<p>Hey. I am interested in joining a sorority! Here are some insights about me:</p>
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<li>I love to socialize, but I do prioritize my academics a lot as well. I may choose to skip some parties to study for exams. Is that acceptable in greek life?</li>
<li>I am Asian, and am curious about whether there are any multicultural sororities around? So far, the ones I have been too are either all-white or all-asian, which is not what I am looking for.</li>
<li>Apparently there is a stigma that sorority girls are shallow- is that true? Or is it just a generalization.</li>
<li>I care a lot about making close friendships and just having a group of people to chill with and trust.</li>
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<p>Do give me some suggestions on sororities to join! (and a quick question, is it too late to rush only when I become a sophomore?)</p>
<p>Lol to liquidus’ comment. I’m eligible in that category too but I won’t want a sorority that only looks at that as a main factor. It’s really important to me to be with girls who are chill and with nice personality as well. Also, what is the difference between PHC, NPHC, MCGC, IFC?</p>
<p>Could someone give me an insight on greek life? From a non-party-er point of view. Because as I was browsing the websites, it seems like a great thing to be a part of. But in college, everyone just associated them with parties and not the academic support system, philanthropy and close friendships.</p>
<p>Sounds like you just need to make some friends in some sororities. We could all probably tell you the stereotypes of each sorority, but that’s really not the point. I have friends in almost every sorority, and they’re all great girls. It’s about finding a sorority that fits you, and the best and most definitive way of figuring this out would be by making friends with girls in sororities.</p>
<p>I second the comment about making friends. Since PHC fall formal recruitment is already over, based on your timing, here’s how I think you should approach it:</p>
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<li>Do a bit of research about the councils</li>
<li>Ask your friends about their sororities (if they’re in a sorority)</li>
<li>Be on the lookout for recruitment events</li>
<li>Participate in PHC spring informal recruitment or check out chapters that are COBing</li>
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<p>The four councils are as follows:
IFC – Interfraternity Council: only fraternities (no sororities)
PHC – Panhellenic Council: consists of NPC sororities, which are the type one typically associates with “sorority” (housed, bubbly, mostly white)
MCGC – Multicultural Greek Council: consists of fraternities and sororities that have specific cultural interest (i.e. Asian, Latin, etc.)
NPHC – National Panhellenic Council: consists of traditionally black fraternities and sororities</p>
<p>It’s beyond the scope of the post to describe each of the councils in detail, but the shortest way I can put it is that while chapters within the same council tend to have vaguely similar goals, those of different councils tend to provide completely different experiences.</p>
<p>It appears that you’d like to join a diverse chapter that doesn’t emphasize race. In this situation, I think you should check out the PHC chapters. Compared to campus demographics, they tend to contain a highly disproportionate amount of white people. However, at Cal, the chapters tend to be extremely diverse compared to elsewhere. In fact, I think there are asian and hispanic people in every chapter. You just can’t really tell until you actually meet.</p>
<p>So, start meeting people and answering the questions yourself. Because of timing, there is no time pressure to join any chapter. Only you can tell whether or not a chapter is a good fit for you.</p>