new member period

SDT it easily the worse, prepare to be participating in "bonding" every single day, having to be sober for a long period of time, not being able to look good at mixers. They have a close sisterhood but pledging is a huge time commitment and ducks with u mentally. KKG is mostly mental hazing & getting yelled at. AEPhi has gotten away from that reputation a little bit & their pledges are smart enough to not talk about it.

He's what you hear is true, despite what sdts will comment on here telling you it's not true so that it won't stop you from joining. They had to do spring rush (means you're doing awful as far as membership at umass bc only the worst sororities ever have to do it) because so many girls dropped bc of hazing. Don't go into rush wanting a sorority, it's so dumb bc you don't know anything about them really. Go in with an open mind

I'm not in a sorority but I know many people who are and I know a lot of girls who rushed SDT Fall 2015. If I'm being honest I know at least two girls who rushed that became really depressed during the new member period but because of all it entailed. I have nothing against SDT and there are a lot of great girls in the sorority but I think they definitely need to ease up on the new member period.

There is absolutely no way to know the truth about the new member period of any sorority unless you are in it, so all the above posts are irrelevant. Other sororities spread rumors to incoming freshmen that SDT's hazing is by far the worst, when in reality knowing girls in almost every chapter I can say they have a very similar process to several other chapters. Girls drop for many reasons, "hazing" being only one of the many.

However I would agree with the above comment that you shouldn't go into rush with specific views on each sorority, especially if you've gained those opinions from GreekRank. So much of what you read on this website is pure BS thrown around by girls from different chapters trying to make other chapters look bad. Do your research on the sorority's social media pages and then go through rush with an open mind. You will find the chapter that is right for you and no matter which one that is, the new member period will be worth it.

I'm gonna be real with you. I'm not in SDT, but friends with many girls who are. If you ask anyone in the Greek community, they will tell you SDT hazes the hardest/IGU hazes the hardest, then aephi/kappa. They're the only ones who haze. Ask literally any frat guy or sorority girl, if they're being honest, they will tell you that. People will say what they want on this post, but that's the truth.

Sdt and aephi have equal/very similar hazing but sdt's is more notorious this year because they had a bunch of girls drop. Aephi used to be known for hazing badly so they're trying very hard to keep it quiet but it still happens. Kappa hazes badly too but differently.

This being said, I would argue from what I've heard that IGU actually has the worst hazing. they are a local sorority so they do not have to abide by national regulations, meaning their new member period is much longer than any other's and also can be a lot harsher without fear of punishment from nationals. their hazing is just not often talked about because SDT is a lot more popular on campus so more people know girls in it/care what they do. same goes for Kappa and phi.

Chi O has a lot of rules and standards are technically hazing but not at all what you think of when you hear the word. SK and AXO don't haze, but their new member classes are not nearly as close as the others from what I've seen.

Lets be real,
If SDT has horrible hazing their chapter wouldn't have as many members as it does now, how does their chapter keep getting bigger if they have horrible hazing? It makes zero sense

I passed the exam, if i can do it you can too

I have a friend in IGU who pledged this semester who basically told me about her entire experience. Lots of hazing, she had to do stuff that made my jaw drop and I am in a different sorority that has a hazing reputation. And the local vs. national thing is legit. Nationals will crack down on their chapters for hazing. It happened to Aephi recently, which is why their hazing is not as bad/kept so secret, and happened to AXO several years ago, and they don't haze at all now.

girls who drop almost always drop very early in the pledge period, for a variety of reasons, many of which are NOT related to hazing. therefore they do not know most of what happens in that sorority's new member period, or the reasons behind any of it, or literally anything about the sorority they were never even a sister of. and as for talking to friends in other chapters, sure, some girls might complain about being busy bc of pledging, but they will never disclose details.

no matter how much you wish you knew...you don't. no one knows any chapter's process except for the sisters, and based on how proud girls are to be in sdt, igu and the rest of the chapters being accused, i think it's just spiteful to judge.

to pnms, don't listen to mean posts like the ones on this site. you will see rumors on here and hear rumors during recruitment about lots of things, not just hazing, but don't listen to any of it! rank doesn't matter. rumors don't matter. focus on how you feel when you're around the girls of every chapter. <3