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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Every PNM is looking for a strong sisterhood, good reputation, and of course…a beautiful sorority house to call home for the rest of their college career. Every semester we list the top sorority houses in the US. Click here to check out The 10 Best Sorority Houses In America - Spring 2017. Here are the rankings for Fall 2017. ...
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Some US cities are lucky enough to have a major university within its borders. These schools change the entire dynamic of the town. There are certain characteristics about a college town that most other cities cannot match up to. Familiar, charming, and historical are just some of the words that can be used to describe the college towns that made our top ten list....
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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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We’ve all heard it before, on campuses across America the academic and philanthropic efforts of the members of fraternities and sororities continue to outpace that of their non-Greek undergraduate peers. Greeks are record setters. It’s not enough for them to just outperform their peers, but it’s important for them to continually improve on their own achievements. Here’s three Greek communities that are coming off of record-breaking spring semesters....
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The Big Ten consists of 14 schools that compete with one another in a large conference and all have impressive backgrounds. Each school has something they excel in or what they are most known for. It’s the first thing that pops into your head when you hear the school’s name....
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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 pledged in fall 2021, which means I was basically a lab rat for whatever Greek life became after COVID scrambled everything. No one had a playbook. Alumni kept saying things like "back in my day" and describing traditions we literally could not do anymore. Chapter presidents were making stuff up as they went. And honestly? Some of what got invented in that chaos turned out to be better than what came before.
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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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