sororities/fraternities?

calliope_music · October 2011

just wondering, who here joined a sorority or fraternity in college?

Kappa Kappa Gamma here

anhaab · October 2011

Alpha Chi Omega here!

SkateboardFi · October 2011

Alpha Phi Omega here

Dawn_is_getting_healthy · October 2011

Alpha Xi Delta here!!

dmpizza · October 2011

I turned it down, only to discover later that they had copies of old tests. You would of thought my older brother would have told me that.

pain_is_weakness · October 2011

Lamda Alpha Epsilon-Criminal justice fraternity

and

Phi Theta Kappa

court182 · October 2011

Phi Mu Proud!!!!

SkateboardFi · October 2011

i hate to see this topic neglected. what made you guys pledge in general? and what made you choose your organization in particular? what was your process like?

godblessourhome · October 2011

chi omega!

calliope_music · October 2011

i hate to see this topic neglected. what made you guys pledge in general? and what made you choose your organization in particular? what was your process like?

i was totally anti-Greek life my freshman year of college, but after being on campus and seeing how many friendships the other girls my age were making and how...well, fun it seemed, i decided to give it a try. i also TA'd with a girl in the chapter i ended up joining and loved her and she had such positive things to say about the organization. i didn't go through formal recruitment but went to the events that the chapter i ended up joining put on...i immediately felt comfortable with all of them and decided that was it, i was going to pledge them if they wanted me (and they did, yay!). the Kappas on my campus were known as classy, smart, fun, and philanthropic, which is what i wanted.

now i'm an adviser for the Kappa chapter near my house and am active in the alumnae association. i love my sisters!

SkateboardFi · October 2011

i've never been anti-greek. i've been anti-hazing, but never anti-greek. my first semester at lsu was august 2005...literally a week before katrina struck. i didn't know anyone, and had just transferred from tuskegee so i'd already heard of alpha phi omega. although at tuskegee the alpha phi omega chapter was all male (a phi o is a co-ed fraternity), lsu had a co-ed chapter. i did my research on the frat, saw all of the service projects they did on my campus and ended up going to an orientation. because of katrina, a lot of new orleans students ended up at our school, and that's how i ended up with my line brothers. we had to go through a 10 week pledging process in addition to the political unrest at lsu at the time, as WELL as the chaos known as katrina, and although BOTH of my line brothers went back to new orleans after they opened up the colleges again, we are all still close to this day because we went through the fraternity process together, as well as counted on one another during a time of disaster and racism. i wouldn't trade my experience for the world, and have served as vice president for the frat as well as still keeping up with my chapter to this day even though i'm 7 hours away. i've met some of my closest friends through this frat and am very proud of the woman it has made me today and how active my chapter still is at lsu.

rc630 · November 2011

Sigma Delta Tau!

juliecat1 · November 2011

Delta Zeta!

MFPAddict · November 2011

Lamda Lamda Lamda

CeloTX · November 2011

Sigma Tau Gamma

SkateboardFi · November 2011

Lamda Lamda Lamda

Lamda lamda lamda annnnnd omega muuuuu

ArroganceInStep · November 2011

After watching old school I began the process of creating my own fraternity, Omega Theta Theta Tau (WOOT). I got about half-way through and then the school started asking for money and I decided I couldn't afford the joke. I did make some tshirts though.

htimpaired · November 2011

I was in a sorority in college-pledged my sophomore year. Don't really keep up with them now that I'm 11 years post-grad, but we do occasionally touch base on facebook. I know others got really close with their sorority sisters, I do miss some of it...good stories, that's for sure!

nothingisred · November 2011

I'm British and we don't have sororities/fraternites over here. I always hear them mentioned on TV shows and obviously I realise it's something you guys do when you go to uni, but I have absolutely no idea what they actually are. Could someone please enlighten me? I have always wondered.

ArroganceInStep · November 2011

I'm British and we don't have sororities/fraternites over here. I always hear them mentioned on TV shows and obviously I realise it's something you guys do when you go to uni, but I have absolutely no idea what they actually are. Could someone please enlighten me? I have always wondered.

It varies wildly, but the core concept is an organized community (or brotherhood/sisterhood) of people. At it's best, it's an environment that fosters a growth of character and gives its members opportunities after college via networking that they might not otherwise have had. Beyond career opportunities it gives you a connection after college, something that you represent, some common ground that you hold between all of your other fraternity brothers or sorority sisters.

At it's worst it's a bunch of wild parties, drug use, and casual sex. Some would argue that I should swap 'best' and 'worst' in those two definitions.

_Timmeh_ · November 2011

Nope. I just showed up to drink the free beer.

KayakAngel · November 2011

Pi Beta Phi (also a little sister for Kappa Alpha Order) - joined both mainly for the parties and social aspect. Those years were by far the best years of my life! :happy: