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Originally Posted by Couturequeen22
Hello Everyone,
I am a freshman attending the first HBCU. I know that I cannot become eligible for intake process until my sophmore year but I am very interested in a certain sorority and have been doing research to try and learn alot more about my choice. There are no greeks in my family so I am really unsure how to aproach a member of the sorority that I have taken interest in. My question to anybody who can answer it is what do I say to express my interest without really expressing my interest to them. I know that you are not directly supposed to tell a a greek that your a interested in their organization.
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O.K., first of all, Sen I was right, befriending people is good and members of that sorority is cool. However, just being yourself is one of the best ways to go about it. Being in someones face from that sorority will NOT get you in! It will only lead you to being sorrowfully disappointed when it comes time for decisions to be made about who is going to be on that line and who isn't.
Being able to maintain your grades and keeping yourself focused on what it is that you want from yourself and within your life helps to show various sorority members on campus that you are able to deal with life and deal with the pressures that are thrown at you.
Believe it or not, many people are looking at you and may have been for years as a potential member for the organization. Thing is, you may never have known it because you're not supposed to. People get to know you on campus as to how you and your activities have been on campus. This is something that I know.
And no, going up to a sorority sister and saying, "Hi, my name is Alexandria and I want to join DFG" is not the way to go about it at an HBCU in fact for the next four years, you will probably be DENIED access to that campus' membership for ANY of the organizations present.
You also say, "ok so what should I be doing I have been talking to people and dont know what other way to go about it. " My question is who HAVE you been talking to? Your friends, roomies, sorority members, advisors? Who have you been talking to and what were you trying to find out? What you may WANT to know, from members, you WON'T ever find out and you'll probably have locked yourself out of membership for the next four years there. However, you have to make sure that you want to be a part of that organization for a reason. Look at what is it about the sorority that attracts itself to you that makes you believe that you would be a good member for it.
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