A former sorority member has candidly revealed the bizarre reasons she was “terminated” from the sisterhood.
Sydney Thomas has amassed over 378,000 followers on TikTok by documenting her daily life in the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of Alabama.
But she’s since spoken exclusively to DailyMail.com to reveal she was kicked out of the group — which costs $8,000 a year to join — after other members deemed her a “debt” for being popular on social media.
The 20-year-old student also talked about the recruitment rituals and secrets of Greek life.
Sydney Thomas has amassed over 378,000 followers on TikTok by documenting her daily routine at the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of Alabama
She has since spoken exclusively to DailyMail.com to reveal why she was kicked out of the sisterhood — which costs $8,000 a year to join
Speaking to DailyMail.com, Sydney revealed that her impressive social media presence made people know who she was before she even got to college — adding that she was more popular online than the other girls in Alpha Phi from the start .
She claimed that as a result, she had a target on her back from the moment she arrived — with the older girls dismissing her as “responsible” for their sorority’s reputation.
Sydney was in her freshman year at the University of Alabama when she “rushed” and said her experience was unusual because everyone was “tense” about the rumored Alabama rush documentary exposing the dark side of Greek life.
She eventually joined Alpha Phi, which costs freshmen over $8,000 a year to join—not counting a dorm room or college tuition.
The student, considering the cost, said she really liked the other girls, but that sorority leaders and senior members had to follow “all these rules.”
But Sydney was adamant that she didn’t want a girl who was only a year and a half older than her and told her what to do.
The rules included not going to bars and not standing on “raised surfaces.”
Unfortunately, Sydney and some of her sorority friends were held up on stage at a party, saying that “the presidents didn’t like that.”
Sydney Thomas has amassed over 378,000 followers on TikTok by documenting her daily routine at the Alpha Phi sorority at the University of Alabama
She eventually joined Alpha Phi, which costs a freshman more than $8,000 a year to be a part of—not counting a dorm room (pictured) or college tuition.
She was then summoned to a meeting where leaders said she was a “responsible” because of her “large following,” and just 72 hours later received an email saying she was “disbanded.”
Sydney told DailyMail.com she believes she was singled out after discovering the other girls who broke the same rules got away with a warning.
The recent HBO documentary Bama Rush exposed the dark side of Greek life and sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama.
What comes after recruitment is often kept quiet, as sorority newcomers must swear secrecy about hazing rituals and initiation duties.
But Sydney exposed some of the realities, including that they had to “trade” with fraternities.
This meant that new members of Alpha Phi were pressured to “join” new fraternity boys in front of everyone else.
She said that before “swapping” the members of the sorority also shouted inappropriate chants in a basement to cheer them up for the event.
One of the chants the newcomers had to say was “we are the freshmen, we fuck the best men.”
Speaking to DailyMail.com, Sydney revealed that her impressive social media presence made people know who she was before she even got to college.
She claimed she had a target on her back from the moment she arrived — with the older girls dismissing her as “responsible” for their sorority’s reputation
The recent HBO documentary Bama Rush exposed the dark side of Greek life and sorority recruitment at the University of Alabama (Pledges can be seen during Bid Day 2022)
Alexis Gorin, 18, is another famous TikToker who attends the University of Alabama.
She recently opened up in a video shared with her 12,000 followers that she had “dropped the rush.”
Alexis said she hadn’t found her “sisters” and her “home away from home.”
She called the rushing process “mentally exhausting” and said many girls, including herself, “can’t do it.”
The social media star said 18-year-old girls shouldn’t be criticized for what they wear, what they do and what they say.
Florida’s Morgan Cadenhead also spoke recently about how difficult the rush process was.
She argued that hours in the “crazy” heat exhausted her and that she couldn’t afford the luxury designer brands that many other sorority girls wore.