Sorority Websites... how influential?

[Benzgirl]

These days, it IS a factor, just like Face Book, just like You Tube. Anything that is on the web can either make or break you.

[LPIDelta]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

These days, it IS a factor, just like Face Book, just like You Tube. Anything that is on the web can either make or break you.

If it's bad, it may be a factor (I seriously doubt it will break you otherwise there are a lot of groups that would have no one). If there is no site, it probably makes no difference. If its a good site, I would hope it is helpful but not that it makes you. People don't join because of websites--they join because of personal connections.

[Scandia]

When I went to sorority rush back in Fall 1996, I had barely used the internet and the chapters at UF did not have websites. I do not know how many NPC chapters had websites.

For AI:

- Jen's Greek Info Pages have been EXTREMELY useful.
- The actual GLO websites I judged on content and substance. Not so much on style- although it helps. Ease of finding information I need also was helpful.

Originally Posted by Scandia

For AI:

- Jen's Greek Info Pages have been EXTREMELY useful.

I get the feeling that she won't be happy to hear that.

This isn't directed to you, Scandia. It just makes things much easier for AI shoppers.

[Scandia]

Trust me, I did not "shop". It's not like I went like "my favorite animal is the kangaroo, so my first choice is Kappa Gamma Rho because their mascot is the kangaroo" or stuff like that.

My intuition was what led me to the right one- not just valid objective factors like philanthropy and chapter proximity.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by OTW

I get the feeling that she won't be happy to hear that.

This isn't directed to you, Scandia. It just makes things much easier for AI shoppers.

i second that

[Denise_DPhiE]

When my interest group was looking to bring an NPC group to campus, we didn't have websites or computers but we did have a great book From Here to Fraternity - best thing about it is it didn't create levels or tiers or anything other that facts (in the groups section anyway). Also, a local sorority at our campus had inquired amongst the 26 NPCs the year prior (they are still local and as strong as the nationals) and they gave us their boxload of information which including some rejection letters but we had somewhere to work from.

We met with DZ, AOII and DPhiE and chose the group that was right for us (Tri-Sigma was the only group already establishing a colony at that time, the first NPC on campus and there are now 7 incl DphiE, AEPhi, SDT, SSS, APhi, PSS and most recently DG.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Benzgirl

These days, it IS a factor, just like Face Book, just like You Tube. Anything that is on the web can either make or break you.

The biggest sorority at my alma mater has a POS Angelfire website that hasn't been updated in 5 years. Apparently it hasn't "broken" them.