Sororities-past & now

[Possegal]

. At Ole Miss ...

Hey, I went to Ole Miss. Have we discussed that before? Though I went for my PhD, so no sorority for me (there anyway). I had a lot of students that were in them though and I was quite envious of the gorgeous houses they lived in!

[tulip]

Sorority dues were quite expensive (for my family) and had to be paid whether you lived in the house or not. Most sisters did not live in the house, and had to pay dorm fees and meal plans (or live in an apartment) in addition to the sorority fees. That's another reason why I did not choose to go through rush and join a sorority, although it was not the only reason. I have two brothers younger than me and I would not have felt right about asking my family to swing the sorority dues on top of everything else.

[shootingstar]

I must say that I've learned abit here....of things past.

Would a sorority have benefitted me? Only perhaps for 1 year. I know my life experiences just prior to univeristy would have been most likely quite different from those from a family with more money. I even tried hanging out with international students....but many of them came from wealthy families. I had tough time relating to many of them. So I left the group..sometimes just staying around too long heightens feelings of alientation /differences.

so I struck out outside of campus, to an organization working on Third World issues and foreign aid matters. This is how radical I went.


for those of us, who had build networks and connections elsewhere, for myself it was through grad school and through professional associations thereafter.