NPC launches sororityIQ.com site

[phisiglindsey]

The site seems to definitely bust the myths of sorority women being only interested in partying, but it does seem a bit too commercial. I think it fails to show the true beauty of being in a sorority. It makes sororities seem like clubs that you just sign up for. I do like how it shows the wonderful aspects of being in a sorority, but you can't honestly explain the greatness of sororities to a non-Greek. They just need to experience it for themselves.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by ASTalumna06

I don't see this as marketing. I see this as a way to keep people informed.

I'm not going to make assumptions about you or your experience, but if you were in an environment where people don't know much about Greek life, and where a lot of students don't get involved because their parents are against it (for no other reason than they believe all the stereotypes), then I would assume you would see all of this differently.

I only wish there were sites like this for me to look at when I entered college, as I knew next to nothing about Greek life. If I had sites like this presented to me, then I might have joined sooner than I did.

Is a pro-sorority website made by sororities really going to work for that?

Originally Posted by phisiglindsey

The site seems to definitely bust the myths of sorority women being only interested in partying, but it does seem a bit too commercial. I think it fails to show the true beauty of being in a sorority. It makes sororities seem like clubs that you just sign up for. I do like how it shows the wonderful aspects of being in a sorority, but you can't honestly explain the greatness of sororities to a non-Greek. They just need to experience it for themselves.

Yep.

And you can do more to promote the actual individual events that sororities participate in. More individual sorority women can promote or mention their experiences.

[KSUViolet06]

I think the idea of these websites is to introduce the *idea* of joining a sorority. Just to get girls thinking about it without totally overwhelming them with "how to" info like recommendations, mutual selection, bid matching, etc.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by phisiglindsey

The site seems to definitely bust the myths of sorority women being only interested in partying, but it does seem a bit too commercial. I think it fails to show the true beauty of being in a sorority. It makes sororities seem like clubs that you just sign up for. I do like how it shows the wonderful aspects of being in a sorority, but you can't honestly explain the greatness of sororities to a non-Greek. They just need to experience it for themselves.

I can agree with this.

I wish the site was more.. descriptive? I definitely like the idea of it, but if it was more extensive, I think it might be more beneficial. The point is, I didn't really know what a sorority was, or what they did, until after my first ceremony, so to have something (a book, a website, a person... anything!) describing to me what it was all about would have helped immensely.