To the freshman, sophomores, or even juniors that are going through the recruitment process at the moment, I feel your pain. All of us sorority girls do. However, we feel your excitement even more. Recruitment may be painful, scary, and stressful, but I can promise you one thing. In the end, it's all so totally worth it.
I'm sure you all have heard the different stereotypes of all of the houses here on our campus here at ISU. Maybe you've even checked out that dumb website called "Greek Rank?" Well, from one sorority girl to a future sorority girl, let me tell you, you'll learn to hate them. Every house has their stereotypes. Them? That's the house with all of the super pretty girls, but they're all super dumb. And them? They're known as the weirdos who don't go out and have fun. These different stereotypes are SO not true, or cool. Let me tell you, being in a sorority has made me realize how different each and every one of us are. Every house has the super pretty girls, the weird girls, and maybe not the brightest girls. However, this is what makes up a house. This is what you can find in not only one house on our campus, but in them all.
As I sit here now, as a junior who rushed her freshman year, I realize that Greek life here on our campus is huge, huge to the fact that I have friends in other sororities on campus and we don't let that define who we are as a person. It is OKAY to be in a different sorority as all of your other friends, it is OKAY to try out that house that might not be what you consider your favorite, and it is OKAY to give different people a chance. College is about new opportunities and change. Change is something that we, especially as freshman, aren't necessarily used to yet, but joining a sorority helps us transition so much easier when it comes to change. The different women we meet throughout recruitment help us become the woman we want to be in college, so it is extremely important to stop the stereotypes, and give every house, every girl, and every letter a chance.
As you go through recruitment this week, do all of us sorority girls a favor, and drop the stereotypes. If you don't get a call back from the house that you fell in love with, give the others that did call you back a chance. A sorority is your home away from home. You don't only find the house you belong in, but the house finds you. Those girls in that house are more than willing to help you make the house you received a bid from as your home. Being in a sorority isn't about all of the stereotypes or being in what is supposedly the "best house on campus", it's about creating a special bond with girls that you can call your sisters and putting on events to raise money for a philanthropy that appreciates you and those sisters more than you'll ever know.
