When I came to Syracuse I knew right away that I wanted to go through the Recruitment Process to be in a sorority. It was a really long, painful, and cold process that was spread throughout 2 weekends. Though, I do think that it was well worth the struggle.
Our Rho Gammas, advisors that were given to us help us within the process, always said to us that we just needed to just the process and everything will happen for a reason. It sounds super cliché and annoying because all that you want to do is end up with a cool group of girls that will be your family.
For me, the process is all finally over, and I found a group of women that I believe will make me the happiest I can possibly be. The women of Alpha Xi Delta chose me and I chose them as well, nothing could possibly make me feel more proud.
From the moment that I walked in Alpha Xi Delta I knew that I would want to call them my sisters, it was the only place where I felt was insanely comfortable and I just knew that I would always be able to be myself when I was around these women. Every person there was so genuine and so excited to meet me and get to know me.
When rushing this is exactly what I was looking for in a house, and it made me so happy that I actually found what I was looking for. I wanted to be apart of a group that not only I could grow with but also support me in anything that I would do and I knew that these girls would do it.
As I waited to open my letter in the HBC auditorium surrounded by so many friends I was so insanely nervous. I was hoping that I was going to so 'Alpha Xi Delta' on the little card so bad. As my hand was shaking I opened the envelope and saw exactly that. We then had to run to our house with our new sisters, that was probably the biggest struggle, especially with everyone else on campus watching your every move.
But it was all worth it when we finally reached the house and we were rewarded with the most adorable and pretty bid day celebration that was created by other PC classes. We were welcomed by our new sisters jumping and dancing holding up signs with our names on them and I have never felt so welcome and at home. Pure joy, is what I felt, looking around and seeing all of my sisters for the first time, I can barely even describe the feeling because I just felt so happy.
I don't know what is going to happen in the future, but I do know that I made a really good decision when I decided to rush. Not only am I happy that I found my people but I am also happy that all of my friends that are in different chapters than me found their homes as well. This is really just the most rewarding experience, and I would recommend that anyone should do it.
