for anyone that is still hesitant about greek life and scared about being dropped from their top choices, I just wanted to share my own story as I went through recruitment in the beginning of January...
so going into rush I had a few different houses in mind, and one that I did not want AT ALL. They were constantly my bottom choice, but then after a few rounds of rush everyone had dropped me and they were all I had left. I was an emotional mess and so hurt that everyone else didn’t want me, but I got talked into sticking with rush and continuing on with the one house even though I didn’t care for them. So comes pref day I finally started to have an open mind I finally saw something in the sorority that I had not felt previously. Well on bid day I accepted a bid to this sorority, but was still not 100%sure about, but I knew I would have regretted not giving it a chance. So throughout bid day I did have fun, got to meet girls in my pledge class, and hang out with an awesome older “pi pal”. Well, the next day comes and we were supposed to receive our new member pins, and on this day I was still really unsure and upset about the whole “Do I really belong here” thing. Well I, once again, was convinced to stick around just a little longer…and now I’m here. Five weeks later, I am now an initiated member of Alpha Delta Pi and truly could not be happier. I have beautiful, strong, supportive, and caring sisters who truly live for each other. My awesome pi pal from bid day is now my amazing big diamond sister. My pledge class has already become some of my closest friends. This realization of how much I love them hit me last night though. After our imitation in the morning, very generous alumnae hosted a banquet for us. While there, all of the alumnae shared that even thirty years later they continued to live for each other even under so many tragic circumstances. Then the senior members of our chapter shared what their dreams for our chapter were, and how they want everyone to have the same experiences of living for each other and becoming a better, stronger woman. Needless to say, there was not a dry eye in the room…So that’s my story. If there is anyone out there that stuck around to read the whole thing I just want to say if you were offered a bid to your least favorite house, please just give it a chance I promise you won’t regret it.
