Sororities-past & now

[GLC1968]

When I went for my first bachelors (as a traditional aged student) I attend a school where fraternities and sororites were not allowed. They went against the original charter of the school which was something like "all opportunies for all students". We had NO groups on campus that excluded anyone. In fact, we were the first college in the country to be coed from it's inception (Oberlin, I think - beat us out for first coed college - but they started out all male and we never did). Anyway, it was a small school, so there really wasn't a need for them.

When I got my second bachelors at a big FL school, greek life was pretty huge, but I didn't bother as I was significantly older than 'traditional' coeds.

My brother went to a large southern school and he was in a fraternity. Without it, he would have been lost in the massive student body, I think.


Trisk - I didn't know you went to Brandeis either! I have one credit from there as I took a summer calculus course there when I was an undergrad. One of my closest friends from HS went there and loved it.

[Mr. Bloom]

Mimi, they are not just about drinking.

Even at 'party' schools schools it wasn't all about drinking and parties. In fact, the degree of partying can be directly correlated to the school's academic rigors. I'll assure you that in my day, we did not have 'frats'. We were a 'fraternity' and never used the frat word.

Some of my best preparation for life - organizing groups, negotiation, reading people - came from both the good and bad aspects of the Greek experience

Sorry for the highjack.

[Mistie]

I went to Longwood College (now University). We were really small. I was in a sorority. At first, I felt that the hazing was a little extreme (I went in before the hazing laws), but I managed. After I became a sister, I loved it. We recently got together and it was really fun.