Sororites: Healthy or Not?

Certain procedures that sororities practice are very disreputable and dishonorable. First of all, many girls join sororities simply because of peer-pressure or family pressure; they are filled with ideas, sometimes starting in early childhood, that being in a sorority is the only way to experience college and make it enjoyable. Most of the girls that experience this do not look objectively at whether or not a sorority

is right for them, they just enter it thinking that it is the only right thing to do. However, I do believe that a few girls rush and join sororities for commendable reasons, and that is to meet new people and acquire a close group of friends. Lauren from Delta Zeta says, “By the time I left high school, the group of friends I made when I first started had become very different people, people I did not want to hang out with. When I came to college, I wanted to have a fresh start and meet all new people, and I have made tons of friends by going through rush and joining a sorority.” Sororities will bring you together with other girls who share your common interests and traits, and you will form friendships that will mostly likely last your entire lives. Another problem that I have is that sororities base their selection of new members simply on a resume, recommendation letters, and interaction with each girl for about a total of five hours in the span of one week. To me, this hardly seems like enough time to get to know each girl personally and to obtain the true personality, morals, and characteristics of each one, which is how sororities claim they choose their members. In reality, the sororities base their selections solely on physical appearance, a few choice words written by adults who think favorably of the girls, and family tradition (if any exists). One anonymous sorority member states, “Many sorority sisters who interviewed me told me that unless I was incredibly unfriendly or hostile, I would be accepted since my mother was an alumna of the sorority.” Many times girls are not accepted into sororities because they do not fit the “look” or specific personality that the sorority is looking for; and on most occasions, the girls that are rejected are the

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