I joined Delta Phi Epsilon my second semester at college, I would have joined the second I got on campus, but my school has a policy that incoming freshmen must wait until their second semester to go out for recruitment. It was a big decision to make that literally changed my entire life because you know, it's not four years, it's for life. I go to what most people would consider a small school, we only have around 8,764 enrolled students, and the Greek community has around 800 members. When I tell people that I joined Greek life at my school they often ask me, "Why? Your school is so small, what's the point?" Then they follow up that question with opinions about us not having a Greek Row, and big legacies and things of that nature. They try to invalidate my experiences just because we are not as big as some other Greek communities. These aren't things that even slightly influenced my decision to join a sorority at my school.

Even when I was a non­Greek I knew how close knit the Greek community at my school is. I would see groups of people from different organizations eating together in the cafeteria and sororities and fraternities working together to raise money for different causes. I would not want to join a Greek community that did not support each other and welcome each other. I have friends in nearly every Greek organization on campus and that is really important to me. I really appreciate the Greek community at my school even though it is not big. Being able to walk down the hallway and see a ton of familiar faces is a great feeling.

I also appreciate the closeness of my sorority, I am a member of the Alpha class of DPhiE and even though our sorority is the newest on campus and we still have formed an unbreakable bond between our 92 members. I have met some of my best friends because of this organization and I would not trade the experiences that I've made with them for anything in the world. I never thought that I would be able to connect to so many girls in such a short amount of time but I have and that's something that I will always have.

Just because my school's Greek community doesn't have thousands of members and we don't own a huge mansion for everyone to live in, does not mean that we do not matter. I would actually say that it gives us an advantage because of how close we all have become. Now that I am a member of Greek life at my "small" school, I know always have a huge network of people who have my back. I know that if I ever needed something I have my sisters to help me out. Although Greek life isn't for everyone I can safely say that it was the correct choice for me. I cannot wait to see where the rest of my journey leads me with this wonderful organization by my side.