Greek Madness

When I came to orientation at SMU I was quickly informed about how important it was to get into a good sorority; I'm from a small town in Florida, and never realized how huge of a deal sororities and fraternities were in was in the South. I had planned on going Greek but really had no knowledge about any of it and just figured I'd go wherever I fit in most, and really didn't think much of it because I had a while...boy was I wrong! My friend that I met at AARO and quickly became close with has a cousin who is a senior here this year, and I hear who the sorority girls take pictures of girls being to crazy when they're out at night and have a big slide show before rush to show all the "good ones" and "bad ones". Also, my roommate is from California but the boy she was dating has a sister who is a sophomore and the boy she was dating was also a sophomore, and his sisters friends would tell him to break up with or else they would "blackball" (which supposedly means that NO sororities will take her) her, and he ended up breaking up with her because of all of this. I was in shock; I cannot believe that people let these things control their lives! And then hearing that some girls who go to southern colleges will drop out and transfer colleges if they don't get into the sorority they want. To me this is all madness and very intimidating; I want to fit it and get into a good sorority but I most certainly will not let it rule my life!