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The Battalion Page 3A* Monday, September 2, 2002
Divine differences of the Aggie Sisterhood
Upperclasswomen find their places in non-traditional sorority recruitment
By Marianne Hudson
THE BATTALION
Allison Reynolds, a sophomore general stud
ies major, is not a typical sorority pledge. Of
the 739 female students who went through
sorority recruitment in August 2002, 104 were
sophomores, 10 were juniors and two were sen
iors, said Texas A&M Collegiate
Panhellenic Council officials.
Reynolds, who recently pledged Delta
Gamma as a sophomore, said there are
advantages to not joining as a freshman.
She said joining as a sophomore gave her
time to decide where she wanted to get
involved at Texas A&M.
“My freshman year I wasn’t sure of
what I wanted to get into," she said. "1
didn’t want to get too involved in too
much too quick without thinking about
what 1 really wanted. About the middle
of my spring semester, I decided I want
ed to do a sorority.”
Reynolds said her roommates last year
influenced her decision because they
were both in sororities. She said already
knowing people in the sororities made
recruitment less nerve-wrecking.
“It was always nice to walk in a house
and see someone I knew,” she said. After
a week of recruiting. Reynolds decided to
join Delta Gamma, the sorority most of
her friends belong to.
“By hanging out with them. I kind of
knew Delta Gamma was the sorority I
wanted before I rushed [joined) because 1
knew what it is about,” she said.
Reynolds said some sororities cut
upperclassmen no matter who they know
because they want girls who will be part
of their chapters for four years.
“Some won’t even consider you if you
are a sophomore,” she said. “1 know
some sophomores who were cut because
of their grades.”
Liz Lozier, spokeswoman for the Texas
A&M Collegiate Council and senior marketing
major, said there are no recommendations for
the grades a potential member should have. She
said anyone with a 2.0 can go through recruit
ment. However, she said a low GPR can poten
tially have a negative effect on upperclassmen
going through recruitment.
“In our pamphlet, we say upperclassmen
with below a 2.5 GPR may receive fewer invites
to parties,” Lozier said. “Different sororities
have different standards. It is individual for
every chapter on the GPAs required for incom
ing freshmen and upperclassmen.”
Lozier said there are no rules requiring each
sorority to take a certain number of upperclass
men, whether they have good grades or not. In
contrast, she said the University of Texas (UT)
makes exceptions for sororities who accept jun
iors. Sororities at UT are allowed to have “free
juniors,” who do not count against the number
of women each sorority is allowed to take.
Reynolds said her sorority took 10 sjoph-
omores this year. She said she looks for
ward to getting to know both freshmen and
sophomores in her pledge class.
“In Delta Gamma, you can’t always tell
what pledge class a girl is in because every
one is so close," Reynolds said.
However, after having been part of a
sorority for a year, Gretchen Chabot, a jun
ior community health major, said a pledge
becomes closest to those in her pledge class.
“I feel closer to my pledge class than
the girls my age in the sorority,” said
Chabot. who joined Kappa Kappa Gamma
last year as a sophomore. “The girls in the
pledge class above me treat me like I’m on
their level.”
Chabot said many of the w omen that
joined with her as sophomores are very
involved with the sorority.
Although it is easy to become involved
as a sophomore, Chabot said she would
have done things differently if she could do
it over again.
“I would have rushed as a freshman
because I would be the same age as some
of my pledge sisters,” she said. “I lead a
different lifestyle than a lot of them
because I’m a year older. 1 would have
liked to have experienced the same things
at the same time as them.”
Reynolds, however, disagrees.
“If I had rushed as a freshman, I couldn’t
have told you which sorority I would have
gone to. Rushing as a sophomore gave me
a year to better understand each sorority and
which one would be best for me.”
JOSH DARWIN* THE BATTALION
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