Alexandra Robbins, Authoress of PLEDGED, said:

[DDDepsilonalpha]

If I remember correctly from reading Pledged, and granted that Robbins is not lying, she claims to have attended Yale and was a member of a senior society similar to Skull & Bones (a topic on which she authored another "expose"), although she, of course, cannot reveal which one. She did spend time in several sorority houses throughout the writing process, and whatever they chose to disclose to her is at their expense. She did claim to have sat in on chapter meetings too. I have no idea what kind of lax chapters she was with, but this would never fly with mine!

And not to mention she was about 26 at the time she wrote it, but could pass for 17 if she wanted. It really was an interesting book, and not all bad, but she did a lot of things wrong.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by AlwaysSAI

and, of course, that is the one thing I think is missing from the book.

She did not present a wholistic view of greek life. Mainly just NPCs, a few mentions of NPHC, and one or two locals.

But, yes, my experience has been different because both of my orgs don't have a quota and we can take whomever and how many ever of them we want.

NPHC doesnt have quota / total either... so yeah.

[emb021]

Originally Posted by DDDepsilonalpha

If I remember correctly from reading Pledged, and granted that Robbins is not lying, she claims to have attended Yale and was a member of a senior society similar to Skull & Bones (a topic on which she authored another "expose"), although she, of course, cannot reveal which one.

Oh, her!

Robbins wrote an expose of Skull and Bones that was the basis for a documentary on that ran on tv a couple years ago. She even appeared in the documentary. I thought it a bit dishonest of her not to make it clear that she was a member of another Yale secret society in that documentary. She does, I believe, mention this on the book jacket. (didn't read the book, but flipped thru it at a bookstore. believe in the author blurp they put on the dusk jacket wrapped toward the back they mentioned her membership.

She is a member of Scroll and Key, btw.