I could really use some advice!

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by HQWest

If you do happen to come on down south for recruitment -
Remember to keep an open mind and HAVE FUN during recruitment. No matter where you are from, you might find a chapter with a couple of girls from your neck of the woods, and its always fun to have a friend when you go home for break.
Plus, membership is for a lifetime - so if you are feeling torn - it might help to look at chapters that are also big back home.

Please excuse me for being contrary, but I think it is much more important to join a chapter that you feel comfortable with, whether said sorority has a huge presence back home or not. You are spending 4 years living with these women and you have to be happy and be invested in the group.

You will find alumnae chapters all over the country, and if there is no alumnae chapter of your sorority where you settle, you can start one or join the alumnae panhellenic chapter there.

[AOII Angel]

Originally Posted by FSUZeta

Please excuse me for being contrary, but I think it is much more important to join a chapter that you feel comfortable with, whether said sorority has a huge presence back home or not. You are spending 4 years living with these women and you have to be happy and be invested in the group.

You will find alumnae chapters all over the country, and if there is no alumnae chapter of your sorority where you settle, you can start one or join the alumnae panhellenic chapter there.

Ditto. What is big in your home area may not even be offered at your university. I think that is poor advice. If you are thinking maybe you'd transfer home and join a chapter, remember that many sororities don't automatically allow this.

[33girl]

I agree. That is flamingly terrible advice. The "girls from her neck of the woods" might be people she has nothing in common with. As far as joining ABC because ABC has lots of alum chapters back home, maybe 1) she never intends to live back in her hometown and 2) the alums in her hometown might all be from the same college chapter and she wouldn't feel as comfy as she could there.