- (sorority girls chanting)
- Wait, this is actually pretty lit, though.
- (girls) Join the fun... - Oh no, that was [bleep]--
That's, like, Annabelle shit.
♪ (industrial music) ♪
- (Maddie) Hi, I'm Maddie, recruitment vice president.
- Is this a sorority video? (laughs)
- Oh my god, this [bleep] video.
It is the most horrifying thing I have ever seen.
- (all) We've been waiting for you all summer
and we're so glad you're finally here.
- This is weird. - This is not that far off
from sorority recruitment.
- These are always just, like, the most fake things ever-- oh.
(explosion booms) (demonic screeching)
- Jesus Christ.
- That's so true, though.
It literally is like the [bleep] gates of hell.
(high pitched chanting) - Why do they sound like demons?
- Oh my god.
- Kill it!
- Oh my gosh. This is gonna give me nightmares.
(high pitched chanting)
- What the [bleep] did I just watch? What is that?!
- What the [bleep] was that? (laughs)
I don't even-- I get it, but, like, I don't.
- I'm guessing it was a sorority recruitment video,
but I'm also guessing that someone edited it
to look like that, because I don't think (laughs)
that they would actually want that.
- I've seen that video on Twitter, actually,
where it's like yo, this might be the scariest thing
I've seen in my life. - I went to college.
I was in Greek life. I was in a fraternity,
so I know all about sorority recruitment
and just sorority life and Greek life in general.
- (FBE) So that was a video that was really popular online last year
that was making fun of a common facet
of sorority recruitment videos: the door chant.
- Is that a thing? - A door chant?
- So as you see, people took this chant
and started making fun of it,
but videos of sororities doing these types of chants
have been online for a long time,
so we're gonna show you some others now.
- Okay, just getting ready for a lot of high-pitched voices.
- Boom, boom, I wanna go ADPi! - Oh, Jesus Christ.
- What is this?
- That's a lot of hair.
- Can you not be in this sorority if you don't have long hair?
(chanting intensifies)
- What are you saying?
- Do they actually enjoy this?
- Wait, this is actually pretty lit, though.
- (girls) It's Alpha Delta for me! - (chuckles) Wow.
- They all look the same.
They're clones of each other.
- Because they have normal voices, and they're all doing it together,
it actually sounds really great, like, I'm living for that one.
I'm okay. The other one was disgusting, though.
- (girls chanting) - Oh, I'm in Alpha Phi. (laughs)
- (girls) We love that A-L-P-H-A P-H-I...
- Okay, better so far.
Like, they have a little musical rhythm going on.
- I hate this, to be honest. I really hate this.
- (laughs) What?
- I'm, like, cringing. This is cringe-worthy videos right here.
- That was cool. Alpha Phi's chill.
- I'm in that one.
I don't recognize that chant, though.
Maybe I'm not a good member. (chuckles)
- (girls) Ah, T! T-H! T-H-E-T-A TK! Ah, boom! Boom boom!
All these ladies go and say the T! T-H! T-H-E...
- (groans) This is honestly cancer.
-I love Theta so much now.
- I mean, it makes you excited a little bit.
- The one big similarity is I can't understand anything they're saying.
- (girls) If you go Theta now, we all would be so proud.
- After a while, they get a little catchy.
- They kind of toe the line of being fun and creepy at the same time.
- We go through a whole rush process and then, once you get in,
you hear all these chants.
But even in the rush process, you hear chants,
but you kind of ignore the chants, and kind of just hope
the whole sorority's not like that all the time.
- (girls) Alpha Gamma Delta! Come on and...
- What's up with the head shake? Like, what is happening?
- (girls chanting) - (camera girl) Yeah!
- (chuckles) (in high-pitch) YEAH!
Noo.
- (girls) Hey, hey, I'm glad I'm an Alpha Gam!
Hey, hey, I just wanna be an Alpha Gam!
- Wait! (chuckles)
Why am I so excited about this?
- (girls) (softly) Come on in, join the fun. Meet me at the...
- That's creepy when it went from crazy to just chill.
- (girls) Join the fun... - Oh, no. That was [bleep]--
That's like Annabelle shit.
Okay, that was kind of scary, this one.
- (girls) Hey, hey I just wanna be an Alpha Gam.
Hey, hey, I'm glad I'm an Alpha Gam. It's AGD for me!
- I don't understand how a girl can see these and be like,
"YES! I want to be part of THAT!"
- (in high-pitch) Hey, welcome! Oh my god!
Like, (groans). That's so [bleep] creepy.
- You don't whisper en masse.
That's just asking for people to be afraid of you.
- (girls) You will be a Zeta if you know what's good for you.
- That sounds mildly threatening. (snickers)
- (girls) ...through our songs of gray and blue.
Our crest is best... - And you've got the president,
grading them right there.
- (girls) ...to ZTA tonight for you.
You'll find the girls as nice as they can be.
So come along and join the best sorority.
- This one's very cultish.
- (girls) Hey! Makes you wanna say Hallelujah...
- I love how the girl behind the camera is joining in, too.
She's just loving it.
- (girls) Hallelujah, I'm converted and I'll be a ZTA.
- I'm converted? What?! (laughs)
That's a religious term!
- That was terrible. Thank you for that.
- This is literally a cult. They're converted? What?
If you wanna know what my nightmares are gonna look like tonight,
It's these videos. (chuckles)
- If I was a girl and was to watch that,
I would just be so turned off by it.
- They're doing it for the culture.
Might not be my culture, but they do it for the culture.
I respect it. - It's definitely a lot.
But if they're enjoying it and having fun,
then it's all in good nature.
- (FBE) Most of these chants and songs have been a part
of recruitment tradition for years.
Apparently, the chapters try to be as loud and catchy
as they can with the idea being that the catchier the chant,
the more likely the girl's gonna remember that sorority
and then pledge it when it comes time to pledge.
- I mean, I guess that kind of makes sense.
Like, yeah 'cause a catchier thing would stick in your mind.
- Absolutely. I mean, I'm not a girl,
but some of these, I'm like, oh yeah, I'd definitely do it.
- (FBE) So as a college student, were you ever a part of Greek life?
- I was not. They had no Greek row, 'cause ASU was like [bleep] that.
- I was never in a sorority, and I never really wanted to be.
No one's really that happy, and I feel like all the girls
just act happy and they all just fight all the time.
- Well, they actually don't exist at my university,
but I wouldn't have joined one anyway.
They typically are not actual charitable organizations.
They're an excuse to go to frat parties and feel popular.
- No, although I'm actually planning on doing it
when I transfer to my school.
- I was in a sorority for one semester.
- It was weird, because it was people
pretending to be nice to me, calling me their sister,
but behind my back, they'll call me a slut.
- I went into it as a way to meet new people,
and I'm really glad I joined Greek life,
because it made a really big school feel a lot smaller.
Plus, let's not kid ourselves, fraternities party and...
It's like an easy way to meet girls.
- Pros are definitely the people component.
- You get to meet everyone in all the sororities, basically,
and everyone in all of the fraternities.
And then cons, it can be a little clique-y,
could be a little much with a lot of the more formal things
you have to do, like those chants, and some formal chapters and whatnot
but otherwise, it's pretty fun.
- (FBE) Sororities and fraternities in general can sometimes
be pretty controversial.
They're known for their great philanthropic efforts,
and they do a lot of good, but they also face scrutiny
for their hazing and party culture. - Yeah.
- There's way better ways to be in a brotherhood or a sisterhood.
- (FBE) So as a college student yourself,
how do you feel about fraternities and sororities
and the Greek system in general?
- I mean, in general, they're pretty dope,
'cause some people, when I look at it,
they might not be the most social or outgoing,
so for them, it's a huge thing
to come in and being accepted right off the bat.
- You judge the sororities or fraternities as a whole.
And it's, like, that's kind of not fair,
'cause you have members that are in there
that are pretty great people, but it's, like,
because of the rap that said sorority or fraternity gets,
it's like, oh, that guy must be terrible,
or she must be a super snob or something because of that,
and it's like, no, these people are really nice.
- There is a heavy hazing culture or a heavy, you know,
obsessively drinking culture.
It's not a beneficial thing to a university, but it does
create smaller communities, which can be good as well.
- Being a part of Greek life, I saw everything positive
that was going on as far as, like, philanthropy events,
but then there is also the bad side, where it's the hazing.
As much as it sucks, it is one of those things
where it's, like, I am glad I went through it,
because it's funny stories you can share with your brothers
when you're older, and it's just memories you make,
and it does bring you closer to the guys in your pledge class.
- I feel like no one joins a sorority or frat,
because they help charity.
Everyone just joins it for the parties
and for the built-in friends, I guess, which is cool.
If that's how you make friends, I have nothing against it.
- It's hard to be in a sorority if you're not super girly.
So kind of if you're a tomboy, I don't really see them
ever having tomboys in their sorority.
- The way they chose girls for specific sororities
was they were very superficial.
I honestly got emotional sometimes, because there were great girls,
and people would be like, oh, she's not cute enough
to be in our sorority.
- It's very easy for discrimination to occur
because I don't think sororities
have to give a reason for rejecting applicants,
so it would be very easy for the head of a sorority
or fraternity to say, oh, well, you know, we don't really
want this person because of, you know, X, Y, and Z,
so we're just gonna say that they weren't a right fit for us.
- (FBE) Finally, if you were considering
joining something like this,
would these chants convince you or not?
- Honestly, the chants, my frat or whatever
Would have the best chants of all time.
- I'd run for the hills. If I was walking down a campus
and I just heard a shit-ton of girls
saying the same thing as loud as they can,
I would go to the opposite end of the line of people.
- They're not a selling point for me.
It made me feel uncomfortable, hearing those.
Like, are these girls forced? Like, they all have to do this.
Are they actually happy?
They're smiling, but I don't know how they really feel about it.
- I got a problem with 50, 75 people looking at me through a door,
all just like...
Usually, run the [bleep] away.
Like, you don't usually be like, oh hey, these are my kind of people.
- I would just run as far away as possible.
I would much rather someone come up and talk to me
and be like, "Hey! This is why we think you should join our sorority.
This is what you'll get out of it."
Not screaming at me and throwing their hair around. (chuckles)
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- Hey guys, Kyle here from FBE.
Thank you so much for watching this episode of College Kids React.
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