O.K., so we have all heard it. Sorority girls are all beautiful, blonde, thin, perfect-looking girls with way too much money. With partying and hazing the newest pledges overflowing on the agenda, they have hardly any time to be focused on academics.
Well, take it from a brown-eyed, proudly flawed, broke college brunette, I promise that is not the case (at least not most of the time). I am probably the farthest from a sorority item there is. I crochet, have a 3.98 GPA and did not go out once last year... yeah, not a typical sorority girl.
I have been associated with Chi Omega Fraternity for two years now, and a year and a half of the two as an active member. I adore my sorority and everything for which Chi Omega stands and ecstatically represents. " To be in the best sense... lovable rather than popular... to be womanly always, to be discouraged never..." are a few words of her beautiful symphony.
There are numerous stereotypes worth being chased down. However, this is merely Part 1. We shall only conquer one today.
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It is a common misconception that sororities have no regards to the academic stance of their members. Oh my... that is the farthest from the truth! You know the kid in your class whose parents were always prying over grades? Meet the executive board members in sororities. Grades are incredibly important. So much so, in fact, grades can easily jeopardize the membership.
Most believe one of the many requirements of Greek living is to be a party animal. I am not going to lie; there are several Greeks who have party nights as one of the top priorities for the week. But, you would be surprised how many do not go out. Remember when I said grades can jeopardize memberships? Partying becomes easy to pass up when you have a huge test and three projects to complete. Partying really comes down choices. If you do not want to go out, then you don't have to. It isn't in the rule book.
Sorority girls are cruel! I mean, they haze like crazy, right? Actually there are crazy rules and regulations against hazing, and the punishments are as serious as shutting down a chapter who continues to haze. One time we had an informal meeting with our new members and we were going to ask them to put their phones up. But, an advisor jumped and told us we couldn't ask them to put their cell phones up unless we did as well because even that could be misconstrued as hazing. It is that serious!
I hope that this Part 1 has cleared up some negative opinions any of you might have had. Stayed tuned for more behind the scenes looks at sisterhood!
