question for all you southern belles ;)

[tootiepie2]

I just talked to a friend of mine about a little different situation and wonder what your opinions are.
Friend called me because one of her friends grand daughters is coming to LSU from California. She has been helping find her recs and just wanted some up to date advise about LSU as her daughter has been out of school for awhile.
While we were talking she mentioned that none of the sororities at LSU were real big in Calf. ( don't really think that is true) Anyway I said that if the girl thinks that there is any chance that she might not stay at LSU she might want to think about what chapters are at the schools she would transfer back to.
Not to choose a chapter for that reason but if all things are equal and she likes any chapters that she is invited back tp maybe she ought to use that info to choose.
I know she would not be guaranteed to affiliate but her chances would be better than nothing. Was that bad advice???

[33girl]

She might want to use it as one of the myriad reasons for choosing a chapter, but not to the point where, she chooses ABC over XYZ just because ABC has tons of chapters in Cali, even if she likes the XYZ girls more.

[ComradesTrue]

Originally Posted by tootiepie2

While we were talking she mentioned that none of the sororities at LSU were real big in Calf. ( don't really think that is true)

Um, not true. (??)

I know of at least one that has tons of strong chapters in CA, including all the major schools.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Um, not true. (??)

I know of at least one that has tons of strong chapters in CA, including all the major schools.

I think I know the ones tootiepie's friend is thinking of and it's more the other way around - i.e. the groups that ARE big in Cali aren't at LSU.

[AnchorAlum]

Originally Posted by Blondie93

Um, not true. (??)

I know of at least one that has tons of strong chapters in CA, including all the major schools.

Um, yeah. Not sayin', just sayin'.

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by tootiepie2

I just talked to a friend of mine about a little different situation and wonder what your opinions are.
Friend called me because one of her friends grand daughters is coming to LSU from California. She has been helping find her recs and just wanted some up to date advise about LSU as her daughter has been out of school for awhile.
While we were talking she mentioned that none of the sororities at LSU were real big in Calf. ( don't really think that is true) Anyway I said that if the girl thinks that there is any chance that she might not stay at LSU she might want to think about what chapters are at the schools she would transfer back to.
Not to choose a chapter for that reason but if all things are equal and she likes any chapters that she is invited back tp maybe she ought to use that info to choose.
I know she would not be guaranteed to affiliate but her chances would be better than nothing. Was that bad advice???

Well, it depends on where (exactly) in California your friend lives. The chapters out here are pretty diverse depending on size of campus.

A top sorority at USC may be a smaller chapter at UCLA (10 miles away). Or the smallest chapter at Stanford may be the biggest chapter at Cal-Berkley, which are both in the San Fran area. (Just examples, I'm not thinking of specific sororities.) There are so many universities/colleges in Cali with GLOs that it's hard to compare to those at LSU. (Though, I'm going to guess that the top houses at LSU are the pretty much the same as the top houses at the big universities in CA ...)

To me, that's not a reason to NOT go thru Recruitment. She should go ahead and join at LSU and have the Greek experience from the start. If the girl feels like she would end up transferring back to California (like, to be close to family), then she can check out the campuses in CA where she could transfer (Greek system, where she could get accepted and where her major is good) and decide then. Or, she could totally love her school & greek life at LSU & decide to stay.

Well, unless she joins a sorority with not many chapters in the California, like Sigma Alpha, Delta Zeta, Phi Mu, or Zeta Tau Alpha. That would limit the choice of where to transfer (to also continue your college experience while being a member of an active Greek chapter).