Before I went to college, I was convinced I would never join a sorority. Now I can’t imagine my life any other way. I’m not a sorority girl in the stereotypical sense (although, if I’m being honest, I really do think my big is perfect), being a part of a sorority is so much more than a stereotype. It’s about having a place where you belong.
It’s about ordering cheese fries at 2am, after dancing on elevated surfaces all night long. It’s having access to a hundred new closets. It’s about someone to get coffee with, workout with, laugh with, and binge watch “Grey's Anatomy” with. It’s having someone (or let’s be real, someones) to cry with when your world is falling apart. Being in a sorority is being surrounded by people who love you, unconditionally, no matter what you do.
A sorority is a support system, and it’s cheesy to say, but there really is something special about joining the same organization as other girls. There’s something about knowing that a hundred girls share the same values as you do. Being in a sorority makes you part of something that’s bigger than you. You’re suddenly able to do things that you could never do alone, you have the courage to face your fears, knowing that a hundred girls will hold your hand along the way.
Being in a sorority is about having a big that will love you and care for your klutzy ass. Who will (literally) pick you up when you’re falling down. Your big is the mentor you never knew you needed, the person your life would be incomplete without. Being in a sorority is the realization that your big will one day graduate, and not knowing what to do when that happens.
Being in a sorority is more than people think. It’s the conclusion that all of your best memories derive from one single building, surrounded by the same people over and over again. Being in a sorority is being the best possible version of yourself, while being surrounded by even better people.
