As fall semester comes to a close, we look back at some of 2017’s best sorority recruitment videos. There was no shortage of primo slow-motion scenes, EDM and drone footage, but we’ve whittled down the list to these top 11 sorority recruitment videos that offer something more than the stereotype.... Read more

Sorority women of America! We’ve seen a lot of Tumblr pages over the years and we’re seeing an alarming trend. Take an honest look at your chapter’s Tumblr game. Do you see almost all photos of your sisters at the beach, fake posing, and just overall auditioning to be Calvin Klein models? If so, step up your game. Stop perpetuating the stereotypes and start showing more real sorority life. It’s okay, you can fix this. Here are 10 types of photos your chapter should start posting.... Read more

Whether it’s big/little crafting, decorating or just having a fun night in, sorority girls certainly know how to be artistic. That being said, sorority paddles are some of the best way for sorority girls to show off what they got. Sorority paddles are a gift in Greek Life that little’s give to their big’s (or sometimes big’s give to their little’s) to show the bond they have with each other. When I got my paddle it was one of the greatest moments in my sorority career. Sometimes the paddle has a theme that links the sisters. Other times they’re just made to be absolutely cute and connect the sisters through their aesthetic tastes. The tradition of the paddles dates pretty far back, but these days the décor of them is certainly crafty and upscale. Here are some of the best paddles that I could find this 2015/2016 school year! Check it out and see if your paddle made the list!... Read more

These sorority chapters have a strong social media presence that showcase their love for sisters through spotlights and plenty of sisterhood events. It’s clear that these women are a tight-knit group and love to tell the world about it! These chapters in particular go above and beyond the “happy birthday” posts when it comes to showing how strong their sisterhoods truly are.... Read more

Greekrank.com has tallied up all of the ratings and rankings to unveil the fraternities and sororities who are the current all-time leaders in each of the following categories:   Sisterhood/Brotherhood, Involvement, Classiness, Popularity, Looks, Fun, And Overall Highest Ranked... Read more

You have made one of the biggest decisions of your life to go to college. Congratulations! However, that’s not the only decision that you’ll have to make when it comes to college life. Another important decision that you’ll probably make is the decision to go Greek in college. Greek life has lots of benefits to offer to its members – opportunities to build a network, social/community activities to participate in, a strong brotherhood bond to maintain, and many more!  However, one of the biggest challenges college guys face at the beginning of their Greek life is choosing the right fraternity for themselves.... Read more

Nobody talks about academic probation like it actually happens. You hear about it in whispers, or you see a chapter go quiet on social media for a semester, or someone mentions it offhand at a philanthropy event. But the truth is that almost every chapter - at some point - has been there. And the way a brotherhood handles it says more about who they are than any bid day photo ever could. ... Read more

A college in Pennsylvania just suspended all Greek activities after antisemitic and sexist comments surfaced within its chapters. That's the sentence. Read it again if you need to. Because somehow, in 2024, we're still here - a whole campus community paying the price because a handful of people in letters decided that kind of talk was acceptable behind closed doors. ... Read more

There's this whole invisible architecture to Greek social life that nobody explains during recruitment. You find out about it gradually - through casual comments, through noticing patterns, through eventually asking someone older in your chapter why you keep seeing the same fraternities at every sorority philanthropy event. The answer is almost never random. Greek social calendars are political in a way that took me a while to fully appreciate, and I say that as someone who didn't join until sophomore year and had zero context for any of it. ... Read more

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. just announced a formal partnership with The Jed Foundation to strengthen mental health support for its members and surrounding communities. And honestly, I've been waiting for a story like this - not because it's surprising that a fraternity is talking about mental health, but because of how they're doing it. This isn't a chapter posting a crisis hotline number on Instagram and calling it a day. This is a national organization locking in with one of the most credible mental health nonprofits in the country. That distinction matters more than most people realize. ... Read more

Every school thinks their Greek Week is the best. And honestly, most of them are wrong - but in the most entertaining way possible. I spent four years watching our council try to one-up itself every spring, and by senior year I had enough context to know that some schools are genuinely doing something special while others are just running a slightly competitive field day with matching t-shirts. There's a difference. A big one. ... Read more

When I first heard that Greek life at the University of Minnesota is expanding onto 17th Avenue, my immediate reaction was something between "interesting" and "okay, but at what cost." Because housing is never just housing when it comes to Greek organizations. Where chapters live shapes everything - recruitment, culture, alumni relationships, and how the rest of campus perceives you. ... Read more

Transfer students get handed a weird set of rules the moment they step on campus. They're expected to settle in fast, make friends fast, figure out a new school fast - and then, somewhere in that chaos, they're also supposed to figure out Greek recruitment on a timeline that was never designed with them in mind. I've sat in enough Panhellenic meetings to know that the system doesn't exactly roll out the welcome mat. And most councils aren't even embarrassed about it. ... Read more

A Wall Street Journal piece dropped recently about the rise of sorority rush consultants, and I've been thinking about it ever since. Not because it's shocking - honestly, it's not - but because it captures something that's been quietly shifting in Greek life for a while now, and I'm not sure we're talking about it honestly enough. ... Read more

There's a pattern most people don't talk about honestly. A fraternity gets suspended - national headlines, campus outrage, a stern statement from the university - and then six months later everyone kind of forgets about it. Then it happens again. Different chapter, same script. And if you've spent any real time in Greek life, you already know which houses on your campus are perpetually one incident away from losing their charter. ... Read more