Why did you even consider Greek life?

[DeltAlum]

I had absolutely no plan and no interest in rushing. Then a guy I worked with at the university radio station invited me to a "smoker" (rush event) and they offered me a bid the next night.

[OUlioness01]

i was going to rush if i went to BG but not if i went to OU and i ended up at OU. then all the girls but 2 in my mod and one in the other (mods are these little areas of a floor...there's 6-8 girls, i had 8... and 6-8 guys in each mod) were rushing and talked me into it. my rush experience wasn't the best but i ended up in exactly the right place for me.

[sherbertlemons]

When I started at UCF, I got the recruitment information booklet that they send out to all freshmen women. No one in my family was Greek, and my mom and I basically had no idea what Greek life was all about other than the stereotypes. My mom wasn't enthusiastic about the whole recruitment before school starts thing, and neither of us were very enthusiastic about the dues issue. (Really, they should put an explanation of what dues are used for rather than just very scary numbers alone! Maybe come up with some figures for each individual group.) So, I didn't go through recruitment my freshman year.

Several of the girls in my area of the dorms my freshman year did, though. They were the nicest bunch of girls, really breaking down a lot of bad stereotypes I had.

So, I thought about going through recruitment my sophomore year, but I was serving as a freshman team leader with our Honors College, and had to be at teamleader retreat during recruitment.

Kapp colonized that semester, and I was really interested. However, I'm kinda a chicken and was craning my neck to look at their table at the Student Union rather than going up and introducing myself. Luckily, a couple of my fellow teamleaders were interested in Kappa as well and I went wit them to a presentation. I was very impressed- it was well thought out and the women were really nice.

I accepted my bid October 13, 2002. The rest is history, I guess.

[DolphinChicaDDD]

I really had no interest in joining a sorority. I didn't like the sororities on campus, and felt uncomfortable around them. I always secretly wished I could be in a sorority, and was generally intrigued, but I knew that I didn't have the time the groups demanded from their pledges.
Then I heard about a bunch of girls who had been fighting to get another sorority on campus. They were a completely unrecognized group, but still fought for a year to be a sorority. I followed their story via the rumor mill and in the school newspaper, and I knew that I wanted to be a part of these girls. They were recognized the end of the Spring Semester, and Fall semester I went to their info night. I joined a local, and the following semester, we became national!

[sigmadiva]

I had not really thought about joining a sorority when in high school, although my mom is greek as are two of my aunts. Then, when I got to school my freshman year alot of girls I met were going to join sororities. Seeing my peers excited about it influenced me to want to join so I did!!

[KillarneyRose]

I joined for the image, the parties and to have cute guys hanging around. Oh, and I liked the idea of sisterhood, too. At least those were my reasons then!

All these years later, I'm not so into image, I don't party and the only cute guy I'm interested in is my husband! But the sisterhood remains

Funny how things work out

[DaffyKD]

I had no desire to be associated with Greeks. I was a high school nerd, very unpopular and the school had illegal high school sororities. I hated everything about them and had no intentions of subjecting myself to that kind of humiliation in college. When the information on rush came I immediately deposited it in the circular file. At the time, my mother and I could not say more than 1 1/2 civil words to each other before she would criticize me and put me down. One day, she pulled her usual garbage and I decided to go through rush since that meant I could move out of the house a week early. In order to move into the dorms early, youo had to sign up for rush and attend the first day parties. I had decided I would go through the first day and then immediately drop and go to the beach every day. The first house I went to on the first day was KD. I thought the girls were really nice and enjoyed it. Figured every house would be the same. Still went with the attitude I was dropping at the end of the day. By the end of the day, I really liked KD more than any other house and decided I would stay in until KD dropped me. After preference night parties, I called home and asked if I could break my dorm contract if I got a bid from KD the next day. Mom was shocked that I was still rushing-- so was I. Next day, I opened my bid and found KD wanted me. Stayed in through a semester of pledging (as you can see I am dating myself), was initiated, lived in the house all 4 years, and am now rather active in my AA.


DaffyKD

[aephi alum]

Growing up, I never thought I would go greek. My mother went to school overseas and didn't really know anything about the greek system, and my dad was and is vehemently anti-greek.

The summer before I started college, I started getting rush booklets, phone calls, letters, etc. informing me about the greek system - well, my dad forbade me to rush - but I was still curious... as an intelligent adult woman, I could not dismiss out of hand something I knew nothing about, simply because my father said so.

So I got to school, and the only thing going on that first week was rush, so I figured I'd sign up, find out more about the greek system, perhaps find my home, and if nothing else, meet some new people. I didn't really know what to expect, and I soon found myself wondering if all the women at my new school were really that bubbly and cheerful all year.

By the end of round 2, I was convinced of two things. 1 - I loved the idea of being part of a sisterhood, the special bond, a venue by which to give back to the community, etc. 2 - None of the four national sororities then at my school were the right fit for me.

But I had heard that a brand-new local sorority was holding its first-ever rush following formal rush week, so I dropped out of FR to rush there. And I found my home

[Optimist Prime]

I wanted Brothers.

[33girl]

My dorm was very heavily Greek and most of my boyfriend at the time's friends were in a sorority that had a suite in our dorm, where we often hung out.

[tnxbutterfly]

I'm an only child so the thought of having instant sisters appealed to me greatly.

I tend to be a homebody so I knew that going greek would pull me out of my shell and expose me to new people and new oportunities.

[AUDeltaGam]

I didn't consider Greek Life until mid-freshman year when I saw all the girls and their sisters, and I wanted to have friends like that. But I never rushed, because I always though that the girls judged you on how you looked, etc...(glad I was SO wrong!). So when my sophomore year came, I figured no sorority life for me, because at my school, juniors have almost no chance during formal recruitment. So I thought the only chance for sorority life for me would be to Alumna Initiate after college (DG and SK were my 2 choices )

So I was reading GreekChat last Nov/Dec and saw a post that Delta Gamma would be colonizing at Auburn! So I took a chance, went through DG recruitment, and recieved my bid on February 8, 2003.

I've never been happier with any decision I have ever made

[Tom Earp]

Having gone to a 4 yr. collge before I was asked not to come back, I met a lot of Greeks and was a member of APO!

Went to another college and started in summer school!! Wow, only way to go!j

Met a lot of Greeks and was rushed by all! Decided as I usually do I joined a local. Pledged and finally was asked to leave.

Thank goodness I did! Started my own local and found guys who wanted to do something new like I did, guys booted out of other Chapters. We were up against another small Fraternity and we were the ones selected to go on campus.

Rushed by LXA and another Fraternity! I will out again!

I guess the basic reason, is that I always have been into many things and with people!

That is what Greeks are, doing and being with people you care about!

I guess that is why we are on GC!

Still learning and working with people, young and not so young!

[GeekyPenguin]

I originally wanted to rush a local because I didn't know a lot of girls on campus and they were the "cool" ones with most of the fraternities at the time.

I was looking for rush advice when I found good ol' GC and I decided I loved the idea of being part of a national, but was still thinking about the local because Gamma Phi was really small at the time and rumor was the charter was getting yanked.

I was driving to work one day and I saw my neighbor from the last year moving into the dorms and remembered that she had pledged Gamma Phi the semester before and never had do to any of the crap that the locals did and at that point decided I was rushing Gamma Phi. The chapter doubled with my NM class and will hopefully be there forever.

[AXO_MOM_3]

During my first semester as a freshman, my roommate was really into drugs. The girl across the hall had a psycho roommate, and we always met in the hall to vent. We decided to move in together second semester, and make the two weirdo's live together! Anyway, my roomie was going through recruitment at the beginning of the semester. I was not really interested in sororities at the time. After watching her pledge, and go through everything all semester, I got more interested! She introduced me to all of her sisters throughout the semester. I enjoyed hanging out with them. My perception of Greeks went from negative to positive the more I learned about them, and the better I got to know them. When we returned to school sophmore year, most sororities were having interest parties to pick up a few girls to reach total. (We had deferred recruitment at that time, and groups would pick up a small class in the fall). I was interested in two other groups and attended several open houses. In the end decided that my roomies sorority was the best fit for me and joined Alpha Chi!