So many girls who belong to sororities talk about how everyone needs to stop stereotyping Greek life because of what they’ve seen in movies or on social media.
However, the sorority life isn’t for everyone, and girls who belong to sororities should understand that just as us non-sorority individuals should understand that not all sororities are what they are portrayed to be through social media and the movies.
As a disclaimer, this is not intended to offend any individuals who are part of Greek life. A few of my closest friends belong to sororities, both at big and small colleges and universities, and I wouldn’t trade them for the world.
However, this is just a perspective from a girl who has been exposed to the sorority life and chose not to get involved.
Sororities are exclusive.
There is nothing I dislike more than exclusivity. Yes, you make a lot of friends through recruitment, but half of those girls won’t be in the same house as you end up in, which means you may not keep in touch.
When girls belong to a sorority, rarely do they ever hang out with anyone but their “sisters.”
It's almost an obligation they have to their sisters that they have to be together every second of every day. And it's almost considered "weird" when they have friends outside of the sorority.
The friend group is usually limited.
Another reason why I’m not in a sorority is because I wouldn’t have the wide variety of friends that I do if I was. Recruitment is so early in the year, and as soon as you join you have to devote a lot of time to the organization.
Instead of getting dressed up to try to sell myself to another group of girls, I was making my own friends who are still my best friends to this day and who I connected with completely on my own, not forced friendships because we both like Kate Spade or have the same pair of Hunter rain boots.
I know that I have made true, long-term friends through college, and I did it without belonging to a sorority, and I would never trade my college experience for a chance to rush.
Just like sports or service clubs aren’t for everyone, sororities aren’t for every girl, and it's important that people respect that.
