I am a college freshman and I want to start a sorority at my school..

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by Mimi6389

I go to a small university in Maine, and i am really interested in starting a sorority at my school. My school doesnt and has never had sororities or fraternities here. I have a few questions I was hoping someone could answer..

what is the national affiliation i've been reading about?
and what do they Greek letters/names ACTUALLY mean to the sorority/fraternity?
what are some ideas of basis for a sorority? (ex: reasons for starting it)

Any help would be great! thanks.

what is the national affiliation i've been reading about? -
national affiliation means a chapter of a sorority is part of a national organization and not a "local" or "regional". "Local" meaning it is the only chapter of that sorority, "regional" meaning there are two or more chapters in a geographic area.

"National" implies there are chapters across the U.S.
and what do they Greek letters/names ACTUALLY mean to the sorority/fraternity?

Most meanings of the letters are only known to the members themselves and you will likely not get many answers regarding this.

what are some ideas of basis for a sorority? (ex: reasons for starting it) - if you do not know why you want to start a sorority, I'm not sure why you are wanting to start one in the first place?

In addition to the great advice texas*princess posted, you WILL want to read this thread.

It's quite lengthy and contains about 3 years' worth of discussion, but it'll give you an idea of all the time and effort you're going to have to put into starting a sorority.

[AlwaysSAI]

Originally Posted by OTW

In addition to the great advice texas*princess posted, you WILL want to read this thread.

It's quite lengthy and contains about 3 years' worth of discussion, but it'll give you an idea of all the time and effort you're going to have to put into starting a sorority.

I don't think NBO ever went anywhere though. After I read the whole thread one day at work I did some digging about her school. They did have 2 NPC chapters when I checked--KKG and something else. But no TNX.

It's a long road and it's not always a successful one.

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

I don't think NBO ever went anywhere though. After I read the whole thread one day at work I did some digging about her school. They did have 2 NPC chapters when I checked--KKG and something else. But no TNX.

It's a long road and it's not always a successful one.

Exactly.

I was going to mention that in my earlier post, but I decided against it because I didn't want to give the OP the impression that her sorority (should she continue to pursue starting one) would meet the same fate. I just wanted her to see that it's a whole crapload of work.

Regarding UCSC's NPCs, Gamma Phi Beta was there first, followed by KKG recently. The reasons why TNX decided not to expand to UCSC were never disclosed, so I guess we should just leave it at that.