expected time commitment for sororities at mizzou

You should ask all of this when you get to a house to get different opinions. I am very involved with my house but don't hold any positions, so I'll try to give you a general range. There are girls who literally do NOTHING in my house and don't enjoy it as much, but its an option.

1. new members have one meeting a week
2. initiated members have chapter once a week
For every other requirement, new members and initiated members have equal responsibilities, anything else is considered hazing and you should absolutely report your chapter if they are doing this.
3. living in house will be likely to get you roped into helping with more mundane tasks like painting banners, or getting your opinion on skits, but theres no required extra activities (also skipping chapter this a bad reason is harder)
4. moving off campus makes things harder to participate because you aren't on campus or in house getting pulled into things and it can feel like you're out of the loop, so theres more travel time if you want to help with things, not to mention parking
5. Expected would probably be around 4 or 5 hours, most girls would probably be around 6, I was at around 10 with no extreme extra effort, it's just attending things and helping out
6. Homecoming hours... yikes 5-7 extra a week? Theres a reason fall gpa's are lower. GreekWeek depends on if you're in fling or dance, then obviously more, otherwise, like 1 or 2 extra hours
7. required are chapter, ritual events, and enough to keep in good stand

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This really depends from house to house! Some houses have a much higher commitment level than others. Some houses don't really require anything at all and other houses are very strict about their requirements. You really won't know until rush!

Good advice. The girls of each chapter are the best ones to ask about specifics. Good luck to you

good first comment

Is great. Just remember, any group will want you to keep grades up. Also, as a new member, the more you can be involved, the more you're going to get out of your sisterhood.

If these are really important questions to you, you have to ask them at the houses. As a member, I would love to see that much investment from a PNM. They will give you pretty straightforward answers. Just know that many of the houses (especially the ones that use things like Homecoming and Greek Week success as selling points) will expect a large number of hours the first semester for homecoming. That was probably the most out-of-nowhere time commitment for myself. Hope it helps!

Is also a great way to start building that sisterhood. When you volunteer to help paint a banner, play intramurals, etc... you're going to be meeting new people and forming those friendships.