Shy. Quiet. Pushover. Alone. 

Those are four adjectives that I would use to describe myself for most of high school. I was always afraid to be my true self. From freshman year up until summer before senior year I switched friend groups a lot and stuck to myself at nights and weekends. I just wasn’t happy and I didn’t feel comfortable in my own skin. I was always nervous to talk to boys and I never wanted to embarrass myself. It was a hard couple of years, I had bad experiences with supposed friends treating me like garbage and for most of my life I always put all my eggs in one basket and got screwed over.

The summer before my senior year I met a group of people who I instantly clicked with and we hung out all the time. They are still my best friends today. I started to see myself slowly transform into the person I am today. They helped me to see that I am someone special and that I deserve to be happy. They also taught me that it is good to have a group of friends instead of just one. I thank you guys from the bottom of my heart for helping me start my transformation.

When I started my freshman year at MSU I had no interest in going Greek I just didn’t see it being for me, boy was I wrong. My friend who was a senior in SDT was talking to me and telling me all about her sorority and how they were having an informal recruitment a few weeks later and that I should come and talk to the girls. She made me think that it might not be such a bad idea and the more I thought about it the more excited I got. She even took me to dinner with some of her friends a little before and I really liked the girls I met. It was a few days into their informal recruitment and we had a preference ceremony and that was when it really hit home for me that I belonged there.

 I am so thankful the sorority gave me a chance and helped me to become my true self. I had a really bad first semester of college and I think that if I didn’t have the sorority behind me I might not have stayed in school. Because of the sorority I met girls that I will be friends with for life, these girls accept me completely with my flaws and all. I came into the sorority as shy, weak, and not knowing who I am. As a junior I am outgoing, I love to try new things, and I getting stronger year by year. For a girl who had no interest in joining a sorority I became the parents day chair my freshman year and I was even on our executive board as Vice President of Scholarship. There are plenty of times where I don’t know what I am doing here and I feel annoyed with the sorority, but I just think back to my old self and realize it was one of the best decisions that I ever made. If an incoming college freshman asked me if they should join Greek life, I would say yes without a doubt.

Outgoing. Brave. Happy. Loved.

Those are some of the adjectives I would now describe myself as a junior at MSU. If you would have told me back in high school that I would be in a sorority and have a couple of different close group of friends I would probably not believe you. Thank you to everyone that has helped me to transform into the person I am today.