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Back to the original topic of this thread.
I can see where the mother is coming from.
I think everyone here would agree that greek membership is a good thing, and we can readily recognize which groups are what, but what about the non-greeks out there?
I don't think it is so much about joining a sorority, as it is how many people are likely to have heard about and recognize what it is/was. It's not a matter by any means in terms of one group being better for a certain type of career.
For example, and this isn't meant to offend anyone, Chi Omega and Tri Delt are two of the larger inter/national sororities. Chi O is the biggest in number of chapters and members by my sources. Tri Delt is also very large and has a number of prominent alums who continue to announce their affiliation (Katie Couric being one great example). Compared to Theta Phi Alpha the smallest of the NPC sororities, the name reconition amongst non-greeks is far less than those other two organizations. Even me who's been on GC for 2.5 years might do a double take if I saw Theta Phi Alpha on a resume.
Another example that isn't sorority related but was a decision I just had to make: There are two senior honoraries at Nebraska, one is Mortar Board, and the other is the Innocents Society. Mortar Board is a national organization, Innocents is only at Nebraska. I had to choose which one I preferred membership in if selected to both. Obviously Mortar Board is more nationally known than Innocents, and b/c I am not likely to stay in Nebraska the rest of my life, I contemplated preffing MB simply b/c it is more nationally recognized, and I wouldnt' have future employers dismiss the prestige of the Innocents simply b/c they did not know what it was. I think it's a similar idea this mother was having. In the end I preffed Innocents b/c it was just what I wanted more, regardless of what it meant down the line.
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