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Can I butt in?
I discovered GC over a year ago. I just finished reading all the postings about Bama's rush, and hope y'all don't mind if a I cut in and post my 2 cents!
First, I'm just a Bama girl who knows someone in every house. I can truthfully say that every house at Alabama is a good house. There are sweet and friendly girls in all, and there are not so nice or friendly girls in all. Bama is an incredibly strong, competitive Greek school. Anyone who can score a bid here is very lucky.
Personally, I'm excited about Alpha Phi coming on campus, and a second coming in a couple of years. With the huge numbers of girls going through rush each year, Bama needs more sororities.
In reading these postings, I was a little disappointed with people's comments or perceptions about one of the houses--Gamma Phi Beta. I know girls in that house. They are a great group of girls--sweet, cute, smart, involved on campus, and they have a lot of fun. They look for and invite girls who they know they will enjoy having as a sister. Isn't that what sisterhood is supposed to be about? I pledged a "top tier" sorority, and I've been embarrassed at times by our snobby attitude and reasons for recruiting a girl or cutting her.
I didn't know anything about Gamma Phi when I came on campus, but have gotten to know several of their members very well. I'm sorry their final numbers were not as high as last year, but I know they worked very hard. I think it was hard for them to put on a happy face during recruitment. Maybe some of you don't know that they lost a member in a plane crash this summer. I know my friends are having a hard time coming back to school without her. Lauren was a very cute girl.
Moms (at least I think a lot of you are moms), please be careful what you say about ANY house. The girls in your daughter's second or third choice houses love their sisters and everything about being in a sorority. They're excited about their new members, and the new members are excited about being a part of them. When you say anything that is even slightly critical or demeaning, you hurt feelings. No sorority is "the best."
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