Would you like always being told what to do, what to wear, and how to act? Would you like to be completely dependent on others and have everything done for you? If you can answer "yes" to these questions, then a sorority may be just the thing for you; however, if you answered "no," as I assume most people would, then joining a sorority should not be an option for your college career. Sororities promote themselves as a very noble and worthy organization when, in fact, they divide the campus, give their members a sense that they are better than the common student, and effectively harm both their members and the university community. Sororities are unethical in certain practices, harmful in the values they attempt to instill in their members, and successful in making the girls very dependent on others.
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.
