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I'm a freshman who isn't in GPhi so take this with a grain of salt. There are some girls who I have met in GPhi who I LOVE. They are so fun and cool and smart. However, there are a huge group of girls who will not give you the time of day if they don't think you're cool ir relevant. I know from my friends in gphi that there is a little bit of a divide between these girls. Obviously a pledge class has 50 girls, and you're not gonna like all of them. I just think it's general consensus that some of them treat college like it's high school

I KNOW once I post this I am going to be accused of self-ranking, etc. but as someone who just finished their freshman year in Kappa, I didn't think it was that cliquey. I get that sense a little bit from the older pledge classes, but kkg this past year gave bids to a lot more girls from all over the country rather than girls who went to high school together in chicago and mpls suburbs. I absolutely loved it and compared to some of the girls in dg and gphi I think we're a lot more accepting. (again, not trying to put them down- there are some really awesome girls in EVERY sorority). It's just my experience that they care more about how their "group" looks at a party than actually being nice and having fun.

Every single sorority has cliques and groups, it's the natural thing that happens when you have 150 girls together, but at the end of the day your sorority binds you together. There are girls in my sorority with whom I'm not close or want to be close---but would I ever be mean to them or exclude them purposely? No. They are still my sisters. I imagine that the same thing is true of GPhi. And, for the record, I'd never heard that about them, but I have heard it about another sorority who's already been mentioned on this thread. Oh, btw, just b/c your a legacy doesn't mean that you'll get into your legacy house. I know my sorority gives some preferential treatment, but it's still rush and we have to like you beyond your legacy status.

Go in with an open mind. You'll get a feel through recruitment. Your closest friends will be in your pledge class anyway. Don't worry about rumors or what you heard from your cousin's friend who is in a different sorority here.

In my opinion, there is some truth to Gphi being a bit cliquey. Specifically, in the sense that that house really lacks geographic diversity. There are big groups of girls from MN, Chicago and Milwaukee suburbs who knew each other or had friends in common from high school. They then tend to stay in these groups and don't really expand beyond their circle. Houses like AXO, Chi O, Kappa and to a lesser extent Alpha Phi tend to draw a wider pool of girls which I think is what college is all about.

I love the gphi girls, and most of the girls are super nice. however, this is very true and gphi is very very cliquey. I was also a legacy to gphi and had heard similar rumors when I was rushing. I ended up at a different house and could not see myself at gphi because of that reason.