<p>What are the best overall sororities at W&M? And what are the party sororities? I would like to join a good, party sorority, but not like a party hard sorority. Please help me!</p>
<p>Here is a link to the W&M Greek page with lots of info; I am sure you could call and ask which sororities are on probation to guide your choice.
[William</a> & Mary - Fraternity & Sorority Life](<a href=“Fraternity & Sorority Life | William & Mary”>Fraternity & Sorority Life | William & Mary)</p>
<p>Such a subjective topic… If you are interested in rushing, do so - that is really the only way to truly interact and learn about the girls in each sorority. Just hearsay tells me that the reputations of the different sororities (and frats) differ greatly depending on who you ask. You are your own best judge.
I do think that rushing fall of freshman year is not ideal for many students. Wish W&M had it’s main rush in the spring. Fall of freshman year should be about getting acclimated to college and meeting all sorts of people…finding where you “fit in” best. Adding the stress of being “chosen” for a group is a lot of unneeded pressure and to rush (no pun intended!) into choosing a social group to be associated with seems…well…rushed. :)</p>
<p>Our daughter will graduate a semester early from W&M (this December) and rushed her sophomore year. She fell in love with Kappa Kappa Gamma and has loved every minute of Greek life. However, she has numerous friends at W&M (very very good friends) who chose a different path…other sororities or, in the case of her high school friend and roommate last year, no Greek at all! William and Mary is an awesome school if you are looking for a strong and active Greek experience, but you do NOT have to “go Greek” to feel involved. It’s one of the many attractions at W&M. HOWEVER: Some things to consider…our daughter lived in (and loved) the dorms her first and second years. She would have loved to have lived in the Kappa house this year (her third year) but there is a formula for this due to the limited space in the houses and since she was a year behind most of her peers with respedt to years of membership, she was unable go secure a room in the house this year. So she and several Kappa sisters rented a house just off of campus. This fall, for her last semester, she will finish up at W&M with a room in the Kappa house as an officer and she is very excited to have been able to have some time in the house before “the real world”.</p>
<p>I hope this somewhat random answer to the OP helps. Even though our daughter does not regret waiting until her sophomore year to pledge, there are some drawbacks (pledge class will be mostly freshman and lack of options for living in the house etc.). Personally, I am glad that she waited as she met friends that she would not have otherwise and was able to form a very focused study routine that she maintained after becoming a part of the Greek scene. </p>
<p>Our daughter has a double major and, as I stated, is graduating a semester early, so it is very possible to be involved in Greek life and still maintain academics at W&M. Just choose your sorority or frat wisely as some are more “devoted” to academics than others. As an FYI, on the Hellenic page of the W&M website, W&M posts the GPA’s of all frats and sororities. With one or two exceptions, the GPA’s are very good. Hope this helps!</p>
<p>Here is a link to the W&M Greek page with lots of info; I am sure you could call and ask which sororities are on probation to guide your choice.
William & Mary - Fraternity & Sorority Life</p>
<p>Just saw this reply…HILARIOUS!!!</p>
<p>??? I don’t get it - what’s hilarious?</p>
<p>It is hilarious to use the list of greeks organizations on probation to guide your choice. It is information you can use as you see fit. Some will steer away from greeks on probation, others will know that those are the most fun.</p>
<p>exactly my point…if the OP wants to party, then using the GPA’s of the Greek organizations can, I guess, be used “in reverse”. I never would have thought of that one…</p>
<p>there is not a direct correlation between partying and GPA either. Just because you don’t party doesn’t mean you are using that time to do school work, and just because your party doesn’t mean you can’t meet your academic obligations in the other time that you have.</p>
<p>My daughter rushed this past Fall as a freshman and joined a “top tier sorority” (very subjective!). She is loving Greek life, from social activities to community events, and she will live in the sorority house next year. My understanding is that the Greek scene at W&M is NOT like the Greek scene at big schools, so there are no real “party-hard” sororities. My daughter’s sorority is known for “partying-hard” but quite honestly I don’t see that, I’ve been on the phone with my daughter on a Friday night at 11:00 pm, she is obviously not partying all the time. Her first semester grades were very good, above the all sorority average GPA. Partying-hard is an individual decision and at W&M it does not define the sorority itself. </p>
<p>There is a strong sense of community among all the sororities and fraternities at W&M. Non of them are “exclusive” and all are welcoming to those who are not Greek. My daughter’s suite-mate, who did not rush last Fall, has participated in a couple of Greek-sponsored events and has now decided to rush next Fall, with you if you decide to do so! :-)</p>
<p>There are a few things to keep in mind when considering Greek life: rush your freshman year and do so with an open mind, do not let public opinions (particularly those posted anonymously on websites) influence your decision, be honest with yourself and select the sorority that appeals to you, follow your intuition, at the end, the best sorority is the one that is best for you! Good luck!!</p>
<p>What do you mean by “top tier”?</p>
<p>Don’t worry about what the “best” sororities are, mostly because no house is considered any better than any other house, it’s all very subjective, you could ask 10 different people and you’d get 10 different lists, just go where you fit in. Rush is a great and really fun process, I met my best friend doing rush, and we ended up choosing different houses in the end, but it didn’t affect our relationship at all.
Don’t try to find out “reputations” in advance, you’re just going to hear a lot of rumors that will ruin your rush experience because you will be too caught up on other people’s opinions to make your own. Go where you feel right, you’ll know the right house for you.</p>
<p>Golden advice. Thank you.</p>