<p>so i was thinking about joining a sorority next year. can any current students/alum/whoever provide some info about going greek at nova?</p>
<p>also, who else is thinking about it?:)</p>
<p>My daughter had a wonderful Greek experience at Nova. She loved meeting the people and ultimately got into her first choice sorority. She went in with a very open mind, ignored the stereotypes that she had been told about specific sororities and tried to make a connection with each one. She didn’t feel that she had to get into a certain one and I think that was the key. Her gut reaction proved right and she actually got into the one about which she heard the most gossip…all of that gossip was wrong.</p>
<p>My daughter is a rising sophomore who pledged a sorority as a freshman. At 'Nova, sorority recruitment takes place in January, one week before classes begin. This is an ideal time for sorority recruitment because it gives the freshman one whole semester to get acclimated to campus, make friends, and decided if a sorority is something they’d like to pursue.<br>
My daughter has loved her greek experience so far. She too, entered the recruitment process with an open mind and feels that the sorority she pledged is the perfect fit for her! She had a ton of friends and an active social life prior to pledging the sorority, however, she feels as though her sorority experience has really enhanced her social life by allowing her to meet so many new people, that she wouldn’t have met otherwise. She has grown close to so many wonderful sorority sisters, especially upperclassmen, who have really been mentors for her socially as well as academically.</p>
<p>There are plusses and minusses to greek life. </p>
<p>Plus:
You get the opportunity to meet upperclassmen that can serve as mentors. It helps you see the organizations that are interesting sooner and assists with getting involved. As a result the percentage of greeks active in on campus organizations is much higher than their representation in the overall student body. </p>
<p>Negative:
Each frat/sorority does have a tendancy to attract similar members. Its nice to be part of a group with similar interests but you may not get the full experience available on a college campus.</p>
<p>It’s nice to see parents believing everything their children tell them. Here’s an unfiltered perspective from someone who worked, all through high school and a little beyond, in the area around the university:</p>
<p>Most sorority girls are nice, normal, healthy (body and mind) people. That being said, within the confines of their own parties they openly use drugs and alcohol in excess. The hook-up with strangers. There’s a lot of iffy-sexual activity (read, black-out sex). Then, after the smoke clears, apparently there’s some academic mentoring.</p>
<p>Hellojan hit the nail on the head. Sororities at Villanova have well defined stereotypes. I won’t list them (you can PM me if you want me to tell you). If you want to dramatically improve your social life then I would say go for it but don’t be fooled into thinking you will have upperclassmen mentors that will help you academically. They will help you improve your drinking skills though : ) I know TONS of nice sorority girls (2 of my roommates actually) but there are also some that let’s just say aren’t so nice. Try out recruitment over Christmas break and see what you think. You can always drop out if you don’t think any of them fit. But my biggest tip would be to not listen to the parents that post on here. They aren’t there and they don’t know that their sweet innocent little girl isn’t quite so innocent. PM me if you want more info : )</p>
<p>So, I know this thread has been mostly based on sororities, but does anyone have any knowledge or information on the Fraternities on campus?</p>
<p>We didn’t claim our kids were perfect or said we believed everything our kids told us, we just said that our kids enjoyed the sorority experience at Villanova. If you think that parents believe our college aged kids are perfect, you must not think that we ourselves are not college educated. C’mon! It hasn’t changed too much over the years…</p>
<p>It hasn’t changed much? Have you read the statistics on drug overdoses, alcohol poisoning, and date rape? They’ve increased exponentially. </p>
<p>Perhaps the practice hasn’t changed over a generation. Clearly, the appetite and consumption have.</p>
<p>Is it the same with frats? Does rush happen right before second semester start? Any other info on frats would be appreciated</p>
<p>None of what hellojan says should be surprising to anybody who’s familiar with today’s sororities. Parents typically think their daughter is the exception and although exceptions do exist, their daughter may not be one of them – despite what she tells her Mother.</p>
<p>and none of this is different then 30 years ago. Seriously P’s think back to your college days, zero difference.</p>