Which Greek system would you want to join?

[maconmagnolia]

Originally Posted by TriDeltaSallie

If being in a sorority had cost that much (even adjusted for today's dollars) I don't think 95% of the women in my chapter (including me) would have been able to enjoy sorority membership. And that would have been a real shame.

I agree. A lot of my friends are paying for college and sorority membership completely by themselves and could never afford those dues. Our membership dues aren't even half of that (unless you live in house) and we're able to eat lunch everyday at the house. That doesn't include extras like t-shirts for certain events, but you aren't required to buy those.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Titchou

As for the other, I assume you don't have a problem with it being scheduled on Sunday,or Saturday for 7th Day Adventists, or football games, etc on the same. Why are single out the Jewish High Holy Days?

If I'm reading this correctly, you just compared a football game to the Jewish High Holy Days, and then you want to know why I might see the SEC as having some "downsides". Clearly, this is not something that you are inclined to understand.

[ChioLu]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Well, somebody in another thread just said that one could expect to pay 8-10K for dues without even living in the chapter house. If that's a real number, I'm gonna go ahead and consider that a downside.

Oh, and I can't remember which school it is that has no problem whatsoever scheduling recruitment over the Jewish high holidays, but I'm gonna go ahead and say that's a downside for a lot of women.

UCLA Recruitment schedules around Jewish holidays as it starts late September.

I'd probably want to go thru at Georgia Tech. All the houses are close to campus and ...
the men outnumber the women (something like) 5 to 1!

[Griffins&Quills]

Originally Posted by ChioLu

I'd probably want to go thru at Georgia Tech. All the houses are close to campus and ...
the men outnumber the women (something like) 5 to 1!

The ratio is around 3:1, and I promise, it's not as great as it sounds lol. All of the houses are on campus. And it's a competitive/unique system in it's own way.

[WCsweet<3]

When I first read the thread, I actually thought of Illinois. Indiana would be interesting, but I'd rather observe it. Vandy would be fun and many of the SEC schools would be fun, but I'd rather do FSU or Florida. I would love to check out some of the larger PAC 12 schools like Arizona, ASU, Washington. Some NE schools as well, maybe Lehigh? Had a friend who went there who seems to be having fun as a Zeta.

[Titchou]

No, DeltaBetaBaby, you do not understand what I said. You only seem to have a problem with recruitment falling on a Jewish High Holy Day (or did you actually mean a holiday which is not the same thing). So do you not have a problem with recruitment, football games, etc falling on Saturday (for 7th day Adventists) or Sunday (for most Christians)? Or Friday night/Saturday for Jews? What about Holy Days of Obligations for Catholics? What about Hindu holy days? Muslim ones? In other words, why are you singling out Jewish High Holy/holi days?

[NutBrnHair]

I am amused at how many of you would wish to go through recruitment at the University of Alabama -- out of all the places in the country! I attended rush there one year and have since referred to it as: "I spent a month there one week!"

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Titchou

No, DeltaBetaBaby, you do not understand what I said. You only seem to have a problem with recruitment falling on a Jewish High Holy Day (or did you actually mean a holiday which is not the same thing). So do you not have a problem with recruitment, football games, etc falling on Saturday (for 7th day Adventists) or Sunday (for most Christians)? Or Friday night/Saturday for Jews? What about Holy Days of Obligations for Catholics? What about Hindu holy days? Muslim ones? In other words, why are you singling out Jewish High Holy/holi days?

Why do you continue to play dumb on the difference between a weekly religious observance and Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur? You can play the "we can't accommodate everybody" card all you want, but show me an example of when recruitment has ACTUALLY conflicted with a major religion's holiest days (see: Ole Miss 2011), that is a red herring and you know it.

[Titchou]

Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby

Why do you continue to play dumb on the difference between a weekly religious observance and Rosh Hashanah/Yom Kippur? You can play the "we can't accommodate everybody" card all you want, but show me an example of when recruitment has ACTUALLY conflicted with a major religion's holiest days (see: Ole Miss 2011), that is a red herring and you know it.

Having been raised Roman Catholic I can assure you that missing Mass on Sunday is just as serious a sin TO THEM as missing a Holy Day of Obligation.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Having been raised Roman Catholic I can assure you that missing Mass on Sunday is just as serious a sin TO THEM as missing a Holy Day of Obligation.

Even if you go to Mass on Saturday night?

[Cheerio]

When choosing based solely on Greek system, I can say Kansas, Wisconsin, and Southern Cal are schools I applied to but did not attend. Since I truly wanted to join a sorority, some of my school application choices were based partly on campus Greek Life.

The appeal then was traditional, established NPC systems featuring single-letter chapters and cozy homes. I also considered that my extended family included women belonging to NPC groups represented on these campuses.

[IUHoosiergirl88]

Hmmm, if I had to pick it'd probably be one of the following:
-Georgia (for the SEC aspect and the cute bulldog mascot, and it seems less intimidating than Bama)
-Arizona (but I am SO not tan enough)
-Vandy (not sure why, but it intrigues me)
-Stanford (spring recruitment seems really unique!)

[misscherrypie]

Looking back, when I was eighteen: Definitely, USC or UC Santa Barbara.

At my current age: UCDavis. Not specifically for the Greek Life, but because I'd have been more prepared for a different path for Grad School if I'd gone there. I've heard very positive things about the Greek System on that campus.

[Titchou]

Well, back in my day in school there was no Saturday option. But the Sunday obligation is whatever it is. And I'm sure that at Alabama and such schools you probably couldn't make either day.

[DubaiSis]

First, mass on Sunday is not a holy day of obligation and that would be the only comparison to scheduling an event over the high holidays. It would never ever ever happen that rush would be scheduled over Easter, even Good Friday. But we can get into an argument about how the US does not really have freedom of religion another time.

As far as different Greek systems, I think I'd like to see what it's like at one of the Southern California or Arizona schools. They just seem so non-traditional in completely traditional clothing. Make sense? Since I didn't get all freaked out through most of rush in the Big 10, I am guessing I would have been as oblivious through an SEC rush. I'd love to observe an SEC rush, but don't really have interest in most of the pomp and circumstance of how I perceive the day to day life of a sorority girl there. Of course, that's only perception, but that's what this is all about!