Rushing a sorority has been something I have dreamed of doing since middle school. In fact, Greek life was the core of my every depiction of college, and I could practically see myself wearing a set of letters across my chest -- dancing through the "Animal House."

This was of course until I committed to the University of Indianapolis -- an anti-Greek institution. UIndy has never allowed any Greek life on campus, regardless of the number of times the matter has been brought to the administration's attention. Numerous polls have been taken, all bearing near the same result -- around 50 percent of UIndy students see the infinite benefits that allowing chapters on campus could entail, and the other 50 percent are afraid of the atmosphere becoming too "cliquey."

*face palm*

In my time here, I have found other ways to cope with the absence of Greek life on campus -- although giving up my childhood dreams has not been easy. Here are a few that might help easy your pain as well.

1. Watch all five seasons of ABC's "Greek." More than once. I literally am now and officially a Greek guru. I would kill to be in Casey Cartwright's shoes. It was on Netflix for a short period of time....petition for its return.

2. Apparently, a little birdie told me, that UIndy students have the ability to rush the fraternities/sororities a few miles down the road at IUPUI (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis). I have not completely validated this, but it is probably worth the shot.

3. Date a frat boy. My boyfriend is a Sigma Nu at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, and I swear that their house is one of my favorite places to be. It's a little eery how similar his brothers are to those of the fictional fraternity Kappa Tau Gamma (seriously, watch "Greek"), and I wouldn't have it any other way. I was once jokingly asked to rush his fraternity, and I think I died of happiness inside.

4. Join a club. It's the closest you're going to get, OK? I'm involved in a few here at UIndy, and the relationships that I have with my peers are somewhat similar to that of a Greek sisterhood. Well, not exactly...but we still have a lot of fun.

5. Create your own fictitious Greek society. I had some friends back home at Wabash College convince a group of freshman boys that they should rush their nonexistent underground fraternity....and they did for a whole semester. They wore pledge pins and the whole nine yards. In retrospect, they probably got in a great deal of trouble -- but its a fun story to tell.

6. Live vicariously through your high school friends' Greek journeys on social media. Naturally, I'm a stalker, but seeing how much my childhood companions "love their big" secretly makes my heart hurt.

7. Make friends with girls. This is a difficult concept for me, believe it or not. If I were in a sorority, my sisters would have to be my friends, or at least pretend to be. However, I have found a few girls that I absolutely adore here at UIndy, and we just so happen to live together. We can be our own little sorority...right?

So, there you have it. How I deal with my biggest woe. Even though being Greek will never happen for me, I still love college.