With this semester’s rush in full swing, we’ve compiled and averaged the overall ratings for each sorority nationally and ranked them 1 – 10. While each chapter’s reputation in generally different depending on which school they belong to, we think this gives a solid overall picture of where these sororities stand across the country ...
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Next to Instagram, Tumblr is fabulous. You can get lost, scrolling for hours over beach landscapes, long-haired girl crushes, and tailgate style. If you’re a sorority, you know this, and you’ll have curated your Tumblr page to follow suit. ...
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It takes guts to be one of the inaugural members of a new chapter on campus. The founding members are challenged to build something out of nothing. Much respect to the leaders who not only joined a new chapter, but are quickly taking their chapters to the top ranks at their respective schools. Here are 10 new chapters that are quickly rising to the top....
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Sororities pride themselves on displays of unity, creativity, and unforgettable memories. There is no better day of the year than bid day to for a chapter to put on a show that meets all three of those criteria. We already shared our list of the 10 Southern Chapters That Won Bid Day – Fall 2016. Here’s a list of 10 sorority chapters up north who won bid day Fall 2016 by going the extra mile to make it a special day for their new members, celebrating unparalleled sisterhoods, having the time of their lives, being comfortable in their own skin, and taking the best pics....
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Sororities pride themselves on displays of unity, creativity, and unforgettable memories. There is no better day of the year than bid day to for a chapter to put on a show that meets all three of those criteria. No surprise to anyone, the sororities of the South showed up big again this year on bid day. Let’s check out 10 southern chapters that absolutely won big day....
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Philanthropy events are a staple of Greek Life. It’s difficult to go a whole week on a college campus without being exposed to Greeks working hard to raise money and awareness to charitable causes. Here’s a list of the top 10 philanthropy events from the 2015-2016 school year....
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A chapter's culture can change with each passing graduating class to the next, but one constant will be the house that the new members will call their home-away-from-home for the next 4 years. From the throwback castles in the Midwest to the modern mansions being built down south, this country has some very impressive sorority houses. Check out the best houses from our Fall 2015 edition and then here's the list of the best sorority houses for Spring 2016....
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You get serious bragging rights when your chapter is the top fundraiser on your campus. When you raise more for charity than any other chapter in your entire national organization, you become legends. Here’s a list of some of the chapters that made the greatest financial contributions to their respective letters’ philanthropies....
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As winter break is coming to an end, spring recruitment season is quickly approaching. This may be apparent due to the excessive sorority related information that is currently overflowing your Facebook newsfeed. It may be statuses encouraging potential new members to come out to interest sessions or photos sharing information for an upcoming philanthropy event. Just about every sorority girl has a cover photo to promote her sorority...
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PNMs are constantly looking for ways to learn more about the sororities at their school, long before they actually begin the rush process. One of the most fun ways to do “research” on sororities is by checking out their tumblr pages. Sure- they don’t actually provide you with much information about the sorority , but they are cute and fun and definitely glamorous. However PNMS aren’t the only ones who love sorority tumblrs, sorority girls themselves love the feeling of being featured on their chapter’s page!...
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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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Virginia Commonwealth University just suspended a fraternity over hazing and assault allegations, and if you've spent any time around Greek life, you already know the basic shape of this story. Another chapter, another investigation, another university forced to act publicly on something that was probably an open secret for a while. It's not surprising. That's kind of the problem.
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There's a type of alumni event guest who shows up before the actives do, knows where the good snacks are hidden, and somehow ends up in every group photo. She graduated four years ago. Maybe six. And she is always there. Not in a mentorship way. Not in a "I'm chaperoning this for liability reasons" way. Just... there. Camped out like she never left.
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When I was in school, the worst internal conflict my chapter ever had was a heated argument over whether to get a foosball table or fix the back porch railing. We voted on it. Someone's feelings got hurt. We moved on. Nobody called a lawyer. Alpha Phi Delta apparently did not have that luxury, because the fraternity just filed a lawsuit against Greek housing organizations - and that's a sentence I did not expect to read on a Tuesday.
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Junior year, I had a thermodynamics exam on a Tuesday and hadn't slept more than four hours in three days. I was ready to just grind it out alone in the library like I always did freshman year - before I joined. Then my brother Marcus, a mechanical engineering senior, sat down next to me at the chapter house kitchen table at 10 PM and said, "You're doing the energy balance wrong." Two hours later I actually understood it. Passed that exam. And I remember thinking - this is literally what the whole thing is supposed to be for.<
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