Recently I figured something out that shouldn't have taken me nearly this long.
Movies aren't right. They aren't right about most things, but one thing they definitely aren't right about are sororities. Especially for a small Division 3 school with 3,000 students max. Maybe at a bigger state school, sororities are how they are portrayed in movies, but not here.
I realized that just because I'm a sporty girl who never thought of a sorority in high school because that was for the preppy girl girls, doesn't mean that I can't join a sorority.
I've now realized that it's not for the preppy girly girls only. It's for the people who want to make more relationships that will last a lifetime. It's about knowing more people on campus and having more connections. It's about being able to have a greater bond with people you never would have met otherwise. It's about philanthropy and service and helping others.
This is a group of girls that I never thought I'd be in, in high school. In high school, I wouldn't have been caught dead wearing letters across my chest. But now, now is different. I don't have the same 'image' to uphold, nor do people care as much anyways.
I've realized that this is a group of girls I want to be able to call my sisters and call home for the next two and a half years.
So, to the girls like me who never would have thought a sorority was in their future: go for it. Run with it, and go full speed. Don't look back, all you'll see is an old version of you, but if you look ahead; a new, different version is waiting.
