At least once during a sorority girl’s college experience, she is put in a position to adamantly defend Greek Life, sororities or her very own chapter. Unfortunately, this usually happens more than once. I, for one, am tired of having to defend the very thing that has completely changed my college experience for the better.
After sitting in a group meeting only a week ago with a guy that decided it was necessary to tell us his (wrong) opinion of the stereotypes of three different sororities girls in my group were in, I figured it was time to remind people that the assumptions they have made probably aren’t right.
1. Sorority girls are stupid.
I may be speaking only for myself, but after I joined my chapter, my GPA continued to rise every single semester. Sure, some houses have study tables that are mandatory, but I think people tend to forget that to even go through recruitment, women must meet a certain GPA requirement. I could throw fact after fact at you about how all Greek GPA’s tend to be higher than university GPA’s, but that’s not important. What is important is the emphasis that is placed on maintaining a certain GPA for your chapter and when that falters, the programs that are in the place to help woman get back on track if they seem to be struggling in school.
2. We don’t care about anyone but ourselves.
Quite the opposite actually. When you join a sorority, you become part of something bigger than yourself. Your actions affect over 100 other girls that you are friends with. When election time comes around, there is always an abundance of girls who are vying to hold positions within their chapters. People want to hold positions to better the chapter and make a positive impact in our community. Not to mention the difference Greek life is able to make by raising millions of dollars for philanthropies.
3. We pay for our friends.
No, I pay for my physical sorority house, the meals I eat at the house, the philanthropy events we hold (AKA all donations go to our national philanthropy), and the venues we are lucky to have social events hosted at. A price can never be put on the group of girls I was fortunate enough to become pledge sisters with. The girls in my chapter have become my very best friends and I can truthfully say I would have not met 95% of them if it wasn’t for becoming Greek.
4. We all hate each other.
Some of my favorite people in the Greek Community are in other chapters. You don’t get to join the same sorority as all of your friends. That’s just how it works. It’s a blessing in disguise because they get to meet all of your new friends, and you get to meet all of their new friends. We love to support one another and it always amazes me the turnout of other sorority’s women at my chapter’s philanthropies.
