A 4th year exchange student in a sorority ?

[Nolita]

Originally Posted by OTW

I could be misinterpreting this post, but are you asking which sororities and fraternities she recommends at SDSU? As in, which does she think are best?

Of course I don't speak for Kelly, but if you ask any GCer on which organization they think is best, they won't tell you. What they will tell you is to go through recruitment with an open mind, give all houses a chance, and maximize your options. It's all about the sorority YOU feel most comfortable with.

People who go through recruitment with their hearts set on one or two sororities (based on what they've heard, etc.) often end up disappointed.

If I really wanted to know which sororities were the best at SDSU I would have directly posted a thread asking this question, it's just that Kelly nicely wrote in her post "I advise two sororities and three fraternities at SDSU " so I was just being curious as to what her recommendations were there and hypothetically if she thinks that ABC and XYZ are the best at SDSU she can say it, afterall aren't you all proud to be/have been in a sorority ?

And I think you can't go more open-minded than what I've said before concerning rush " If I don't get invited to join a sorority I'll just see it as an experience" since we don't have the Greek system here in Europe

[navane]

Hi Carlotta,

I just returned from a dinner with my sorority sisters. This evening I dined with several women, including collegiate members from SDSU, alumnae members and two advisers.

When I asked them what they thought of an exchange student participating in recruitment as a senior, they had no problems with that idea. The alumna member who is the chapter Recruitment Adviser, who was sat right next to me, explained to me that seniors are "free" at SDSU.

Here's what that means: Normally, each sorority is only allowed to invite up to a set maximum number of new members during each recruitment. That maximum number is called "quota". There may be 75 women that the sorority loves; but, if quota is 50, then they can only invite up to 50 to be new members. At SDSU, seniors do not count in this calculation - a sorority can invite as many seniors as they want without penalty. That doesn't mean they *will*, but they can if they want to. So, even though SDSU is competitive, being a senior will not necessarily hinder you.

Further, I cannot speak for any of the other sororities, but all of the women at the table agreed that Gamma Phi Beta (my sorority) is very open to international students and would welcome an opportunity to meet a woman like you during recruitment.

The only things that they would be concerned about is that you do indeed stay for the whole year and that you understand that you would be required to pay membership dues just like everyone else.

I'm not sure if the other sororities would share a similar opinion; but, that was the response I received directly from my sisters this evening.

.....Kelly

[navane]

Originally Posted by Nolita

If I really wanted to know which sororities were the best at SDSU I would have directly posted a thread asking this question, it's just that Kelly nicely wrote in her post "I advise two sororities and three fraternities at SDSU " so I was just being curious as to what her recommendations were there and hypothetically if she thinks that ABC and XYZ are the best at SDSU she can say it, afterall aren't you all proud to be/have been in a sorority ?

Hi again,

I'm not really sure what you meant with the question in your previous post. As OTW alluded, most of us here would not make any recommendations to any particular organization or which ones are "best". She is correct, one should go into recruitment with an open heart to find the organization which is a best fit for oneself.

Because I work for the university, I was asked to serve as the university sponsor, called "Faculty Adviser", to five of the groups on campus. That's all I meant by that. Since I volunteered to adopt so many of the fraternities and sororities, I obviously love them all.

.....Kelly

[navane]

According to my colleague at CSULB:

"We actually had 2 exchange students go through recruitment here last year. Neither of them pledged because they decided it just wasn't for them, but they were well received by the chapters here. Seniors do not count in quota and I think our chapters would be very open to having an exchange student join."


.....Kelly