Myth: Collegiate members are only nice to you during recruitment. Once you become a new member, they haze you and make you do all kinds of humiliating things to earn your way in.

Bust: Alpha Gamma Delta, like all NPC organizations, is a non-hazing sorority. We believe in strengthening our members' self-confidence, not in dragging each other down. Our main goal is to make our New Members feel comfortable here. If anything, we spoil them!

Myth: All members come from wealthy families, and their parents/guardians pay for everything including their sorority dues.

Bust: Our members come from all different economic backgrounds. Many Alpha Gams work at least one job, and pay their own dues. Alpha Gam teaches its members to balance school, work, and the social aspects of college.

Myth: If you join a sorority, you're expected to party and drink, even if it means your grades suffer.

Bust: Alpha Gamma Delta places the utmost importance on grades and school, and encourages every member to do her best. Members must obtain a certain GPA or privileges to attend social events are revoked. And most importantly, Alpha Gams do not pressure one another to party. This is not an expectation for belonging to our chapter. In fact, AlcoholEdu, a science-based course about the effects of alcohol on the body and mind, is a requirement for Initiation into Alpha Gamma Delta.

Myth: Sorority girls hate other houses and women not in sororities. If you join a sorority, you can't talk to any other girls.

Bust: Most Alpha Gams have very close friends in other houses, or who don't belong to a sorority. We also play intramural sports with other houses, do service projects, participate in other Greeks' philanthropic projects, and have socials and exchanges.

Myth: The only thing sorority girls are interested in is looking good for the fraternity men. If you join one, you always have to look perfect or you'll be "dragging down the house's reputation."

Bust: First of all, we are not obsessed with what the fraternity men think. Second, we appreciate the fact that everyone has her own style, whether it's a closet full of dresses or jeans. Our reputation is based on our personalities and values, not hairstyles or clothes.

Myth: All sorority girls are skinny, blonde, and large-chested.

Bust: The proportion of Alpha Gams who look like this is equal to the proportion of such women in society. Sorority girls generally reflect the population of the entire student body. Alpha Gams come in all shapes, sizes, and colors!

Myth: If you can get into a sorority without being a skinny, large-chested blonde, the girls will make you lose weight and change the way you look.

Bust: At Alpha Gamma Delta, we believe strongly in being ourselves. The individuality and genuine nature of the women in Alpha Gam are two of the main reasons potential new members are drawn here in the first place. We would never encourage anyone to change the way she looked unless she wanted to and it was a healthy decision.

Myth: If you join a sorority, you are just paying for your friends.

Bust: This is completely not true. While it is true that it costs money to be in a sorority, there is no amount of money that can buy the lifelong friendships that result from being a member. Paying member dues to be in a sorority is no different than paying member dues to be in any other organization where friendships form. And as an anonymous quote goes: "If I'm paying for my friends, I'm not paying enough!"

Myth: Greek GPA is lower than regular student GPA.

Bust: It's actually the other way around. Not just here on USA's campus, but all across the nation Greeks are getting better grades than non-Greek students. Greeks are also 21% more likely to graduate than their non-Greek counterparts.