Anonymous #1 22h

I mean not everyone is, but I’m wary of people in the aforementioned groups because of bad experiences, the same way women are wary of men or don’t like random men approaching them. It’s been a safety issue for me too because a drunk white psych major was stalking and harassing me every day and I had to get police involved. Somehow she felt unsafe because a man of color was in her dorm even though I literally lived there and showed that my student ID opened the door and it had my picture.

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Anonymous OP 21h

But she said that it wasn’t me even though it had my picture and snatched my ID and I had to grab it back from her. I somehow resisted the urge to break her nose after she shoved me, blocked me from entering, and snatched the glasses off of my face. I could have because I’m 6’ 1”, but I didn’t because I knew the police would take her side.

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Anonymous #2 21h

Many people who want to be speech pathologists are too. Source: I want to be one and I have nothing in common with the people in my classes. A professor even warned me that I’d feel out of place and she’d be checking on me throughout the upcoming semester, because everyone in the class is going to be a white sorority-party girl and even as a white woman herself she used to feel out of place and like those people had nothing in common with her and they all had the same personality.

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Anonymous #4 19h

Those usually tend to be better than the typical psych majors. Some of the ones at my school are, but it’s mostly condescending neurotypical white women with a superiority complex who do it to pretend like they have empathy.

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Anonymous #4 19h

I also met a girl who claimed to be autistic and queer but is in a sorority which is known to be toxic at my school, and turned out to be an asshole as well. I have spoken with multiple former sisters who have told me how awful those girls are. And something really traumatic happened to my friend that she doesn’t even want to talk about it. I think it was bullying, hazing, rumors being spread, or sexual assault, or all of the above. It was so traumatic that she left the school.

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Anonymous OP 19h

If I got a nickel every time a white female psych major said she was neurodivergent but then later turned out to be a fake asshole, I’d have 10 ¢.

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Anonymous OP 19h

oh my god that's horrible, I'm so sorry for your friend. hopefully all those people get burned out in grad school and never become therapists

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Anonymous #7 19h

I had a teacher in high school who was ableist to me and another student in the class who was legally blind and wasn’t flexible regarding extra time on assignments, and she also treated us like we were less intelligent. Oh and that blind girl who is still my friend recently got diagnosed with autism. She’s the same age as me and completed her second master’s (really smart), while I don’t finish my bachelor’s with 2 minors until next year when I turn 24.

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Anonymous #8 19h

Yeah some of them are. But in the past I incorrectly assumed that being a psych or education major automatically makes you sweet, which isn’t true. You’d be surprised at the amount that aren’t. I met some really mean ones last summer when studying abroad in Spain who shamed me for being triggered after an SA. I cried once in front of them, like big deal, and I told them that I was seeing a therapist there and didn’t share too many details.

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Anonymous OP 19h

They weren’t that smart though, which made me feel better. One of them had been studying Spanish longer than I had and could barely hold a conversation. She was also double majoring in it lol. Neither of us grew up with it. And the other one kept spending money that she didn’t have.

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Anonymous #2 18h

as a psych major a lot of us doing this major cause we got problems of our own ppl come up to us expecting us to be a therapist and its like i cant even solve my own problems

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Anonymous #12 17h

I ended up majoring in Psych and Criminal Justice because I was tired of having mental health counselors being unable to help me and I found that people used to seek my advice ever since I was young (strangely), so I considered making a career out of it. I decided I want to be a voice for those who aren’t able to speak for themselves. Although my mental health is bad on some days, my college experience did help me in the end. I have more respect for those in similar situations.

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Anonymous #12 17h

some people are better at helping others than themselves

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Anonymous #3 16h

It also depends on how the Greek life is at your school. A close childhood friend of mine is in a sorority at UPenn. The Greek life at my school really sucks though. There’s also this one frat known as the rape frat, ΘΧ (pronounced Theta Chi). They are no longer officially a UMass Amherst fraternity (no longer recognized by the school), but they still have their house and parties. They’ve raped both boys and girls and take advantage of naive freshmen.

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Anonymous #11 16h

Sending you lots of love! I’m wary but won’t automatically decline a friendship if they prove themselves to be a good person. Just like how women are wary of men. 🩷🩷🩷🩷.

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Anonymous #12 16h

I’ve heard about this too. I’m talking about people who bully autistic people or see us as less intelligent. Not you 🩷🩷

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Anonymous OP 16h

I do think it’s worth noting that even though you’re kind of implying that she’s not actually autistic and queer, you can be Austin and queer AND be an asshole in a sorority. They aren’t mutually exclusive and being ND/Queer doesn’t have much to do with if you’re a good person or not.

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Anonymous #15 14h

I know! Most of my teachers K-12 were good, but for some reason the education majors at my school are so toxic. Like the next generation is screwed

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Anonymous #18 13h

It also depends on the person, like how not all men are bad, but enough to make women fear for their safety or not trust them right away. I also am afraid of people who get blackout drunk and party every single weekend, and seeing drunk people every weekend. I stay away from them because in the past I’ve felt unsafe.

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Anonymous OP 13h

I went to a school that’s always been known as the state “teacher school”, so I can kinda see where you’re coming from lol. I’ve seen the nicest people ever in the ed program, and also some of the weirdest.

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Anonymous #10 13h

It also depends on your school and the specific sorority. There are ones at my school that I steer clear of. At UMass Amherst ΚΚΓ, ΙΓΥ, ΘΧ the rape frat, and ΑΧΡ are bad. I’ve also interacted with people from ΑΣΦ and ΦΣΚ who have made me feel uncomfortable. The Greek life at my school is known for being toxic, and they all claim to not haze but do. For the frats they will make someone in charge of doing something (like posting embarrassing things) for a semester.

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Anonymous OP 13h

*posting embarrassing things on the shared Snapchat school stories

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Anonymous #13 13h

I’m sorry! Not all of you are bad, just like how not all men are, but enough to make you trust us less. I’m afraid of people who get blackout drunk and party every single weekend, because being around them has made me feel unsafe.

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Anonymous #19 13h

Also, overall, most people aren’t autism friendly. This isn’t a white women or a psych major or education major centric issue. It’s a societal issue.

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Anonymous #19 13h

Yeah I’m referring more to the neurotypical ones. I’m sure you feel the same way about men even though not all men are bad, but enough to trust us less at first, worry we have other intentions, or even worry about your safety, etc. I don’t feel safe being around people who get blackout drunk every single weekend.

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Anonymous #19 13h

That part is also true

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Anonymous OP 13h

I have no problem with sorority sisters. It depends on the sorority. I’m in SAI, which is the music sorority. We still got hella drunk with PMA (music fraternity), but overall, everyone was very sweet. Again, we need to stop generalizing. I also don’t think these issues are limited to sororities and fraternities, either. I also think if someone is getting blackout every weekend, they’re probably struggling with something themselves (regardless of how trivial it may seem to you).

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Anonymous #19 13h

If you are the exception, it doesn’t apply to you then. It’s like the phrase, “Not all men, but always a man.” The real issue still exists even if there are outliers.

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Anonymous #9 13h

I’m not saying there isn’t an issue. I’m saying it’s no where near limited to these groups the way people make it seem.

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Anonymous #19 10h

It’s frequent enough to be a conversation piece and genuine concern.

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Anonymous #9 10h

It’s frequent enough in every group, bro

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Anonymous #9 10h

Who says psych majors don’t go into medicine? You know pre-med isn’t a major in itself, generally, right? It’s like, an add-on. Of course, this depends on the school, though.

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Anonymous #19 10h

Where I went to pre-med was its own major. There are psych majors that do go into medicine because it’s an easy A required for med school.

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Anonymous OP 9h

I’m so sorry that happened! That sounds horrible. However, even though that happened, that doesn’t mean that those groups are more mean than other groups, just as my experiences don’t make the group as a whole more nice necessarily. I’ve had similar experiences. I was mercilessly bullied by preppy girls and assumed they were all mean for years. That’s what trauma does. I’ve learned that it’s better to evaluate people person by person though.

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Anonymous #9 9h

That’s not the case everywhere. I went to one school where it was its own major, but I transferred to another and it was an add-on. And no, being a psych major isn’t an easy A when it comes to med school, because you still have to have a high science GPA (which those courses don’t naturally come with a psych major. ie, the med school pre-reqs). You also still have to take the MCAT. You also still have to have extra-curriculars.

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Anonymous #19 9h

Med school in itself is competitive, it’s to be expected that getting in might be difficult.

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Anonymous #9 9h

Yeah, that’s like, exactly the point of my comment.

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Anonymous OP 7h

speech pathology is super white dominated so that tracks

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Anonymous #20 3h

Yup I’m one of the few non-white people and one of the even fewer men.

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