Terrified — that's how I felt on my very first day of college. I was in a new city surrounded by new people, and I didn’t know what to expect. Although people told me beforehand how great college would be, I didn’t quite believe them. The main reason I was so skeptical was because I did not want to leave my old friends behind from high school, and I did not think I would make any new friends in college. Friends have always been a huge part of my life; they are always there to be my shoulders to cry on, the ones who make me laugh so hard I cry and the people I spend most of my time with. My best friends have always been the sisters I have never had. Since I was so little when I made those friendships, I honestly didn’t really know how to make new friends when I got to college. I didn’t think I wanted to join a sorority because I didn’t think that was really my thing, and so I thought I would be friendless.
When my parents left my dorm on the first day that I moved in, I was sitting there all by myself and didn’t know what to do. I ended up having to go get something out of my car, and once I stepped in the hallway, a girl living on my hall invited me to go eat Foosackly’s with her group of friends. We ended up talking the whole night and had the best time. I WAS SO HAPPY. I MADE MY VERY FIRST COLLEGE FRIEND!
Next, I met my roommate. I was so scared about this because I have heard some pretty terrible roommate stories. Although I had spoken to her before, you never truly know someone until you live with them. Whenever she first walked in the room, we instantly became best friends. We are like the same person (we even have the same Waffle House order), and when we first met it was like we had known each other forever! She is now my absolute best friend, and she is also the one that convinced me to go through sorority recruitment.
As I mentioned earlier, I wasn't going to rush a sorority. Nothing against sorority girls (I myself am one now), but I thought that being in a sorority would impact my grades negatively, and I wasn’t sure if the friendships that I would make would be genuine. Although I didn’t think it was for me, I decided to rush because I did not want to have any regrets. I was going to try it, and if I ended up not liking it, then I would drop. I started going through recruitment, and I pretty much fell in love. My whole experience with my sorority is something I could write about forever, but I’ll save that for another post. Basically, joining a sorority has given me the most amazing, genuine, fun sisters and best friends who have given me countless memories already and who encourage me every day to strive to be my best in every part of my life.
Overall, my first year of college has been absolutely amazing thanks to the new friends I have made. I can already tell that they are friendships that will last a lifetime.
