that in the past I've had other greeks point out ladies to me who might be interested in SGR and since I respected that particular greek, I gave that person a chance.
And finally, my advice to ANY pnm of NPHC/NPC/IFC/MCGLO/NAFLO is to not come on GC and post your intentions!!! Especially if you include info like you did with your e-mail adress. I just think it is bad karma!!!