Sorority girls are often given a hard time. People hold ridiculous stereotypes about sorority girls. People think we're ditzy, partiers, dependent on a man and surviving off of daddy's money. Well the truth of the matter is that yes, there are girls in every chapter who fit those stereotypes. But it's okay. 

There are countless numbers of girls at any given campus and in any given sorority who are ditzy. Are they all Greek? Absolutely not. There are countless girls who party too hard. Are they all Greek? No, I would even venture so far as to say that the majority of hardcore partiers are also proud independents. I know far too many girls who are dependent on their boyfriends. Are they all Greek? If you said no, then you're catching on. What about the girls who are surviving off of their daddy's money? The vast majority of all college students (and Greeks are the minority at most schools) get at least some help from their parents when it comes to finances. 

While non-Greeks represent the negative stereotypes about Greeks just as much as (if not more than) the actual Greeks do, I think it is important to point out that not all these negative stereotypes make a person a "bad person." A person who might be very friendly, but not necessarily the brightest, is still a good person. Just because a person goes out too much doesn't mean that she should be judged; maybe she just needs a better friend group. So a girl is too into her boyfriend? Good for her. And a girl that has the help of her parents is just a lucky girl. 

Hating these girls for things that they are unaware of - or maybe are aware of and just can't help - makes everything too complicated. It isn't fair to say that girls who possess some negative Greek based stereotypes are bad people. And even one step further, saying that Greek life is bad just based on opinions of a select few problem people is just insane. 

So what if I like to wear Lilly Pulitzer, and get my nails done, and drink pumpkin spice lattes, and craft for my Little? It doesn't matter if I wear my letters too much, or talk about my Big as if I have known her my whole life. These things might make me a "basic sorority girl," but I would love these things even if I weren't in a sorority. 

Being a typical sorority girl isn't a bad thing. At least not to me, which is what I think really matters. So of course there will be stereotypes, and you might find yourself falling under one of them. But remember that you were you before you joined a sorority. Your sorority might change you a little bit, but don't ever let someone tell you that you're a bad person for being a "typical sorority girl."