Living In the Sorority House

[flowergirl8]

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[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by flowergirl8

I am considering moving into the Gamma Phi house for the fall and spring semesters this year!
We have a sleeping porch, cater breakfast through dinner buffet style and share two to a room with one day bed in each room.
Is it worth it? What should I expect? Have any stories to share?

Haven't housing contracts already been signed?

[kaylaxlove]

I vote YES. I go to a small school, and our entire chapter lives in and I LOVE IT. Living in the chapter house is the best!

The power went out one time...and you would not BELIEVE the pranking that went on. It was hilarious!

[ggforever]

In the dark ages, our house had a sleeping porch and four women to a room. I was unsure as to how I would like the sleeping porch. As it turned out, I LOVED it. The sleeping porch area was a "quiet zone" and we all respected that. If you had been up late/all night studying, the sleeping porch was always cool and dark, which made taking a nap easy. Also, not having to worry about meals was just wonderful. I also found living in the house much more economical than living out, so I stayed for three years.

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by ggforever

In the dark ages, our house had a sleeping porch and four women to a room. I was unsure as to how I would like the sleeping porch. As it turned out, I LOVED it. The sleeping porch area was a "quiet zone" and we all respected that. If you had been up late/all night studying, the sleeping porch was always cool and dark, which made taking a nap easy. Also, not having to worry about meals was just wonderful. I also found living in the house much more economical than living out, so I stayed for three years.

Are we twins? My sentiments exactly!!!

[Sciencewoman]

We had to live in the house when I was in college, and I LOVED it! I didn't have to clean or cook, and we all got along. You'll have your whole life to clean house, plan and prepare meals, and have a lot of privacy in your living arrangement. You only get one chance to live with your sisters and build these memories.

Frankly, I just don't understand why anyone wouldn't want to live in the house. Every once in a while I have a dream that I'm young and living in the house again...and then I wake up and have to figure out what we're having for dinner!

[AnchorAlum]

I loved living in the house. We didn't have a sleeping porch but the fun times are still burned in my memory all these years later.

And I didn't have to clean up my own kitchen or bathroom. Science is right, I've had the rest of my life to do that!

[thetalady]

I wouldn't trade my time in the Theta house for any apartment!! It brought me much closer to many of my sisters, far more than I would have been had I lived off campus. Rolling out of bed to a hot breakfast with home made biscuits several times a week was better than being at home! Those were my very favorite years.

[momof4girls]

Originally Posted by Sciencewoman

You only get one chance to live with your sisters and build these memories.

This, this, this!!! And this is exactly what I tell my daughter now. I will have her living in the house until she's forced out.

[KSUViolet06]

I was apprehensive about it at first. I'm an introvert and had been very used to having my own space at the time (lived in singles on campus.) I ended up really loving it.

Obviously with 17 people in one place, there will be some disagreements, because you're human. Overall, I would still recommend living in the house to any sorority member.

[AGDee]

We never had a house while I was an undergraduate but I think it would have been great. I sometimes think that when I retire and sell my house, I might want to be a house mom somewhere

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by AGDee

We never had a house while I was an undergraduate but I think it would have been great. I sometimes think that when I retire and sell my house, I might want to be a house mom somewhere

Same with me. To this day I wish I could have had that experience and loved visiting chapters where I could stay "in the house". Dee, maybe we should find a campus where you could be an AOII house mom and I could be one for AGD?

[AXOrushadvisor]

I LOVED, LOVED, LOVED the time I lived in the house. I wouldn't trade those memories for any thing. SO MUCH FUN! You will not regret it.

[GammaPhi88]

I loved my time in the Gamma Phi house! If you want more stories, take a look at this old thread I started a whole back.

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=99821

[33girl]

I LOVED living in the sorority house. You're constantly at the center of everything.

That being said...make sure you have a place (preferably one that has zero to do with your sorority or Greek life in general) to escape to when you DON'T feel like being at the center of everything.