Have you ever had an opportunity to join a Greek organization but you feel hesitant to do so because you feel like it's too late into your college career to do so? Well, you don't have to feel so alone on that, because I know exactly how you feel. I actually did not decide to initiate with a Greek organization until the first semester of my senior year and to be honest, I do not regret joining one bit.

Earlier in my college career, I had no interest in joining Greek life. I only heard about the absolute worst of Greek life stories from others, and it turned me off from it for a long time. That was, until, the very beginning of my senior year, when I got an email saying to join a gender inclusive national honor fraternity called Phi Sigma Pi. When I got the email, I decided to check it out and see if I would be interested or not. I went to an info session, and I was so interested in their values and ideas that I wanted to initiate to become an active brother. I was in a new member class of fifteen, and we were the biggest new member class they had in a long time.

Throughout my process, I was able to bond with all the other members of my class, along with bonding with the active brothers, and even some of the alumni. All of them were very sweet and supportive of me throughout my process, and since our chapter was very small, I was able to gain a more intimate bond with everyone that I wouldn't have had in any other organization. I met a group of friends that truly cared about me and were with me during my best and worst times, plus, I was elected to my first leadership position several weeks after I crossed!

While I'm not necessarily saying that it's absolutely NEVER too late to join Greek life, given there are rules on when you should initiate, but if you still have a little bit of time during your college career to join Greek life and you absolutely want to join, I say go do it. There will be several people that will tell you that there would be no point at a certain point of your college career, but don't listen to them. You don't need to join any organization super early during college just because people tell you to.

College is a time for experimentation and finding what you'd be interested in; and if you find that you'd be interested in Greek life later in your college career, like how I found out one semester ago, then it is nobody's right to tell you how late it is to join. Don't mind what anyone else says about your decisions, don't let them influence those decisions, and just do what you would like to do.