Sororities get a bad rep. People think of the airhead girls they see in movies who live to party and get stupid drunk. However, that’s not the case at all. Sororities give you a group of girls who lift you up. You feel so motivated to do good in the world, because every which way you look, another one of your sisters is doing something great.
They prepare us for careers and life in general. We have rules regarding our social medias, how we act in public, grades, volunteering, etc. The teach us how to present ourselves the correct way. We have a certain GPA we must uphold. We have so many rules that totally debunk your incorrect stereotype on us, right off the bat.
Sororities teach young college girls to do things other than going out and partying. We learn so many leadership skills, and continuously try to make ourselves better in hopes of somebody getting an elected leadership executive position. We have older girls to mentor us in the right direction and to help us get more involved. And let’s not forget about our volunteering…
Sororities are literally built on giving back to the world. Every sorority has a certain cause or organization that they continuously raise money for and hold philanthropy events for. Our donations and time spent hands on make up so much of what goes to different organizations. Along with that, we are presented with countless opportunities to give back other ways, even those events which have nothing to do with our own national philanthropy. We get to give back to the local communities where we go to school, on so many different occasions. Greek kids stick together too, attending all of each other’s philanthropy events to help their causes/organizations as well.
We make connections with hundreds of other sorority girls, both active and alumni, that often times can land people incredible internships/careers. Anybody successful knows that you have to have connections, and we have them times thousands.
I’m not going to lie and say that we don’t have fun as well, but what do you think non-Greek kids are doing, sitting in their dorms on the weekends? We have rules we have to follow even when we do go out, while a lot of non-Greek kids are out there on the weekends being a total mess.
And my favorite blow to sorority girls: you call it “paying for friends.” Well, I call it paying for our 19 million dollar mansion we live in, our meal plan that is actually good food instead of a dining hall plan, the countless date parties, formals, and fun things we get to go to, while making life long friends along the way.
So go ahead and rip on sorority girls, but while I am here having the most beneficial, best time possible at college, you will just be sitting there negatively complaining about us.
