Hello everyone! I am currently going into my fourth year of my undergrad degree and feel as though I am finally in the position to apply for the AKA chapter at my university. With the way my college experience has turned out I will be a fifth year senior. Is it too late in my academic career for me to apply? I’m not sure how the chapter would feel about me becoming a member in my fourth and fifth years of college.
Hey y’all new to this forum, Do any girlies on here know the process for transferring schools? I’m specifically only looking at schools that are confirmed to offer my sorority (ADPI) at my current college, and I wanted to know what to expect if I decide on one of the schools/precautions I should take, (My current college is rlly shitty and most of the schools I’m applying to are atleast a little bigger so I’m worried that it might be harder to get in elsewhere, and losing the opportunity to be in active in a chapter is kind of a dealbreaker for me when pondering transferring) I know that they get to decide but what does that process look like? Do I reach out beforehand? Any members familiar with a transferring girlie coming into their chapter? Thanks for the help in advice💎
Hi everyone! I'm interested in pursuing membership in Delta Sigma Theta Inc. as a sophomore during spring intake. I currently have a 3.5 GPA and 38 community service hours. During my freshman year, I wasn't very involved on campus because I wanted to focus on adjusting to college, which I'm glad I did since I finished the fall semester with a 3.25 GPA after struggling in one class. This summer, I joined my campus NAACP chapter and plan to join 1–2 more organizations that align with my goals this fall. I don't want to overcommit because I need to maintain my GPA to keep my honors scholarship. Since I wasn't very active during my freshman year, does that put me at a disadvantage?
I also attended the week-long events hosted last fall but didn't build many relationships with the members, which is something I wish I had done. My aunt, who is a member of another sorority, encouraged me to pursue membership as a sophomore because you never know when the next line will be. I've been researching the organization for a while and plan to continue preparing. I'm naturally more introverted, so putting myself out there is outside my comfort zone, but I'm working on it. (btw, I attend a small HBCU!)
Based on what I've shared, do I seem like a competitive candidate? What should I focus on between now and spring to strengthen my candidacy? I'd appreciate any honest advice. Thank you!
Honestly feel like I’m being given no option but to drop my sorority. I decided to audition for a community theatre production, ended up getting a lead part, and am feeling really excited about it. The issue is rehearsals are at the same time as chapter meetings. I thought that this would be okay because the performance is in October; I would only miss 2 months of meetings, not the entire year or semester. It would’ve been my third year in the sorority this year, and I’ve only missed 2 or 3 meetings ever. I thought this would be a valid excuse, and that if absolutely necessary I could go inactive for the semester. I’d be more than willing to not go to any social events until I can go to meetings again too. Turns out the acceptable reasons for inactivity are more strict than I thought, and they would only be willing to accept my absences from meetings if I missed half of my rehearsals or left them early. Because of the rehearsal timing I can’t leave early or show up late, and either way they happen out of town. Additionally, I cannot miss half of my rehearsals in the final month leading up to the show. As a lead character my attendance is super important, and missing would be really disrespectful to the cast. In comparison I have no position in my sorority aside from being an active member, and have been dedicated in this role. I can’t afford to pay fines for missing the meetings right now, and would get points along with these fines that would hurt my ability to participate in the sorority once the show is done. I’m feeling really sad because this decision wasn’t one of carelessness or a lack of commitment to my sorority, I was just excited to engage in both and get back to one of my old hobbies.
I’m sad, but will get over the loss. It was becoming challenging for me to afford it this year, though I was hopeful I could overcome that. What I’m having most difficulty with is the guilt I have associated with telling my little. I don’t want her to be mad at me or think I’m totally ditching her, I still want to be involved in her life and have a positive relationship. I’m not concerned about the opinions others have, I know that my true friends will still like me even if I’m not a member of the sorority anymore. Just need some advice on how to communicate this with my little, and how to proceed with the process of dropping as I don’t even know what to expect
If I made a hazing/discrimination report to my advisor and an official report to HQ, how long should it take to hear back? Also will they tell me the status of my report?
I submitted the documentation and report to headquarters about 2 weeks ago and I haven't heard anything. I submitted just the report to the chapter's advisor about 4 to 5 weeks ago. I didn't hear anything after a week so I followed up and she just said that she received it and she's busy and to have a nice summer. I followed up yesterday to see if she had had time to review the message. She said yes and that it's going to be " handled internally". I thanked her for getting back to me and asked her what the timeline of the investigation is just so I don't have to keep bugging her. She hasn't gone back to me yet which might be because of the long holiday weekend, but I am a bit concerned.
Generally are chapters supposed to tell you the out come of your hazing reports? I'm just worried that this is going to be swept under the rug.
Hey there, I’m about to be a PNM at a school where greek life is of moderate importance (25-30%) and I want to stand out as a sophomore with a slightly low GPA. I have great confidence in the process of rush, as I’d say I’m a pretty great conversationalist and fashion savvy. As I’ve met girls from every house already, I decided to have a minor rank based off my closeness to the chosen philanthropy. One of the houses happens to support a charity in town that I personally have a caseworker from. Would it be appropriate to contact VP Philanthropy of the house to ask about how specifically involved the girls are? I don’t want it to come off as “I’m only bringing this up because I want to be in your house, otherwise I wouldn’t reach out.” I’m genuinely interested and I want to make sure I’m sending the right message. Thanks in advance if anyone has advice :)
(Hey y'all, this is my first time posting to Reddit so bear with me, I’m sure there are tons of posts on here like this so I’ll try and keep mine short and sweet)
For context, I’m an incoming Freshman at LSU and I’m sort of interested in rushing. However, both of my parents were involved in D9 Greek life at their respective colleges. I know my mom would like me to be her legacy, but I’m just not sure if D9 appeals to me, given their pledging process and the lifetime commitment. It doesn’t help that my mother isn’t even in the D9 sorority I would want to pledge. Rushing overall just seems more fun, I’ve met girls who are also rushing at my school and they seem very nice. I also know other black girls who are rushing.
My cousin, who is also black and my mom’s niece, rushed Kappa Delta at FSU, and my mom didn’t quite understand why either, but wasn’t necessarily mad just judgmental. I’m just nervous about conveying my interests to them as I don’t want them to think I want to be white or hate myself because that is absolutely not the case.
I’m also nervous about the judgment of my parents sorority sisters and frat brothers who have known me since I was little. As well as black people in my family generally. I know that I want to join a sorority and knowing myself, I’ll be kind of disappointed seeing other girls rushing and in sororities knowing that was something I was interested in doing. I don’t want to go through the pledging process and hate it but I also don’t want to miss out on being in a sorority altogether.
There’s a chance that I could hate either one but I would like help presenting the idea to my parents. It just sucks that I have to deal with this conundrum in general and I wish Greek life were less divided. :(
I know the middle aged ladies will be fine with paying their dues in order to be able to submit a PNMF, RIF etc etc (every house has their own title for a similar form). But what about a younger recently graduated alumna? Should my daughter Venmo her?
Upon first consideration, i immediately think no tacky. but this young lady is a recently graduated daughter of one of my husband’s coworkers. (My daughter knows her younger brothers, but not really her.)
40 dollars might be a lot to her🤷🏻♀️. How should this be handled? Personally, i would never accept or expect a pnm to cover my dues. But I’m middle aged and am kind of put off by the whole registry being put on wedding invitations thing. Times have changed….
So maybe I’m wrong thinking covering the dues is tacky???
Am i overthinking this?
i am going to be rushing in the fall at an sec school but there is someone that I know of that has the exact same name as me (same spelling, same first + last name). we are also both freshmen. is there a way to avoid any mix ups? i dont want us to get confused and accidentally get each others bids.
Hello, I plan on rushing at Uark in the fall, but I’m submitting my application soon and I’m worried about my transcript. I am only taking one class right now at a university I recently started at online so that would be the only class on my transcript, and I don’t know if that will reflect poorly, but I haven’t been in high school since 2024 so I don’t want to use that. Will one class be ok to submit?
As for the class, I am on track to keep an A for right now, so it would show as a 4.0. But I don’t know if that is really considered a good gpa since it’s just one class.
i don’t know if this is the right place for this, so let me kjow if there is somewhere better
im heading into my sophomore year in college. i am recruiting pc’26 in the fall, and i’m excited to meet them. however during my first semester, i was bullied by almost my entire sorority, whether it was verbally, behind my back, or just as a bystander. I went thru rush week and the first week of school with my old roomate, who I will call Amanda (Fake Name). I thought we were going to be amazing friends and close for life going into the school year. however, after those two weeks, she did not talk to me for around a month, and i didn’t get a reason why. ontop of that, my rush group - who also lived on my floor - stopped talking to me. there would be shushed conversations when i walked past, doors that were open and inviting would suddenly shut. I will admit, i was very hurt by it, but i tried my hardest not to show it. i was more excited to get to know my new sisters. everything was going fine until Amanda spoke to me again for a week, the same week we got our bigs. I was happy, i was trying my hardest to be communicative, and the other girls seemed to open up a bit more. we got our bigs on a wednesday, and she left that weekend to deal with some family stuff. when she got back, we stopped speaking again for another two months. i ignore it, and time goes by until it’s about one week until thanksgiving break. Amanda breaks the silence one last time to tell me she is moving out for her mental health. i said thats fine, and i gave her the room for the day. it was friday, i just went to my sorority house and studied. i get back and her side is empty aside from inside her closet, which she clears out that sunday. that was the last time i spoke to her. the week i’m supposed to head home for thanksgiving break, im with a guy in my, now single, room, when i get a knock on the door. and low and behold it is teo girls, tiffany and carmen (fake names), from my rush group. the pull me out and basically told me that Amanda and the whole rush group, including them, were talking shit about me all semester. They said that Amanda said that I was bullying her, leaving the room a pigstye, and being a bad person.
While i will admit i’m not the tiktok clean girl clean, i
never left trash out, and it was only ever clothes on
the floor, which i kept far far away from her space of
the room.
They ultimatly apologized for their actions, and i forgave them, because at the end of the day, they were not the first to do this to me (highschool flashbacks). however they bring up that girls in the sorority were also talking shit about me. i don’t think about it much at the tims, because of the guy) and a few days past. It’s now wednesday and i remember what they said. i message my greek fam consiting of my big, charlotte, and my twins, jaiden, and alex. (still fake names). I ask them what they know. charlotte reveals that she thought i had an executive standards meeting about bullying and tolorance in my sorority. i never got an email, never had a meeting, and there was no record of it. this sends me into a spiral and i’m basically laying into them over text why none of them thought to ask me if it was true or not (comes up later). i get sent into a spiral and i call over tiffany to my room to chat. i’m bawling and breaking down and i ask her: what all was said about me. she said (from my memory);
I’m transferring to JMU in the fall and am considering rushing, but I’m worried that sororities won’t want me because I don’t shave. I personally have never removed my body hair and I have no desire to do so. I know that most girls wear mini skirts/mini dresses and if I do so I’m worried that people will be mean or not want me in their sorority because of it. I love existing in my natural body but this process is making me feel a bit insecure.
Does anyone know where to buy plain oversized Bid Day-style jerseys in bulk? We're a really small sorority, so we can't justify paying the prices from the big Greek apparel companies!
I found a new home among AIs in NPC.
I think I'm still traumatized from my Undergraduate experience (multicultural) where I was hazed and bullied out. Since my other groups were received well, I'm open to opening a chat for anyone experiencing or who has experienced similar. I'm sure there's so many lovely women who were looking for sisterhood and were not met with the same.
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Hi guys! Im in a sorority (duh) and i want to start a youtube channel. I obviously wont have anything controversial or political or anything, just vlogs mostly. Is this still something I should be wary of doing/might get me in trouble with risk? I have a lot of anxiety around this and I know logically there isnt any risk but I wanted some other opinions on it.
This is going to sound bad, but does anyone (especially those in small national orgs) wish they had joined a different one?🫣 I love my organization and what it stands for, truly, but I can’t help but wonder how much better my experience as a collegian (and now an alum) would be if I had joined an organization with more members and resources.
I’m very involved with my organization as an alum, but the few dozen vols who are still involved with the org are stretched extremely thin trying to address dwindling numbers and other operational shortfalls.
Am I alone in this? Are other small national orgs struggling too?
Hello all, I come to you with this problem because it has gotten more rampant over the year recently over the summer, and over this past school year my chapters had a huge issue of people posting on the anonymous app Yik Yak speaking poorly about other members and about former members. It has gotten so bad That there are quite a few post talking about us and how much we must stink as a chapter. I absolutely love my chapter, but the fact that there are people who think it’s a great idea to post about our chapter poorly on an anonymous website over and over again makes me feel like I am possibly surrounded by idiots it’s quite frustrating, especially being on the recruitment team, trying to encourage members to post positively about us and to talk highly of us to give a better reputation as my chapter has not always had the best reputation and we are currently recovering from what was a bad year, that being 2022. Is there any way to get people to stop? I’ve almost resorted to telling people if you don’t like it leave, but that’s quite rude. I’m just looking for some advice on how my team can handle this because I’m not quite sure what we can do. Thank you in advance.
i really really can’t afford to pay for my dues this year, including housing. my sorority (alpha chi) offers a status where i can get my dues waived for the year. like i do have actual reasons why i cannot pay my dues but im scared it won’t be enough.
my reasons are that my grandma has 10k dollars in unpaid medical bills (i live with her and this came on very unexpectedly), my dad financially supports her but he’s unemployed, im drowning in student loan debt, and my mom financially supports her dad. also i could only work a little bit this summer (where i usually work full time) because of severe mental health and physical health issues. additionally if i have to drop i dont have anywhere else to live because my family lives across the country. is that enough reasons or no?
has anyone been granted this status? and what did you say if you were granted it. cause if i’m not granted it i’ll have to drop (which i really really really do not want to do).
Hey! I got a recommendation letter for a sorority from a girl I met online after we talked for a while about her sorority. She said she would be happy to write a rec letter for me and ofc I accepted. She finished it and sent it to me and it’s definitely AI generated. Will the sororities judge me for this or understand? What can I do?