Professor's Negative Recommendations

[ladygreek]

I have experienced and heard of where being in a sorority/fraternity has created better career networking opportunities.

I never considered it to be a hinderance. That prof sounds a little bitter for some reason.

[AGDLynn]

One of my pledge sisters is/was a photojournalist who has interviewed some very famous people. Other Alpha Gams..

Lois Kroeber Wille Lambda Author and winner of two Pulitzer Prizes in journalism

Lorraine Jensen Davis Epsilon Gamma Former Editor of Vogue magazine

I know of other Alpha Gams that I don't recall their names.

Sounds like the prof was either voicing his opinion based on erroneous sterotypes and/or he didn't get a bid when he wanted one and/or some Greek students didn't perform well in his class...of course there were probably some non-Greeks that didn't do either.

[irishpipes]

I had a professor my freshman year who started the semester off by saying that being in a fraternity or sorority dropped your IQ 10 points, and that's before all the beer killed whatever remaining brain cells you had. No one wore letters to his class so he couldn't hold it against us.

[Jody]

I think Toni Morrison would disagree! She joined her Sorority (AKA) in college (I wonder if that professor would characterize Soror Toni as an author not a journalist)

[BlueNYC2]

Originally Posted by ladygreek

I have experienced and heard of where being in a sorority/fraternity has created better career networking opportunities.

I never considered it to be a hinderance. That prof sounds a little bitter for some reason.

she was either denied or an Eternal....

[PGD-GRAD]

Strangely enough, some 30 years ago a young sorority woman did mix Greek life and journalism at Indiana University and did it very well. Jane Pauley, who is a Kappa, was involved in both print and TV journalism at IU. She went on to the Today Show as well as other anchoring and interviewing opportunities. She has also done considerable writing. Guess she had a different advisor, or she didn't pay attention to those who told her you could not do both!

[DeltAlum]

Not being interested in starting a debate on her, one of Pauley's replacements on TODAY is also Greek.

Katie Couric is a Tri-Delt from UVA.

[KyleMcGuire1983]

Ridiculous. No professional would take you less seriously for being great.

HOWEVER, there is a caveat: Many PROFESSORS don't take you seriously because they're usually far left anti-establishment assholes who are more prejudiced than their right wing adveseries.....which is why if you are greek I would recommend you not wear letters in certain classes....ESPECIALLY at the more hippie schools.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

Ridiculous. No professional would take you less seriously for being great.

HOWEVER, there is a caveat: Many PROFESSORS don't take you seriously because they're usually far left anti-establishment assholes who are more prejudiced than their right wing adveseries.....which is why if you are greek I would recommend you not wear letters in certain classes....ESPECIALLY at the more hippie schools.

Wow. There's an interesting generality.

[Tom Earp]

What a shame an Academian would act like that

My Law Professor is(was)TKE. But the Dean of Students and Head of The Business Department had sons who joined my chapter!

If this person was so learned, then they should have know that Greeks have higher GPA! Go on to higher jobs because of the training they learned from being a Greek.