The media is flooded with content based off of fake, over the top sorority life such as movies like House Bunny, Snapchat segments of drunk girls on Barstool, and other low-quality memes and posts.
However, none of that is the reality of Greek life. I am proud to be part of an organization that consists of all the good that those Greek letters represent. In movies, sorority houses are always these giant mansions with half-dressed college girls running around with perfect manicures and designer bags -that is FAR from the truth.
Our Alpha Gamma Delta house is a modest size, where seven of us pay rent to live, and all of us get to enjoy our cozy home together.
All of my sisters and I are beautiful women, but not Instagram models or basic white girls. We love to run around in our letters and leggings (usually from Target), go to class, the library, coffee runs, and campus events. The image of hot chicks tanning, lounging and partying all day every day is simply not the reality of it all. It's something so much better.
The fact that when I searched on YouTube "soro" and the first suggestion to come up was "sorority chants from hell" was... honestly hilarious. We don't do that. The closest my Alpha Gam sisters and I get to that nonsense is screaming our lungs out at home games for our Eagles.
What we actually do is serve our community with Meals on Wheels and Feeding America, host events to raise money to end hunger, and try to build a better community here on campus for everyone to feel at home. We're all so lucky to have found our home at Alpha Gamma Delta, and we want others to find their home too.
Whether that's in our house, in another sorority, with a club or different organization, or just with classmates and friends.
One major part of our AGD Purpose is "to cultivate an acquaintance with many whom I (we) meet" and to "cherish friendship with but a chosen few and to study the perfecting of those friendships".
The idea behind this is ultimately to create an environment of community all over campus and a sisterhood full of sincerity and fun. It's not all about the pictures, letter shirts, and the sorority title. As hilarious as the "sorority chants from hell" are, and as entertaining as "Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising" is, they are not accurate depictions of real Greek life.
We do love a good slumber party, but that's not our entire identity. With that being said (especially to my college people out there) try anything new. Go check out the club for your major, or a cultural organization that you want to learn about. Bring a friend to structured Greek life recruitment.
Join a music group on campus. There are so many opportunities out there available to you, full of people who want to be part of your gang. So I encourage you to add another chapter to your story and try something you haven't tried before. Have fun out there!
