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Sorority Pledge
Do you have the time? Do you have the funds? Make sure you're prepared before taking the plunge!
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You’ve thought long and hard, and you’ve finally decided to join a sorority. Congrats!
But are you financially prepared? Do you have the time to devote to the sorority? Before you take the Divine Nine plunge, read through our guide and make sure you know all there is you need to know.
1. Trying to Decide on a Sorority? Look to the Women You Admire Some women join a sorority because of family ties. Others join because they simply like the colors. However, it’s imperative that you take a step back and consider which sorority is a good fit for you.
Take a look at some of the sorority’s members and go from there. Is your role model an AKA/Delta/Zeta/SGRho? Is that woman at church who you’ve always admired in a sorority? If you find yourself looking up to a sorority’s members, chances are that that organization might be a good fit for you.
2. Make Sure You’re Financially Prepared Before you jump into any intake process, slow your roll, and take a long, hard look at your finances.
According to research conducted by Auburn University, the average initiation cost for joining a National Pan-Hellenic Council sorority can run anywhere from $700 to $2,500. And that’s not all: Be prepared for unforeseen costs, whether that means buying clothing items, purchasing conference tickets or paying for monthly and/or annual dues.
3. It’s a Time-Consuming Process Though it varies from organization to organization, you will be on line anywhere from one to three months (and chances are, you will eat, sleep and breathe your soon-to-be sorority that semester).
Each sorority has its own traditions and practices, but in many cases, expect to spend a percentage of each day either with your line sisters, brushing up on your chapter history or doing other mandated rituals.
For that reason, it might be smart to…
4. …Lighten Your Workload While You’re on Line Believe us: You’ll thank yourself later.
All NPHC sororities have a minimum GPA for all of its potential and current members (check with your local chapter for details). When you consider the time commitment that most intake processes require, it might be smart to take a lighter course load that won’t wreck your GPA.
Don’t get us wrong: We’re not telling you to slack off for a semester. However, the semester that you’re on line might not be the best time to enroll in Organic Chemistry. Just sayin’.
5. Know Your History Remember how we mentioned that a significant portion of your time on line would be spent studying? We weren’t kidding.
Not only is it crucial that you know your organization’s history, but it’s also important that you know everything there is to know about your own chapter: history, founders, you name it. And yes, that includes your songs (and strolls). Study up!
6. Staying Tight-Lipped is a Must! Now is not the time for gossip.
Each sorority prides itself on its own unique traditions, which means that all rituals are secret and must never be discussed with non-members.
You may be used to telling your girlfriends everything and then some, but you’re going to have to remain mum on this area of your life. So apologize to your bestie in advance—this experience has to remain between you and your sisters.
7. There’s More to it Than the Social Aspect Repeat after us: “I will not join a sorority simply so I can throw up my sign for the ‘Gram.”
Yes, there are certain social aspects to each organization, but each of the Divine Nine sororities put an emphasis on community and service (Seriously! It’s in all of their mission statements).
A percentage of your time might be spent planning parties and rehearsing for step shows, but the majority of members’ time is spent giving back to local—and national and international—communities.
8. Pledging Post-Grad is an Option Maybe your finances weren’t right the first time around. Maybe the intake deadline passed. Shoot, maybe you just decided that you wanted to pledge yesterday. But whatever the case may be, it’s never to late to join a sorority.
Unlike most White organizations, all NPHC sororities and fraternities boast graduate chapters. Before joining, get familiarize yourself with the chapter by attending events and meetings its members. Added bonus: You’ll be among the first to know about any upcoming membership intake processes. Visit the sorority’s website to find a grad chapter in your area.
9. It’s a Life-Long Commitment Your sorority affiliations don’t end on graduation day. Once you’ve pledged, you’re a member for life—many women find a new grad chapter home.
From graduation to marriage and beyond, your sorors will accompany you on all walks of life. So wear your colors and letters with pride; you’re fam now.
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Cynthia Roberson - Updated September 29, 2017
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Becoming a member of a sorority after college requires you to use many of the same basic strategies that you would have used as an undergraduate. The main difference is, once college has been completed, membership can often only be obtained through a graduate chapter of a sorority. Those interested in becoming members of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority have to be invited to join the organization. It is considered uncouth to solicit an invitation; however, there are several ways to demonstrate interest to the organization.
Stay informed of your local graduate chapter's various events. Check online for a calendar of events of the local AKA chapter you are interested in joining. Sorority members attend and host social, educational and cultural events, including many that are open to the public.
Attend a variety of events consistently. Members are constantly observing the attendees and making note of familiar faces. They also notice which events participants have attended. Attending the chapter's educational seminars as well as their social galas gives the impression of a well-rounded individual with varied interests. Networking and meeting the members also provides you with insight into the culture of the sorority as well as the kind of people they typically invite to join. Pay close attention to how the events are run and learn which members hold positions within the organization.
Learn and remember the members’ names. The members are more likely to remember the names of individuals who address them by their names. Committing names to memory demonstrates an interest in the chapter. When members sense that an individual is interested in becoming a member of their organization, they make a greater effort in getting to know the person. Establishing rapport and striking friendships with some of the members increases your chances of receiving an invitation to join.
Make your interest known. Send thank you notes to the members with whom you've formed a rapport with, and to the organization in general. When a member goes out of her way to befriend you, recognize this and verbally express gratitude. Take the opportunity to explain to her why you've chosen AKA. Members want to know that prospective members are genuinely interested in becoming a part of their sisterhood.
Practice patience. The period before the receipt of the formal invitation may or may not be lengthy. Unfamiliar people with no family or friends affiliated with AKA may not receive an invitation for a while.
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Sororities are all about sisterhood. After all, most sororities have their sisters all living within the same house, they have big sister/little sister assignments to form even stronger bonds between particular members, and they spend an insane amount of time together, between simply hanging around the house and working on the chapter’s events and fundraisers and similar activities. However, just because it seems all friendly sunshine and daisies doesn’t mean it actually is. Before an individual is granted access into that immediate sisterhood and feeling of belonging, they have to pledge to the sorority — and that can involve a lot of stuff.
There are some people who swear up and down that hazing is absolutely not an issue, that it’s not something that happened in their sorority and they just don’t see what all the fuss is about. And then, there are all the hazing stories that come out of the woodwork, particularly now that we have online media to pick up on smaller stories. There are women stepping forward saying that they were physically beaten, emotionally tormented, and violated in many different ways, all as part of the rushing process to ensure they were a good fit for the sorority — and it’s majorly not okay.
Here are 15 of the most disturbing sorority hazing stories — they may just make you think twice about ever joining a sorority.
Consuming alcohol itself isn’t necessarily a shocking thing — sure, most sorority pledges in the United States at least are underage and not legally allowed to drink, but it’s common enough that it isn’t a big deal. Where things get a little more disturbing is when pledges are forced to drink way, way too much. Ravital Segal, a woman pledging Dartmouth back in 2012, stepped forward to speak about her hazing experience — namely, that she was forced to chug a 64 ounce bottle of alcoholic punch (that’s a ton of liquid, and though she didn’t specify the strength of the punch, we’re betting it was really strong). As a result, she ended up blacking out and waking up the next day in the hospital. Yikes! That’s not exactly the best way to bond with your new pledge.
Some of the female pledges at Young Harris College, a small spot in rural Georgia, stepped forward when hazing got too disturbing to handle. Pledges were forced to run across campus in their underwear, stand in a pool of water with human waste in it, and perhaps worst for their self-esteem, they were forced to sit naked on a washing machine while their sorority sisters circled and marked any spots that jiggled. The physical abuses in hazing are terrible enough, but something like that could have crazy repercussions for years to come, and even yield to serious issues like eating disorders. We just can’t understand who would think that was a good idea — although, at least those particular pledges decided to join forces and come forward about what they were experiencing.
Okay, this example proves just how bizarre hazing is. A woman by the name of Tess Koman penned a piece for Cosmopolitan about what it was like to pledge Sigma Delta Tau at Union College, and she went into the nitty gritty of the hazing rituals. The most terrifying was that she and her sisters would be locked in a basement for hours on end, with only one toilet to use amongst all of them, and their sisters would periodically pop in and ask them random questions, screaming at them if they got the answer wrong — although there weren’t really any right answers. Koman even admitted that the experience was traumatic. However, while you might expect the piece to have finished with Koman saying she regretted pledging and didn’t end up joining, it’s quite the o
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