Sorority for Graduate students-what do you think?

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Andreaca

I was in a sorority as an undergrad

[susan314]

Originally Posted by Andreaca

I was in a sorority as an undergrad.

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Maybe its one of those newfangled sororities that don't initiate for life membership.

[Dionysus]

I would like this. As a single, part-time working, full time grad student...I cannot fully relate to neither the average grad student nor the average undergrad student. My GLO has grad students, but we are in the very small minority.

The average grad student's life revolves around their career, spouse (getting one if they don't), buying a house, and maybe children. The average undergrad student's life revolves around booze and booty, lol.

I have no interest in getting married, having children, or buying a house anytime soon. The only thing I have in common with grad students is interest in career. I have more in common with the undergrads (in my GLO), but they take partying to the excess, even the undergrads who are my age. They wear me out at times.

I would like to interact with like-minded people. While in the minority, there are grad students who are in my situation. I think taking the professional GLO route would have more success than taking the social GLO route. We have a professional GLO called Tau Sigma (GLO for Transfer Students). It's one of the most popular organizations on campus. I wonder would a "Gamma Sigma" version would work as well.

[SoEnchanting]

lol ok my bad I just realized how old the original poster is. She's probably graduated by now!

[SoEnchanting]

Hmm... as someone who crossed as an undergraduate, and is currently in graduate school, I can tell you that I would not be interested in joining another sorority. I also think that starting a sorority from scratch is a lot deeper than just getting a group of your girls together to hang out... Definitely much more than you have time for if your program is like mine. I have, however, president over a professional organization that fulfilled many of the goals that you are looking for (support, etc.) and it was a GREAT experience as far as networking, support, and meeting other students who were going through what I was going through.

In my opinion, you should either affliate with a already established graduate chapter or get a good professional organization going. Good luck!