Sororities

It's time for a little bit of venting. Sororities are absolutely ridiculous. Think about it. Girls sign up and pay money to go through "rushing" in which they visit various sorority houses and then are judged based off of their looks and as much of their personality as the sorority members can find out in a half hour. If you don't seem to fit their "type" you're "dropped" and can't continue to pursue that sorority. If you're dropped from all of them, or all of your top choices then you're screwed. I've seen girls lose so much confidence just because they didn't get into the sorority they want to be in. They start to find imperfections they've never thought of before. They break themselves down. If you do end up winning the friendship contest and make it into a sorority then you have an automatic group of girls who you're required to like. You may actually hate these girls, but you're now "sisters" and at least pretend to like each other. You do everything together. I even have some friends who are getting physically ill because of how late they are required to stay at the sorority house every night doing secret stuff (that they're not allowed to really talk about). You also pay large amounts of money to acquire these friends and then are forced to kiss up to the older girls by decorating their doors, paying them visits, and buying them presents. Once you're officially accepted into the sorority your "big (sister)" gets you insanely drunk. The worst part is that people look forward to this night. The other day one of my friends said this exact sentence, "I'm going to diieee after initiation. I heard that last year only two of the girls didn't puke. I'm so excited." ....Excuse me? Yeah. Sounds exciting. On top of everything else the sororities pit their girls against each other. This is a problem for pre-existing friends who now enjoy to talk about each other behind their backs. Living in an all-girls dorm,  I've heard this happen countless times a day for the past two weeks. Its annoying to hear someone say things like, " _____ is so annoying. I can't stand to be around her. Her and the rest of ______ are all crazy. They're like a cult." Then they go and hang out with the girl and act like they're best friends. It's absolutely ridiculous. This whole thing is just ridiculous and everyone just seems to think it's completely normal. Take a step back and look at it. It's crazy.