I've spent more time in sorority houses than most IFC guys would admit. Between philanthropy events, study sessions that spilled over into someone's chapter room, and the times my little dragged me to something at her girlfriend's house in Delta Delta Delta, I've seen enough to have a real opinion. And what I've seen is genuinely interesting - not what you'd expect from the outside.
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Sorority Highlights!! - Summer 2019 Look Back!!
Over the years we've examined almost every sorority participating in Greek Life around the country. From looks and brains to fashion and architecture. These are some of our favorites!...
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...that even the non-Greek world knows of these fraternities and sororities. They’ve made headlines for one reason or another. They were notorious, or the most rushed. They robbed banks, or raised the most for their philanthropy....
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GreekRank rounded up the top sorority Instagrams (national and local chapters) again this spring semester. Some have tens of thousands of followers, others look like they may have been curated by a social media strategist, and others are downright beautiful....
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Ah, that time of year -- sorority recruitment -- where we find ourselves spending too much time in the guilty pleasure that is watching sorority recruitment videos. Usually a well-edited mix of time lapses set against pop techno, girls on speedboats, the latest trends in bikinis, and of course, convertibles cruising coastlines and/or desert backroads. Here are this semester’s best sorority recruitment videos....
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Greek housing -- famed for its mansions, Roman columns, its long, landscaped lawns, and the sea of freshman who stand outside during rush week eager to call one of the homes their own. Across the country, most schools have some semblance of a Greek “row” or “village.” And as we do every semester, GreekRank.com presents you with list of the best houses in America for Fall 2018....
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GreekRank rounded up the top sorority Instagrams (national and local chapters) this summer. Some have tens of thousands of followers, others look like they may have been curated by a social media strategist, and others are downright beautiful. Here's who made the list....
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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....
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Recruitment season for most schools is in the rearview mirror. Bids have been extended to and accepted by thousands of new members across the country. Just like a bride on her wedding day, there are few days in a girls life when she glows as much as she does on bid day. It is now time for chapters to flaunt the new adorable additions to their houses. Just like we did in the spring, here is a list of the 10 cutest sororoity pledge classes in the nation for Fall Semester 2017....
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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....
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Every recruitment cycle, I watched the same thing happen from my seat on Panhellenic council. PNMs would walk into the first round of events wearing outfits so coordinated, so clearly researched, so obviously assembled for the specific purpose of impressing sorority women - and the effect was the opposite of what they intended. The members clocked it immediately. It reads as desperate, even when it isn't. And that perception, fair or not, follows you through the rest of the week.
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There's a piece over at the Charlotte Ledger about life lessons from sorority rush, and honestly, it landed differently than I expected. I went in thinking it'd be the usual outsider take - polished smiles, coordinated outfits, the whole spectacle. But the core of what it's getting at is something I recognize from the fraternity side too: rush isn't just recruiting. It's the first serious test of who you are and what you actually value.
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Nobody sat me down during Greek Week and said, "Hey, the guys in Sigma Alpha Epsilon are gonna be your professional lifeline in four years." It didn't work like that. It was slower, weirder, and honestly more useful than anything a career center workshop ever gave me.
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Indiana University's Beta Chi Theta fraternity got hit with a suspension over the summer, and honestly, the timing alone says something. Suspensions that drop when most students are off campus have a way of getting buried - fewer people paying attention, less campus outrage, quicker news cycle. Whether that's intentional or just how these things shake out, I don't know. But it's a pattern worth noticing.
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