There's a version of sorority life that gets shown to the world - the matching recruitment outfits, the philanthropy totals, the GPA announcements. And then there's the version that lives inside chapter walls, the one that Stanford women are apparently starting to talk about out loud. A recent piece in The Stanford Daily pulled back the curtain on what sorority membership actually looks like at one of the most selective universities in the country, and honestly, it's not that surprising - but it still needs to be said.
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Becoming part of a sorority is a typical aspect of college life for so many students. It’s also common knowledge that sorority life can get pretty extravagant – living in grand mansions, enjoying fine food, and going all Greek with your best sorority friends. Indeed, sorority life is a once-in-a-lifetime experience that every college girl should have. If you are looking for a sorority house this year and aren’t sure which one will be best for you, this is the perfect guide for you. ...
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Glamour and glitz galore! Us girls want to do it right the first time every time and Greek Rank is here to help with our top picks for the top 3 most fabulous insta accounts to follow during this fall’s rush season. Stay tuned and you’re sure to find yourself green with envy!...
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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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...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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GreekRank is zeroing in on the sororities and fraternities across the country that embody what makes Greek life great. In our Profile series, you’ll have an opportunity to learn more about local chapters and what makes them unique. This week, we highlight the Beta Nu chapter of Kappa Alpha Theta at Florida State University....
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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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Glistening chandeliers, all-brick exteriors, and mile-wide porches. Some of the most beautiful sorority houses in America are fit for royalty -- and we can't stop staring. Here are the top sorority houses in America this semester. ...
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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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I didn't join Greek life until sophomore year, which means I had a full year of watching from the outside first. I saw friends disappear into their new chapters fall semester - missed classes, skipped study sessions, showed up to our Tuesday lunches looking like they hadn't slept since bid day. And honestly, my first thought wasn't jealousy. It was something closer to relief that I'd stayed independent. Then I joined Sigma Chi the following fall and realized pretty fast that the problem wasn't Greek life itself. It was that nobody teaches you how to actually hold a packed social calendar together without your GPA quietly falling apart.
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When city inspectors show up and start padlocking fraternity houses at Marshall University, that's not just a Huntington problem. That's a Greek life problem, full stop. The news out of West Virginia - city officials working with Marshall's administration to shut down fraternity houses and other residences that failed safety inspections - should be making chapter presidents and housing corporations everywhere deeply uncomfortable right now.
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My buddy transferred from a 40,000-student state school to a small liberal arts college with like 2,800 students total. He called me two weeks into fall semester at the new place, genuinely confused. His fraternity chapter had 22 guys. They knew every single member of every single sorority on campus by name. The philanthropy event they threw got covered in the school paper like it was actual news. He didn't know what to do with any of that. At his old school, he'd been one of 180 brothers and couldn't have told you the names of the Pi Beta Phi officers if his GPA depended on it. Same Greek letters, completely different universe.
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When a university starts cutting DEI programs, the first thing administrators will tell you is that the core mission stays intact. The second thing they'll do is eliminate the exact infrastructure that makes that mission possible for students who were never the default to begin with. At UNC Chapel Hill, members of cultural interest Greek organizations are now dealing with exactly that - and they're speaking up about it.
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