Which Greek system would you want to join?

[SIGMANU@MSU]

I would head to west Texas to Texas Tech. The campus environment is very different than Mississippi State and they also have a very respected program in my field of study.

[Titchou]

And what would be a downside of ours?

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by Titchou

And what would be a downside of ours?

Not trying to put words in anyone's mouth, but with the exception of Indiana, I think that maybe the competition is not quite so intense in the Big 10.

But I could be wrong.

[honeychile]

I'd be lying if I didn't say that I sometimes wonder what my life would have been like had I gone to William and Mary, but it's more for career/academic reasons than sorority.

The others would have been Washington & Lee, and possibly an SEC recruitment. Although, much like Killarney Rose, I'm not sure how well I would have handled a SEC recruitment!

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by honeychile

The others would have been Washington & Lee . . . .

For me, the do-overs likely would have been W&L or Hampden-Sydney.

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by MysticCat

For me, the do-overs likely would have been W&L or Hampden-Sydney.

I have to say W&M, as I did almost go there!


FWIW, Pitt schedules around the High Holy Days - to the extent that I've seen the Recruitment Schedules changed due to those making up the schedule forgetting about the night before issue.

[angels&angles]

Originally Posted by honeychile

The others would have been Washington & Lee...

Not to trying to pry, but were there women/sororities at W&L when you were rushing? Or is this 100% hypothetical?

For me, I almost went to Syracuse and it was probably the only other school where I actually would have rushed. (18-year-old me would NEVER rush at a Big 10 or SEC school. I was super closed-minded about Greek Life at that age. Took me a semester to come around to the idea--but boy did I)

[honeychile]

Originally Posted by angels&angles

Not to trying to pry, but were there women/sororities at W&L when you were rushing? Or is this 100% hypothetical?

For me, I almost went to Syracuse and it was probably the only other school where I actually would have rushed. (18-year-old me would NEVER rush at a Big 10 or SEC school. I was super closed-minded about Greek Life at that age. Took me a semester to come around to the idea--but boy did I)

Totally hypothetical. I could probably say University of Virginia, as I considered it, but I liked the idea of the "what if".

[KillarneyRose]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I'd be lying if I didn't say that I sometimes wonder what my life would have been like had I gone to William and Mary, but it's more for career/academic reasons than sorority.

The others would have been Washington & Lee, and possibly an SEC recruitment. Although, much like Killarney Rose, I'm not sure how well I would have handled a SEC recruitment!

LOL, Honey, I'm sure you would have been just fine in the SEC. I bet during your rush at Pitt they didn't know WHAT to make of you! (who is this girl with the nice manners and recs? What is a rec, anyway???)

[chi-o_cat]

I don’t have a specific campus in mind, but I think I’ll go the opposite way from many of the responses. Instead of a huge Greek system with a brutal “rush”, I’d take my do-over at one where the chapters are all small and quota (if they even do formal recruitment) is in the teens or single numbers. I think that would feel very comfortable for me.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by Titchou

And what would be a downside of ours?

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.

[Titchou]

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.

Well, since that includes the meal plan at over $3000 a year and dues and formals and all that other stuff they just "have" to have, it's not so much.

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?

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Well, since that includes the meal plan at over $3000 a year and dues and formals and all that other stuff they just "have" to have, it's not so much.

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?

Regular Sunday/Saturday worship services are not equivalent. A better comparison might be Christmas or Easter.

[TriDeltaSallie]

My thinking was also Big Ten or another campus with a lot of older, single letter chapters. With nice houses. I would enjoy the tradition aspect of it.

My introverted self would never survive or thrive in a cut-throat SEC recruitment. And I would be lost in a chapter of hundreds of women. Our chapter got to around a hundred before I graduated and frankly that felt too big to be personal.

[TriDeltaSallie]

Originally Posted by Titchou

Well, since that includes the meal plan at over $3000 a year and dues and formals and all that other stuff they just "have" to have, it's not so much.

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.