sigma kappa strict?
by: 2015 PNMHey Everyone! I signed up to rush in the fall. I have been reading through some of the rankings and I noticed that Sigma Kappa was called out for having strict rules like always having to straighten your hair if wearing their stuff? Is this how all sororities are or does it depend on the chapter?
Comment#2by: woah
^Well, this person got one thing right: don't believe anything you read on here about anyone. That being said, my sisters have never made me feel inadequate or like I have to pretend to be something I'm not. They encourage me to be the best version of myself each and every day. I'm proud to wear my letters and feel so lucky to be surrounded by these women. PNMs: find a home where YOU feel confident, loved and supported- not what some anonymous, bitter poster on here tells you.
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by: wow
looks like someone has it out for sigma kappa and closed and reopened their browser that many times to like her own comment and dislike a very positive one. whether you like sigma kappa or not, @woah's comment is very positive and very true.
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by: F.Y.I.
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by: so
what are the rules? I'm not judging them for having them, just want an idea of what to expect. (SK legacy)
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by: Truth
Just a few...must wear primer under foundation, must use hot styling tool on hair, must wear certain clothes to football games if wearing pin and sitting with sisters, definitely DO NOT wear letters unless looking great! You will get a power-point. Don't worry. Trust me....certain sisters will let you know if you are not obeying these rules. I know there are lies on this page but this is not one of them. Sigma Kappa should clean up how they treat each other and do it quickly. Recruitment is starting soon.
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#4by: The real truth
I'd just like to point out that while Sigma Kappa is definitely next-level crazy about this, every house has some sort of rules about appearance and behavior while in letters. Most houses ask members to look polished while wearing letters, to limit their foul-mouthed cursing, and to never, ever drink in public while wearing letters. The theory is you are representing your organization and the way you look/act will form how future PNMs, boys, and even just the country as a whole view your sorority. But requiring you straighten your hair, and calling you out for it if you don't? That's over the line, and unsiserly. At my house, so long as you don't disgrace your letters by looking like a total slob and wearing your slippers and PJ pants to class with a bid day shirt, you're fine. But I do know sometimes I've gone to throw on a lettered shirt and been like "you know what? I don't want to represent my house today. I may go to happy hour after class." And then I just pick a fraternity shirt. ;)
by: ??
lol sorry but being in a sorority doesn't stop you from having a night full of studying and having/ even wanting (gasp) to wear slippers and pjs to class while also wearing your bid day shirt. Nothing to "disgrace" in my opinion. I understand the politics behind not wear letters while partying, but avoiding letters when you are having an off day just feeds into the facade that sorority girls need to always be perfect. "Nobody's perfect!" -Hannah Montana
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#7by: I'm confused
Okay I'm not trying to put down sigma kappa, but let's be real here. They do not have any rules like this. Top tier sororities don't even have rules like this (I would know, I'm in one.) I don't really know the point of spreading rumors like this but don't be scared PNMs, it's all false. Sigma kappa is just like any other chapter here, they want members to look there best but that's about it
#8by: hi
I have numerous friends in SK including one that I'm pretty close with. They don't require you to straighten your hair - Close Friend almost always curled hers - although they do expect you to look polished when wearing letters, at football games, at chapter etc. But that's just about respect for the sisterhood and for yourself, if anything. I was actually nervous about the football games thing because I'm rushing this fall, but one SK friend showed me a pic of her SK sister in orange-and-blue striped overalls, goofy and cute and fun! So they'll let you bend the rules for that if you have a really cute idea - they just don't want t-shirts and cutoff shorts because those don't fit their "image" (but most houses ban that, anyway). They have this southern classy aesthetic vibe, and most girls who pledge love that vibe to begin with, so it's no big deal. Close Friend is obsessed with all things monogrammed and she loves Lilly and other "preppy" prints and colors. She was like that before bid day, and did have at least one or two other houses at the end of Round 3 or so - but dropped them herself because she disliked them. She went with SK because she legit liked it, NOT because it was just her "only option."
As for the bullying - yes, it's a known problem, but MOST SISTERS AREN'T INVOLVED WITH IT and for the most part the issue has died down. It was mostly during a really stressful point in spring semester and isn't their normal MO.
by: Self promotion?
Do you and your friend really talk about Sigma Kappa that much? You obviously don't because she would tell you they have to keep their hair straight. Also, she could wear those overalls because she wasn't wearing a pin so she was not associated with the chapter. Lastly, from what I've heard around the chapter (yes I'm a current sister) bullying has gone on as recently as last month. I don't think you know what you're talking about or you actually are a sister trying to make the chapter look better
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by: No
Am I the only one who doesn't think of SK as classy, southern, or aesthetic? Idk I just always got a party girl vibe from them, not classy and southern.
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by: v
more like desperately random group of girls thrown together because they're at the bottom and take everyone no one else wanted
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by: Yes
^^yes! Exactly the problem! They took soooo many girls last year without being selective. Did not find girls who meshed well with the qualities of their house. Now they have to fix it.
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by: Definitely!
As a sister who left, on bid day there were over 100 girls. As the weeks went on there were just too many girls with some who did not demonstrate sigma kappas "core qualities". Im disappointed that I pledged because a few weeks after pledging I realized I could not be in this house with some of these girls who were down right mean. I wish I would've just not pledged so I could've rushed again. Hopefully this year they are more selective hiwever it may be hard for them with the tainted reputation and no house.
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by: Or
by: Or?
Sounds to me like SK sisters who know what is going on. There is a lot of inside info on these posts. Probably sick and tired of the actions of a few malicious sisters in their own chapter.
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by: In SK
I'm in this chapter and to be honest I'm embarrassed to be part of it. It annoys me to no end that I can't throw on my sorority tshirt and just go to the gym or go to class. I mean if I have an 8:30am class forget about it because there is no way I'm waking up at 7:30 to get ready. But I stay in the cheater because I'm close to graduation and really just want the alumni status since I've been here so long putting up with stupid rules.
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by: v
no one would need to do that, they do a perfectly good job of being the most awful sorority on their own
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#10by: Um
If you aren't okay with doing hair and makeup and dressing nicely, sorority life at UF is probably not for you. My chapter is considered 'middle tier' and we have rules about how you're supposed to look when you're wearing letters. Hair, makeup, everything. I doubt any chapters rules are much different than anyone else's. And if you can't handle these rules, you're going to lose it when you see your chapters recruitment dress code. Mine is 100% mandatory spanx for everyone, two different outfit checks, hair, makeup only in certain colors, spray tans, nails only in certain colors, and specific shoes. This is how it is in SEC sororities. If it's not for you, that's cool, but it is what it is. You do you.
(And for the record, I've never noticed anything about sigma kappas appearances that was any different than like alpha chi or phi mu or whoever.)
by: Ridiculous
This is the most ridiculous thing I have ever read. I am a PNM and everyone keeps saying "be yourself and you will find your perfect house". It sounds like once you are in, you can no longer be yourself and now must conform to crazy rules and be subjected to humiliation if you do not. I have to pay for sorority membership myself and wonder if it is really worth the investment. I have been so excited about recruitment but am now super unsure.
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by: ^
PNM, recruitment dress code is completely different than every day life in a sorority. No house requires spray tans and certain clothing and certain makeup every day of the year, but every house requires it for recruitment simply because we want to look put together and our best.
During the year, you can dress however you want, put on no makeup or a full face of makeup, wear sweats or a dress, curl your hair or put it in a bun, paint or nails or don't bother dealing with them, etc. Almost every house has rules about letters such as not drinking in them, trying to at least look put together in letters, etc. Except for SK, I haven't heard of sororities having too strict of rules when it comes to everyday appearances. And if you aren't wearing letters, you can do whatever the hell you want. They just don't want a bunch of girls with greasy buns in oversized sweats representing the chapter, because someone could see 10 made up, put together girls in XO shirts but will only remember the greasy haired one at the end of the day, and image does matter here in the SEC. There's a difference between not being yourself, and just trying to be a better version of yourself. I promise most sororities are full of down to earth, normal girls just like yourself. I walk into my house and everybody is lounging around, laughing, watching TV, studying, etc. We're normal and fun girls, I promise.
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by: junior
No one's complaining about events, that's mostly stuff we would do rules or not. We are complaining about not being able to be clean and in nice clothes, put together but not allowed to represent our sisterhood with our natural faces and natural (clean/brushed) hair.
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A lot of girls in this year pledge class only had one preference party and it was at Sigma Kappa. I'm talking like tons and tons of girls. Most people join because in the end, this is their only choice left on their list. They're just happy to have a bid somewhere
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