http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/4751618/April 15 - How do you choose a college? Academics? Location? Class size? Some girls will map out their entire college career based on the sorority they want to join, says Alexandra Robbins, author of “Pledged: The Secret Life of Sororities” (Hyperion). One strategy: applying to out-of-state colleges where the Greek systems are noncompetitive only to transfer to a school like Southern Methodist University or Ole Miss. That way they’re guaranteed admission to a university chapter they may otherwise would have difficulty getting into.
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In her book, Robbins goes undercover at a college she calls “State U.” during the 2002-2003 school year to find out whether the stereotypes—binge drinking, drug use, eating disorders and promiscuity—are true. Because many of the myths turn out to be more than accurate, Robbins refuses to identify the university and the two sororities to protect the identity of the four girls she shadows (who agreed to particpate in the book). She did manage to spill a few beans to NEWSWEEK’s Vanessa Juarez about what she witnessed. Excerpts:
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Mmmmm...sororites... :evilgrin:
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