Cutting or pledging a group for dumb reasons

[ΑΓΔSquirrelGirl]

I dropped one sorority because I was told they were snobby and extremely fixated on "looks"...and then two days later they came to lunch in these tiny black tanks tops that said "____: The Sorority" in pink letters. That sealed it for me. I feel slightly bad now, but on the other hand, we wouldn't exactly have been a good fit for each other anyway. They're nice girls, though. I dropped another group because I remembered them to be the girls giggling incessantly in the dorms in this pink jerseys at the beginning of school getting in the way and annoying the ever living hell out of me. Then their skit turned out to be able picking the right pair of shoes. That was the last nail in the coffin for me.

Obviously, I'm not a girlie girl.

[ClassicBeauty]

I cut a sorority the first day because I absolutely could not stand their chapter room. It kind of reminded me of a country farm house kitchen. It had tile floors and small tables all over it. To top it of, everyone sat in those metal fold up chairs. The acoustics in the place drove me nuts! Just imagine those chairs scooting around and 70 girls chattering very loudly.

I'm glad where I ended up though! I have the BEST sisters!

[klk112]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

I remember being excited to go to Theta when I went through recruitment because their colors are black and gold and I am a huge Steelers fan!

If I had actually gone through FMR, that would have been a reason for me to pick Theta.

Originally Posted by daydreamer1112

I do honestly hate Alpha Chi's colors with a passion, but it certainly didn't stop me from pledging!

The scarlet and olive have grown on me. Our house letter shirts are red t-shirts with Kelly green letters on a white background, but a lot of people from other houses have come up to us and said that they're really cute. (They're just jealous because their house letter shirts are either white or navy and not bright, noticeable red. )

Although, we had a couple cookie decorating events with some freshman dorms during finals and someone mentioned that it was really cute that we had letter shirts just for Christmas.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by klk112

The scarlet and olive have grown on me. Our house letter shirts are red t-shirts with Kelly green letters on a white background, but a lot of people from other houses have come up to us and said that they're really cute. (They're just jealous because their house letter shirts are either white or navy and not bright, noticeable red. )

Although, we had a couple cookie decorating events with some freshman dorms during finals and someone mentioned that it was really cute that we had letter shirts just for Christmas.

I've noticed when the scarlet and olive are used in relatively equal amounts, it looks really Christmasy, but when there's a lot of one color and accents of the other, it doesn't look Christmasy at all, you just notice the pretty contrast.

[nate2512]

I'm a Kappa Sigma and our chapter refuses to get red shirts. We were part of a rebuilding era of our chapter and there were only 5 actives. So the alumni got us these bright red shirts with white letters and a green outline. The ugliest shirts ever and we had to endure these once a week during pledging, needless to say when we went active we went crazy designing all these shirts that werent red. So because of the christmas thing we try to stay away from shirts that are dominantly red and green.

[lindz0722]

This is a great thread I went through recruitment as a first-semester freshman and so I used a lot of my random opinions during the process.

For example, I was afraid to go to Alpha Phi's house, because I was really confused about the pronunciation of the Phi.

When I told my mom (not Greek) about Delta Gamma, she said "Aren't sororities supposed to have three letters in their names?", which worried me. I also thought DG's colors looked like a baby shower.

Fortunately these first impressions didn't last and I am a very happy DG with many pink and blue trinkets in my room.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by lindz0722

When I told my mom (not Greek) about Delta Gamma, she said "Aren't sororities supposed to have three letters in their names?", which worried me. I also thought DG's colors looked like a baby shower.

Fortunately these first impressions didn't last and I am a very happy DG with many pink and blue trinkets in my room.

That's funny because I remember thinking it strange that AOII had three letters instead of two! I know that there are many more three lettered groups than two, but at the time, I only knew about KD, Phi Mu and SigmaK which were the only other groups on my campus!

[LAblondeGPhi]

Some of these are dumb reasons, some are not so dumb, but most of them are pretty amusing:

Tri-Delt: I dropped right away for two reasons. The first was that this was the ONLY house name I had heard of before rushing, and I had always heard "Need a date? Try Delta" or other, less savory variations. When I met the president of this house, I remember thinking "why on earth would you want to be president of the slutty house?" Mind you, I had ZERO real knowledge about my school's Greek system at the time. Also, their recruitment chair had the highest-pitched voice I've ever heard in my life. Painful.

KD: Their recruitment chair looked awkward and their president looked like a 35-year-old dowdy aunt.

Theta: The first girl I talked to just seemed ditzy. Whenever we discussed other schools I got into or the honors program I was in, she'd practically screech "Me too!" with really big eyes and way too much enthusiasm, and I strongly suspected she was lying. The next girl I talked to asked about Orange County (where I'm from) and commented on how many girls were from that city... ahem... it's a... county.

DG: My guide was clearly an athlete and I thought was going to tackle me with excitement when she heard I did track in high school. She then talked about ONLY sports-related sorority activities. She also had a raspy voice that I didn't like.

Chi-O:
Me (struggling with conversaion): So what made you join your house?
Chi-O: Well, I preffed DG, but they didn't take me, so now I'm here.


Things could have gone very differently, but I LOVE my house and am so happy I joined the right one!

[davincisoprano1]

Originally Posted by MoWestPhiMu

Having only 2 letters can be an added benefit, especially with all of the shirts that I have had to purchase, and living on a poor college student's budget.

not to mention you get bigger letters!

[ZTA zetahunny]

At the age of 17, I wished Zeta had at least one "greek" or different looking letter.

[SWTXBelle]

I always envied Zeta's ability to use regular letters - they could get ANYTHING monogrammed!

[hannahgirl]

i dropped a chapter during recruitment because there were 6 girls from my HS who were members and only one spoke to me during the round (she ended up being the recruitment VP).

i had 6 seniors drop out recently just because it was the "thing to do". all the reasons they put on their drop forms were superficial....ex...my best friend couldn't go to formal, the chapter has changed since i joined, the girl i wanted didn't get a bid.....etc. good riddens!

[NutBrnHair]

Originally Posted by hannahgirl

good riddens!

riddance

Main Entry: rid·dance
Function: noun
Date: 1533
1 : an act of ridding
2 : deliverance relief —often used in the phrase good riddance especially to express relief that someone or something has gone

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by SWTXBelle

I always envied Zeta's ability to use regular letters - they could get ANYTHING monogrammed!

Me too, I was talking to one of my Zeta friends about gifts for our littles or paddles or something like that, and she was like, "Oh you can just get wooden letters at Michaels." Not if I want a Sigma! It must be great because you can get letters from anywhere, instead of just the Greek store.

[sailboatgirl]

Originally Posted by violetpretty

Me too, I was talking to one of my Zeta friends about gifts for our littles or paddles or something like that, and she was like, "Oh you can just get wooden letters at Michaels." Not if I want a Sigma! It must be great because you can get letters from anywhere, instead of just the Greek store.

Actually, you can use an M or W sideways for a Sigma! That's what we did all the time and it didn't look bad at all. Wait...maybe that won't work with another letter next to it because of the size/height differential...