What age did you begin thinking about The Greek Life?

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by JBenfante

Realized freshman year it was one of my biggest goals in life.

Dare to dream

Originally Posted by irishpipes

Dare to dream

Like I've always said. If you can't dream, then whats reality.
I feel like greek life can be my fine line between the two

[PANTHERTEKE]

Originally Posted by irishpipes

Dare to dream

THANK YOU FOR THAT LAST LINE IN YOUR SIGNATURE!

[irishpipes]

Originally Posted by JBenfante

Like I've always said. If you can't dream, then whats reality.
I feel like greek life can be my fine line between the two

I'm just teasing you. Greek life is great and all, but I would hardly call it one of my biggest goals in life. To me that's overstating it a bit. Maybe that's just me though.

[DSTCHAOS]

Kind of when I was 17. I was visiting a particular university for an applicant trip and there was a probate show.

I got the different sororities mixed up (LOL) and was excited about one, thinking that it was the other. That goes to show that things like stepping, colors, and calls aren't the most important and identifying marker to every nonmember and aspirant.

Anywho, I was exposed to Greek Life much earlier than that through BGLO family members and teachers in high school. I wasn't a "future XYZ" or even concerned about that stuff, so I didn't actually start thinking about this stuff until I was 17. But I didn't seriously start obsessing () over Delta and thinking about this stuff until I matriculated at a university (age 18).

Side note and words of advice:
I was president of a community service organization in high school and did mentoring prior to becoming a member. I didn't do service in high school and undergrad to build my resume' for Delta or "get in good" with the members--although some of the service was with Deltas. So I am apprehensive about women who never did service until college and/or never began service until they realized that an aspirant with no service isn't a Godsend. I've had women who aren't in college say "oh...I guess I can do this kind of service so I can apply for Delta." I prompty tell them to do service for service sake. Be sincere and genuine about it. I firmly believe that most tshirt wearers were once aspirants who didn't do service for service sake.

[RaggedyAnn]

16 I was working with a fraternity guy who told me all about Greek life. I didn't pledge my freshman year though. I waited until I was a sophomore.

I had to chuckle DSTCHAOS when you were talking about service. I don't think it was even an option for me growing up. I remember doing service projects very early. Between my mother, Girl Scouts and the church, it was just expected of me. Now I just expect it of myself.

[Katmandu]

My mother was in a local sorority in her small college, and I had two older cousins who were very active members of a national sorority. The cousins were significantly older, and they were talented, sophisticated, and very sweet to their youngest cousin. When we visited them once or twice a year, I loved to hear them talk about sorority activities and look at their beautiful pins, so greek life was always viewed in a very positive light when I was growing up because of them.

My campus did not have one of their chapters, unfortunately. To this day, I absolutely love their organization, symbols and spirit.

While I didn't obsess over it, I wanted to be in a national sorority from junior hi on.

[ASTalumna06]

Um, after my first recruitment party, the 2nd semester of my sophomore year. If you ask any of the girls in my chapter, they'll all tell you, "I never saw myself as a sorority girl until someone finally convinced me to go to a recruitment party"

[ISUKappa]

When I was in high school and my older sister joined a sorority.

[honeychile]

I was indocrinated from birth, lol. I honestly thought that anyone who wasn't in a fraternity or a sorority in college had tried to get a bid, but didn't make it.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

I had to chuckle DSTCHAOS when you were talking about service. I don't think it was even an option for me growing up. I remember doing service projects very early. Between my mother, Girl Scouts and the church, it was just expected of me. Now I just expect it of myself.

You just reminded me that I was a Brownie Scout. I sincerely hated it because it was a source of gendered socialization more than it was service oriented. Yeah I was hating gendered socialization back then eventhough I didn't know that's what it was. LOL

[SOPi_Jawbreaker]

Originally Posted by FlaGirl07

to be honest, 21. right when i transferred to fsu.

same here, except it was PSU I transferred to

[SWTXBelle]

As a child I was paddled with my mother's Theta Psi Delta (local) sorority paddle. Does that count?

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by PANTHERTEKE

THANK YOU FOR THAT LAST LINE IN YOUR SIGNATURE!

You get 5 Amen's for that!!!!

[fantASTic]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

You get 5 Amen's for that!!!!

Haha...how ironic, eh??