The Truth About Sorority Life

Okay, so like I mentioned, I am in a sorority on MSU's campus. And I bet you're dyyying to know more. Well, I'll give you more.

The Truths.

1. Yes, we have secrets. No I can't tell you any. Not even a clue. And if you ask me, I'll deny it, truth or not.
2. At some point in your time in a sorority, you'll hate it. You'll hate everyone (common, living with 35 girls and dealing with 50 more can be quite stressful).
3. Sisterhood? It's there, for sure. But sometimes I have to look hard for it.
4. My house doesn't do this, but other houses on campus tell certain girls they can't wear letters on campus. It ruins their image, they'll say. These girls usually join because they're a legacy (sister, mom, grandmother was in that house) or they're a prominent name to have on a roster (for instance: senator's daughter, dad's a CEO, etc. That doesn't mean the pretty gene follows the name).
5. Do we dress the same? Only when we need to, IE: recruitment and bid days. Other than that, forget it. We hate dressing all the same.
6. Chants and songs? Fuck that. Give me a break. I hate doing them.
7. Gossip...join a sorority if you love to gossip. There's new juice everyday.
8. Fraternities either love us or won't touch us with a ten foot pole. Depends on who you make friends with (or who you sleep with, and if you're any good...word gets around, thus, the other brothers will want to take a ride. Sad, but true).
9. Initiation. Hazing? Nope. Don't do it. And I'm telling the truth.
10. The big one every guy dreams about. Naked pillow fights? Every night, boys :)

The Lies

1. My house doesn't solely judge Potential New Members on looks alone. But we do judge you on your appearance (IE: if you smell...no effing way. And at least comb your hair).
2. We don't haze.
3. We don't have a shit ton of money, unfortunately.
4. We really don't care that much about frats, to be honest. At least I don't.
5. No hardcore drugs here.
6. We're not all blonde or brunette.
7. No, we don't slaughter a goat or any kind of animal during Initiation.
8. We're all pretty smart actually. One of our girls was the Panhellenic Council's Academic Woman of the Year for 2008-2009.
9. We don't tell our new members anything crazy that they must do in order to become a sister (reason behind this one: a rival house of ours tells their new membs to sleep with any boyfriend of a sister in our house. Yes, it's true. One of my sisters heard it from her friend who was a new member at that rival house. Sad).
10. Sorry boys...no naked pillow fights.

Well, that's all I really could think of for now. I'm expecting one of our top officers to find this and tell me I need to take this off right away. But even if they do, I'm not taking it down. No way in hell. Firstly, I don't disclose which house I'm in. Secondly, hello First Amendment? And thirdly, I don't give a rat's ass.

Lastly, one of the benefits are the connections. Not just with your sisters (yes, I'm serious) but you have connections outside your chapter. A lady who's interviewing you for your first big-girl job could've been in your house elsewhere. But once she sees you're one of her sisters, she already knows what kind of woman you are, and being in the same house, that woman will always be top notch. Sounds biased, I know. But this happened to one of my friends. She said that the interviewer said that she was in her house at a different college and that she knew that she held the same values as herself. So, she got the job. One of my current sisters was just in a beauty pagent where one of the judges was in our house. No, she didn't win, BUT she was invited by that judge to participate in her own contest. CONNECTIONS. It's not what you know. It's who you know.
And finally, we get free shit all the time! Today Red Bull dropped off a huge basket full of Red Bull cans! Talk about perks.

xoxo,
JT.