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To Our Newest Pledge Class

After all the make up is off and we change out of our matching outfits, we are still so excited to meet you!

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To Our Newest Pledge Class
Abby Shidel

Welcome home beauties! We are so thrilled to meet you, get to know you, and love you just as sisters did to us when we were in your shoes. After being in my sorority for a year, there are so many things that my sisterhood has taught me, given me, and showed me. Here’s a little bit of advice and some insight of what we are all feeling towards the next best thing: you, our newest PC.

I know recruitment week was a rollercoaster, to say the least. You ran from house to house, tried to look your best in the sweltering hot sun, and you were bombarded with questions that easily seemed like they were categorizing you into groups. To some of you, this process was amazing because you are an extrovert that loves meeting new people. To others, it was a little more difficult to show your true self to others in such a short amount of time. And, to a lot of you, you felt rejection, either big or small, sometime throughout the week that made you feel vulnerable. Let me tell you something: we’ve all been there. We all felt judged. Nevertheless, we made it, and you did too.

We want to let you know that we wanted you. Because beyond the makeup, beyond the cute dresses that you spent all summer trying to find, and beyond the hours you spent in the mirror trying to tame those flyaways, we saw something so beautiful in you that reminded us of our own sisters. We spent countless hours preparing to find you and show you that you were meant for this sisterhood.

So, what now right? Bid Day is over, classes have begun, and you are now part of a sisterhood. See the thing is you can’t let it stop there. You will get out of it whatever you put in it. The first thing I suggest is to know that you can be yourself around us because that’s exactly what we want. We want to know your weird quirks, your funny stories, and your no-makeup, hair-in-a- bun, self. With that being said, come to the house as often as possible, and especially for lunch and dinner. Lunch and dinner is the time that you share with the people you love back at home, so feel welcome to do the same thing here. Meet a sister that lives in the house and ask her to visit her room. Meet your PC and go on frozen yogurt dates with them, they’re going through the same thing you are so you guys already have a similarity to bond over and share.

With that being said, another piece of advice is to have fun meeting everyone. Don’t get stuck on meeting just a couple of people and solely being with them. Yes, clicking with someone and finding your people is wonderful, but there are so many other sisters you have to meet that you will love and adore. Instead of having the mindset of “I need to find my big, my best friend, and my future roomie all within the first week,” have the mindset of “let me get to know as many people as I can because they all want me to be here.” Everything else will follow naturally. One of the best things I’ve found in my sorority is that one year later I still look forward to getting to know sisters I previously didn’t.

I can confidently say that we are all so stunned by what a beautiful individual you are, and how you mesh with one another so perfectly to make an amazing PC. You are the perfect little piece that our sorority was missing (Cheesy, I know—but I’m being serious). Thank you for seeing in us just what we saw in you.

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