Sorority Life

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Sorority Life
Created by Sergio Myers
Opening theme "You Get Me" by Michelle Branch
Country of origin United States
No. of episodes 28
Production
Running time 30 minutes
Release
Original network MTV
Original release June 24, 2002 (2002-06-24) –
2004 (2004)
External links
Website

Sorority Life is a reality television show on MTV that aired from June 24, 2002 to 2004. The show consisted of girls pledging to become part of a sorority.

First season

The first season occurred at University of California, Davis.[1] It followed 6 girls over 10 weeks as they pledged Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi, a 4-year-old Jewish sorority that was relatively unknown on campus at the time.

Second season

The second season occurred at University at Buffalo.[2] It followed 6 girls pledging for the Delta Xi Omega sorority.

Third season

The third season occurred at the University of Southern California.[3] It followed girls pleding the Zeta Sigma Phi, an independent multicultural sorority on campus founded in 1994.

Reception

Sorority Life as a whole has been reviewed by Citynet Magazine, with the reviewer noting the differences between the reality of sororities and the image that MTV was projecting in the series.[4] Citynet commented that MTV seemed "to think that bringing out the sorority stereotypes is going to boost ratings. Maybe they’re right, maybe not. Either way, I’m not overly impressed."[5] The magazine also noted that sororities with similar names to those in the show were also receiving hate mail from viewers.[6] Multiple sororities have come forward about the show, decrying the show's depiction of sorority life and politics.[7]

Spin-offs

Fraternity Life was a spin-off of Sorority Life that was filmed at fraternities at the same college as the sororities during the second and third season.

There is now a highly popular Playdom game called "Sorority Life", which is also known as an application on Facebook.

References

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  4. MTV Sorority Life: Season One Citynet Magazine
  5. MTV Sorority Life: Season Two Citynet Magazine
  6. MTV Sorority Life: Season Three Citynet Magazine
  7. UTC sororities speak out against MTV's image of "Sorority Life UTCEcho

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