• The 7 Things You Should Know About Sorority Recruitment

    The 7 Things You Should Know About Sorority Recruitment

    Sorority Rush: the Harry Potter sorting hat of your college experience, only with much nicer outfits and choreographed singing and dancing. You’re probably hoping I’m about to tell you how to make it into your supposed dream house or a top tier sorority. Sorry to say, not going to happen.

  • 10 Tips to Help You Through Sorority Rush Week

    10 Tips to Help You Through Sorority Rush Week

    First of all, taking classes and going on retreats will not guarantee you a spot in the sorority of your choosing; and second of all, finding the right sorority for YOU is about being yourself, and let’s face it, you’re not being yourself if you’re using someone else’s lines.

  • Greek Speak: Should Recruitment Be….Frilly?

    Greek Speak: Should Recruitment Be….Frilly?

    We are officially well into spring semester, and if you are a sorority girl that only means one thing: recruitment. For some it’s the first round of rush for the school year. For others, this is not your first recruitment rodeo. If you fall into the latter category, bless your little hearts! That’s dedication, people.

  • Greek Speak: What’s With All The Negativity?

    Greek Speak: What’s With All The Negativity?

    Hazing. It’s a touchy subject, and by “touchy” I mean one that we never want to touch on… or ever be a part of. I happen to come from a very anti-hazing chapter and university, both of which take ample precautions to eliminate hazing. Yet at colleges across the country, hazing still exists. And it exists in student groups and organizations that don’t have Greek letters in their names.

  • Greek Speak: If We Knew Then What We Know Now…

    Greek Speak: If We Knew Then What We Know Now…

    I made a lot of mistakes my first year of college (and based on some of the Morning After stories I’ve been reading on here, I know I’m not alone). But of all the dumb things I did – hooking up with my next door neighbor during Welcome Week, setting my alarm wrong for my first midterm, gorging myself on Indian Night in the caf (ugh) – my biggest regret involves sorority rush.

  • Greek Speak: Balance It All Out

    Greek Speak: Balance It All Out

    Back in the day when I was a wee freshman just starting the rush process, I was scared. Scared of talking to all those older girls, scared of rowdy fraternity boys throwing water balloons at me as I walked from house to house (wet, frizzy hair? OH THE HORROR), scared of not even getting into a house…. Most of all though, I was scared of what being in a sorority would do to the rest of my life.

  • Greek Speak: How to Bow Out… Gracefully

    Greek Speak: How to Bow Out… Gracefully

    Let’s face it. Sometimes you get a bid to a house and it’s just not a good fit. Hanging out at the house feels uncomfortable, you and your new pledge class just aren’t clicking, you realize Greek life isn’t for you. Bottom line: you hate it and you want out. NOW.

  • Greek Speak: Battle of the Pledge Classes

    Greek Speak: Battle of the Pledge Classes

    Not all stereotypes about sororities are true. We don’t have naked pillow fights in the living room. We don’t all want to date the captain of the football team. We don’t have insane rivalries with other sororities. But here’s a stereotype about sororities I can’t even try to hide: pledge class rivalries.

  • Weekly Wrap Up: Sound Off!

    Weekly Wrap Up: Sound Off!

    As the country voted in our nation’s midterm elections, debating over red states and blue, the heated discussions carried over from politics to pop culture here at CollegeCandy. In a week that was filled with scintillating stories and outspoken debate, we loved hearing where you landed on some of the hot-button topics we brought up.

  • Greek Speak: So You Didn’t Get Your First Pick…

    Greek Speak: So You Didn’t Get Your First Pick…

    Sorority recruitment can be many things: fun, intense, scary, adventurous, and exciting – but it can also be brutal. Warning: Expect tears. While many girls will end up in their dream house, there are plenty of potential new members that will not get their first choice house and some girls who won’t get in a house at all!

  • The Morning After: Rushing Through My Walk of Shame

    The Morning After: Rushing Through My Walk of Shame

    After a lot of internal debate and a few pro-con lists (and one venn diagram), I made the decision not to rush. So the night before rush began, I went out with a friend, tried on my first pair of beer goggles, and went home with David.

  • Greek Speak: Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Go Greek

    Greek Speak: Why You Should (and Shouldn’t) Go Greek

    Joining a sorority is a huge time, financial and social commitment. It’s more than choosing a place to live for the next school year; the chapter you join determines who your friends will be, what your social life will look like and even your life post-grad

  • Greek Speak: Behind The Scenes at Sorority Rush

    Greek Speak: Behind The Scenes at Sorority Rush

    To protect the traditions and longstanding process, sorority rush is inherently shrouded in secrecy. Every chapter keeps their plans hush hush, current members can’t talk to potential new members, and everything – from rush songs to what snacks they’ll be serving – is kept on total lock down.