vader 3,297 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 or at least have gone through recruitment? more specifically colony recruitment? did it make your college experience better or worse? I'm thinking of going through recruitment this semester... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aneira3019 1,017 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 No, plus I don't really think we have them in the UK anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deâ„“phina 14,904 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Sororities aren't a big thing in Canada but I saw a few hoodies and one of them had a table offering muffins last week in the quad. I might considering joining, just for that athletic D. Do they still practice hazing ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mukkou 344 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Sororities aren't a big thing in Canada but I saw a few hoodies and one of them had a table offering muffins last week in the quad. I might considering joining, just for that athletic D. Do they still practice hazing ? Hazing is technically illegal now, but you'd have to ask around to see if they do it behind the scenes or if they don't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t a e c h u u 92 Posted September 20, 2016 Share Posted September 20, 2016 Hazing is technically illegal now, but you'd have to ask around to see if they do it behind the scenes or if they don't You're sworn under oath not to say anything though, so chances are you won't know until later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rex068 853 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 Sororities aren't a big thing in Canada but I saw a few hoodies and one of them had a table offering muffins last week in the quad. I might considering joining, just for that athletic D. Do they still practice hazing ? As a Canadian I can agree on this. Only in the really famous unis like McGill, UofT, UBC do they have sororities (maybe UVIC too idk) Where is this btw? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Hamster Named Loneliness 3,680 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 i went through recruitment/rush for an Asian-American sorority when i was in college but didn't get picked. I was too passive during the process lmao and i also failed the interview portion. I also had 2 housemates my final year of college who were in a community service-based sorority (exclusive to my university) and during recruitment i often heard them talking about which rushees would fit the sorority most personality-wise, since they cared more if you could get along well/click with with the sisters than how you looked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deâ„“phina 14,904 Posted September 25, 2016 Share Posted September 25, 2016 As a Canadian I can agree on this. Only in the really famous unis like McGill, UofT, UBC do they have sororities (maybe UVIC too idk) Where is this btw? Carleton. And sororities aren't a big thing at McGill from what I know. It's more of a Southern Ontario thing imo, since it's a lot culturally closer to the US than the rest of the country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batgirl 0 Posted September 26, 2016 Share Posted September 26, 2016 I was in a Christian sorority. However, we didn't live together. It made my college experience a little better since I had transferred to a new school and was/am completely introverted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benseac 359 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 or at least have gone through recruitment? more specifically colony recruitment? did it make your college experience better or worse? I'm thinking of going through recruitment this semester... While it is different, I'm in a fraternity (am now an alumni brother as I graduated from college) and might be able to give some info that you could relate to. My experience going through rush, the pledge period, and eventual initiation was one of the highlights of my college experience. I met a lot of great guys who became my friends and are still friends to this day. It opened doors for networking for jobs, provided opportunities for leadership I might not have had otherwise, and gave me a good and fun social experience that I wouldn't have had access to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vader 3,297 Posted September 27, 2016 Author Share Posted September 27, 2016 While it is different, I'm in a fraternity (am now an alumni brother as I graduated from college) and might be able to give some info that you could relate to. My experience going through rush, the pledge period, and eventual initiation was one of the highlights of my college experience. I met a lot of great guys who became my friends and are still friends to this day. It opened doors for networking for jobs, provided opportunities for leadership I might not have had otherwise, and gave me a good and fun social experience that I wouldn't have had access to. Any info on what rushing during spring semester is like? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totally-seopies 1,786 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 If you get into a *real* (social) sorority its expensive...you have to pay dues. My friend got into one but ended up leaving due to time commitment and how much it was costing her. If you do like a service or academic fraternity (unisex) its a bit different. From what I know about the rushing process, if its the pan-hellenic sororities: There is about like a week set aside for rushing (so at my school people come back from winter break a week early to rush, but also there are occasional other times to rush depending on the sorority). Basically every day you dress nicely (in an increasing level of niceness i think like kind of casual to dressy) and go around to the different sororities (hence why its called rushing).You talk with the different people in the sororities so you can get a feel of the environment and they can get a feel of how you would fit in within the sorority, I think at some point you narrow the sororities down to a couple sororities you would prefer to get into. And then Bid Day comes and sororities that want you will come to you with a bid to join them. Thats my basic understanding of it (from what I looked up when I was first going away to school). I'd suggest researching it, figuring out if its worth it to have to pay the dues to stay in, etc. I think the experience really depends on the individual and how much they liked being in a sorority. Also your school may have orientations and information sessions about greek life (my school has a lot of them are around the time before rushing) and just like events before rushing so ppl can get to know what the different sororities are like, so I bet you could get a lot of information and a good impression of whether or not you would like to be in a sorority from those events if your school has them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benseac 359 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Any info on what rushing during spring semester is like? Well, I rushed back in '90 so I'd be surprised if it wasn't different nowadays, at least in some respect. Recruitment, for us at least, was a few weeks where the chapter threw a lot of chapter-only gatherings from bowling to meet-and-greets, as a way of potential brothers to get to know the guys in the chapter. It was a chance to ask questions about what's expected, the benefits of being in that particular fraternity (or fraternities in general) and so on. There was always one "welcome to school" party as well that the chapter threw to introduce potential brothers to one of the more social aspects of fraternity life. Brothers, then, would discuss those rushing at a meeting and decide who to extend an invitation to. From my experience, most of the guys who rushed and expressed any kind of desire to join were given invites. The only ones who were turned away were those who either didn't seem genuinely interested or seemed like they'd be a bad fit (which was a rarity). From what I remember during my days as an undergrad, the sororities did it a little differently but the general pattern would probably be the same. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benseac 359 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 If you get into a *real* (social) sorority its expensive...you have to pay dues. My friend got into one but ended up leaving due to time commitment and how much it was costing her. If you do like a service or academic fraternity (unisex) its a bit different. From what I know about the rushing process, if its the pan-hellenic sororities: There is about like a week set aside for rushing (so at my school people come back from winter break a week early to rush, but also there are occasional other times to rush depending on the sorority). Basically every day you dress nicely (in an increasing level of niceness i think like kind of casual to dressy) and go around to the different sororities (hence why its called rushing).You talk with the different people in the sororities so you can get a feel of the environment and they can get a feel of how you would fit in within the sorority, I think at some point you narrow the sororities down to a couple sororities you would prefer to get into. And then Bid Day comes and sororities that want you will come to you with a bid to join them. Thats my basic understanding of it (from what I looked up when I was first going away to school). I'd suggest researching it, figuring out if its worth it to have to pay the dues to stay in, etc. I think the experience really depends on the individual and how much they liked being in a sorority. Also your school may have orientations and information sessions about greek life (my school has a lot of them are around the time before rushing) and just like events before rushing so ppl can get to know what the different sororities are like, so I bet you could get a lot of information and a good impression of whether or not you would like to be in a sorority from those events if your school has them. Sound advice here. There is a financial aspect in being in a Greek organization so doing research such as cost of involvement and the like should be done. It can get awfully expensive, especially if you live in a chapter house. I lived at home so I didn't worry too much about room-and-board. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dilemmax 291 Posted September 27, 2016 Share Posted September 27, 2016 Ugh, no. Most of girls (and people generally) don't find me the interesting enough for talk about serious topics. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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