Why did you even consider Greek life?

[phimuandfries]

Maybe this is a stupid question, or maybe it has already been asked, but why did you guys decide to go through rush or recruitment in the first place? What about Greek life got you interested?

[Jadey28]

During my freshman year, I took an aerobics class to fulfill my gym credit. In the class, I met a girl who was pledging Phi Sigma Sigma that semester. She always had good things to say about the sorority, and I was interested in all the events they were doing that year. I started to meet a few other sisters through this new member and when Spring Recruitment rolled around, I decided to pledge. Low and behold, I got a bid and became a sister of Phi Sigma Sigma!


This was the BEST decision I have ever made in my life!

[archangel689]

I'll give the number one reason everyone gives.

"because I was asked."

[astroAPhi]

My freshman year doubles partner on the tennis team was 2 years older than I was, and I looked up to her immensely. This girl was just amazing. She was accepted into Northwestern, and she came back to visit my senior year of high school. She was wearing a shirt with funny letters so I asked about it and she said that they were her sorority letters (I totally don't remember what they were). I was really surprised, and I said (prepare yourselves to cringe, because I am), "I thought everyone in a sorority was slutty and drunk all the time."

Luckily for me, instead of refusing to ever speak to me again, she was like, "No! My sisters are wonderful!" and went on and on about all the great stuff they did together. Since I admired her so much and knew what an amazing woman she was already, I decided to give it a little more thought. I've always been a big tomboy and Florida Tech is 70% male, so I finally decided I needed some estrogen in my life!

I went through Formal Recruitment the first week of classes and found a great group of women in Alpha Phi. I wish I could find my friend at Northwestern and tell her how she was the motivator for me joining a sorority, and thank her. And since I know Alpha Phi is at Northwestern, maybe she's even my sister!

[LeslieAGD]

I wouldn't say I was anti-greek, but I wasn't at all interested in greek life my freshman year. However, a lot of the girls in my dorm were greek and second semester my best guy friends joined a fraternity and dragged me along to Greek Week. After I saw how much fun everyone was having, I started considering rushing in the fall...and then I did.

At first I decided to check out Greek life thinking that on Bid Day I could just walk away from it all. I also walked into formal rush with a cocky attitude and ended up dropping because I missed my family so much.

As much as I loved my KF sisters, I really admired those in social sororities. I wanted to be a part of Greek Week and do philanthropy activities! So I went through informal rush and happily accepted a Bid from FGP!

[Lunarwolf]

I went through rush because of sheer, arrogant curiosity. Then I got sucked in beyond my imagining. The organizations were nothing like the sterotypes I had in mind. I fell in love with the system so much that I went through rush twice when I didn't receive a bid the first time.

[Buttonz]

I met a bunch of girls i none of the locals on campus, pledged and I dropepd them (for many difrent reasons) but I still wanted the greek exprince....and then I met the girls from SDT

[sairose]

Does anyone remember back in I think 1997 or 1998, Seventeen magazine did an article all about sorority rush? It featured the Sigma Kappas at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. I read that back in high school, and I had *heard* of sororities, but never knew what they actually were or what they did. This article made me decide I wanted to join one. It was a really great article, very well written and really displaced sororities and Sigma Kappa in a positive light.

Anyways, after realizing I did not have the money or time to pledge a Panhel sorority, I found my home in SAI and it's the best decision I could have ever made.

[Senusret I]

There are Greeks in my family (mom and cousins)...many of my teachers were Greek....and I saw the good that they did in the community from an early age. So that's what initially interested me.

[Kevin]

A coworker of mine talked me into joining a colony.

He ended up dropping out of school but I decided to go ahead with it.

[momoftwo]

Originally posted by astroAPhi
I've always been a big tomboy and Florida Tech is 70% male, so I finally decided I needed some estrogen in my life!

This is exactly why I'm encouraging my daughter to explore greek life and other ways to connect with women on her campus. While she's not a tomboy at all, she's going to be in a program that's 83% male. After listening to her talk about life in her advanced math class last year--where she was one of a handful of girls--I definitely think she'll need an outlet for her "softer side"--an antidote to all the testosterone she's going to be dealing with!

[carnation]

Momoftwo, you're right on the money. I needed my sorority because I was practically the only girl in the whole ag department!

[Canadian AOII]

Ever since I was a kid I always had some kind of "girls only" element in my life. Brownies, Girl Guides then went to an all-girls high school, joining a sorority just seemed like the next logical step! (plus it all looked so fun in legally blonde - it came out when I was still in high school) that I had to see what Greek life was abt!

[SigkapAlumWSU]

I don't think that Greek life had even occured to me as an option when I came to school. My dorm was known as the "rush dorm." All the girls who wanted to rush were usually housed there, and since it was closest to Greek Row, it made moving in very easy. After seeing all those women so excited all week, including my roomate, I had to see what it was about, and I'm so glad that I did. I ended up exactl where I needed to be, and I love it.