All Chapters Are Great!!

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All the nastiness need to stop!!

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Yes ma’am!! Sooner or later karma will get revenge

Yes for real!

I don’t blame you! Although greek life is very dominant at OU, there are so many other ways to make friends and get involved on campus. This site has ruined our greek community and the fact that it is now detouring kid’s parents from wanting their kids to rush is ridiculous! I hope your daughter still has the best freshman experience even without the possibility of being involved in Greek life! It sure might save her a lot of trouble in the long run!

Thank you for the replies. We plan on weighing all of our options. I just hesitate to back the sorority option 100% given things I have read here that concern me. It is hard to try and read between the lines regarding what is true and what isn't.

Can someone tell me the chapters that tend to value sisterhood above all else and are also academic oriented as opposed to the heavy party houses?

And what other resources should I be exploring to help me understand the true natures of the Greek chapters at OU? We are from out of state and don't know who to talk to for accurate information.

All houses have a great sisterhood at OU. Ignore the hateful posts, most of them are just bored alumni or HS students trying to drum up drama. Please don’t deny your daughter a great Greek experience. I know girls from many houses and most have an AMAZING sisterhood. I’m sure your daughter will chose a fantastic house with a great sisterhood. If she dislikes rush she can always drop, COB, or just not sign a bid card. But I hope she goes through and can have an amazing experience like me and so many other girls! I hope I’ll get to rush her and hopefully she’ll end up at my house! Go OU Greek!

Mom of another PNM here. What goes on within this site has very little to do with Greek Life at OU. The majority of posters aren't even actives anymore & those who are represent probably less than 1% of the actives on campus.

This site is made up of a bunch of trolls or alums with nothing better to do with their time. You cannot take it seriously nor can you let it dictate your daughter's college experience. If it is really a concern let her do rush & pledge then if it is truly as toxic as it seems on here she can always depledge. She needs to experience it first hand then make an educated decision, not go off a very small percentage of info on a random website.

You won't get any real information on here. If you want to know about the houses, look at the girls from your daughter's school and see which houses they went to. That will give you the only realistic idea about what the houses are like.

Absolutely do not take this site as factual! Very very few come on this site and comment! The ones that do are the worst representations of their houses and are mostly moms and alums! Go they rush and keep an open mind!!

Please use critical thinking. All of the rankings on here are self-serving. They're mostly written by moms who want people to see their daughter's houses as the most popular.

You can trust posts that you can verify. Like grades -- go to OU community grade report and see which houses are above the panhellenic average and which are below. Like spring recruitment -- Also on community grade report, look for the houses with a spring new member class. Houses that have a lot of girls drop possibly have a problem.

Other than that, everything is calculated misinformation. Every girl here likes her own house best (except the ones that dropped out because they hated their house -- usually the ones that were influenced by this site).

Bottom line: There is no information on this site that is useful.

This does not represent OU Greek life in any way. OU is better than most universities because have 11 awesome strong chapters. Strong women who get along. If u need info go anywhere but here. Used to be a thing called Greek Chat that was good for moms. Google that.

Anna, Totally understand where you are coming from bc this site is terrible. My DD just finished rush & is waiting on her bid today & it was certainly scary before rush started seeing all the hate on here.(for me, lol) I was worried how her week would go if actual Greek life was like it is on here, even though she had a very strong resume & high GPA. She did know a lot of sweet girls in a few houses beforehand so I knew it wouldn't be all bad but you still worry.

I can tell you she had the best week!She totally enjoyed the process & found each house to have lovely girls. She had zero tears the whole week & just really enjoyed connecting. The houses are made up of hundreds of girls. There are going to be some that just aren't the sweetest but also going to be a lot more who are just precious.

You cannot judge a whole community of girls because of a a few toxic trolls on a silly website. The Greek community at OU is strong & the houses are, for the most part, supportive of each other. I hope your daughter gives it a chance because she will be missing out on partnering with strong women if not.

it won't matter now. enjoy where you are

This is greek rank, not a parent class lol. The mom doesn’t need advice on how to raise her kid. She just wants what’s best for her kid and maybe greek life at OU isn’t that. Greek life has change from then to now also.

Way to represent the OU student body. You sound like a priveleged brat.

If mom and dad are footing all the bills, paying tuition and chapter fees along with everything else do you think it’s reasonable for them to have a say about what it is they are paying for? That’s not helicopter patenting, that’s being smart about how you spend your money.
If the student is paying for it, well that’s different. How many students pay their way through Greek life on their own — 0.5 % to none.

She said they are out of state and don’t have anyone in person to talk to. I think it’s good to try and research Greek life but embarrassed she found this site tbh.

@Anna - You sound like a great mom. 😃 Please reach out to Kylie Frisby as mentioned. She should be able to answer a majority of your questions. Also I’d start following chapters on social media so you and your daughter can get a “feel” for each house. Hopefully your daughter goes through recruitment and will be able to see where she thinks she fits in best as she interacts with actives in person that week. If she gets in with the right group of girls (which given your diligence in researching and planning I think she probably will) she is going to love being a part of OU Greek life. I promise!

Look not to be rude but my mom was in a house 30 years ago and she says girls both in and out of sororities were mean and petty when she was in a house too. Anybody who thinks girls just started partying or being mean, cliquey or dramatic in the last 5-10 years is just wrong.

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