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Originally Posted by Coramoor
Professional Frats/Sors. are resume builders. The only people that take them seriously are those that can't get a bid to a real greek org. or use them as a way to further their resume/student gov't bid.
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I know plenty of people who are both social greeks and in professional/honor/other GLO's. The vice president of service in APhiO at my school is also the vice president of her local sorority Alpha Chi Lambda. I also have a friend who is in Phi Beta Kappa (honor), APhiO (service), and Kappa Delta Pi (professional-education)
Although the focus of professional societies is definitely more closely aligned with resume building, that doesn't mean that the only people that take them seriously are ones that can't get a bid to a """"real""" greek org (what a loaded term!).
Phi Beta Kappa could be called a resume building society, but it works in a very real way. At my school, at least, there are very strict standards for membership, a very high GPA cutoff (3.75), certain class requirements (Calculus I [not Calculus for life or an 'easy' Calc class], a natural science lab, etc.) Only the top 10% of people eligible by THESE standards get invited to apply and then even applying doesn't guarantee a bid. Having Phi Beta Kappa on a resume is a huge honor and honestly gives a huge edge in many job applications. Plenty of people who couldn't care less about """real""" greek orgs (but could get in) take Phi Beta Kappa and applications to it very seriously. So do plenty of people who are already in those """real""" greek orgs and who are in other, less """real""" ones as well.
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