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Bid Day Is Better Than Christmas

An experience I will never forget

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Bid Day Is Better Than Christmas

As a kid, Christmas was by far my favorite holiday. Even when I found out Santa wasn't real, the feeling of opening presents on Christmas morning was really what made it such a sentimental event. Recently, (although I still really enjoy Christmas) another event was tossed my way that brought back these very same feeling, Bid Day! I’ve wanted to be in a sorority ever since my junior year of high school, and my dream ‘finally’ came true. Here at Michigan State University the rush process was two weeks long. Walking around in heels for hours on end isn’t fun for anyone. I cannot describe how many times I considered dropping because everything about this process was truly exhausting. The thought that came to me immediately after was how rewarding this process in the end. The only way I can describe rush to be is ultimately speed dating for your new best friends. I am a very clairvoyant person so picking a sorority that I could see myself meeting my future bridesmaids at was not a hard decision.

Bid Day was better than Christmas. I cannot describe the way I felt before opening my bid card. I thought the worst of the worst, the anxiety of opening up that beautiful white envelope that said what my future holds took over my whole body. Every time I entered the dream house I felt at home, I belonged. I never felt uncomfortable at Gamma Phi. The girls there were all very similar and I got along with every single one I talked to. Getting a bid from Gamma Phi was the best present I could’ve asked for. Bid Day reminds me of Christmas because there is no better present than 150 new friends. I could not even utter words when I saw that Gamma Phi wanted me, mutual selection never worked out so well. Running to my to the group of my now sisters was the most ecstatic I have felt in a really time. I was welcomed with an abundance of hugs, laughter, and smiles, I never felt so happy. I found my home away from home.

After ripping open my bid card, running over to Gamma Phi, we went back to the sorority house, had a party, and danced our hearts out. They gave us sleeping shirts as welcoming presents because our symbol is a crescent moon, how creative. This day surely felt better then Christmas and now you can see why. Joining MSU’s greek life was the best decision I have made since I got here and Bid Day will go down as one of the best days of my life and I cannot wait to share this memory with future pledge classes, family, friends, and everyone that I love.

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