Dear Transfer Student,

I was in your shoes just a few short months ago.

I looked around campus each day at all the pretty sorority girls in their brightly colored tank tops with some sort of Greek letters and wondered to myself, would I ever be that girl?

They all looked so young, so full of life. I questioned whether their chapter would want someone like me—a girl who already has been through two years of college, already been through most of the things they have yet to overcome like awful professors and picking a major.

But that didn't stop me.

I decided to be brave and face formal sorority recruitment (aka the most exhausting week of my life).

I was up at 8 a.m. almost every single day, even on the weekend with a bright smile, Starbucks frappuccino in hand, and ready to face the day. Since my school only has 10 social sororities, we visited about five houses per day. This did not include the sisterhood, house tours and preference round.

During these rounds, the houses invited you to come back because they saw something in you that they obviously liked. During the whole process, there were some I liked more than others and some I didn't like at all. It was really hard to choose where I wanted to be because I had to remember they wanted me, too.

Each day I went back, my list got shorter and shorter. Houses dropped me due to numerous things and just like every girl would, I cried a lot. I felt discouraged, upset and worst off, I felt old. It really was hard deciding whether to keep going or drop out completely and if it wasn't for my Rho Gamma (that's who help guides you through the process), I would have dropped out.

But I kept going.

And on that fateful night of Bid Day, I ripped open my card and just like everyone else, I found my home. I am now the happiest I have ever been in college, and I feel so lucky to have made all the amazing friendships that I know will last forever.

So for all those transfer girls that don't wanna go through the process because maybe they think they don't have the grades or maybe they don't think they are the prettiest or smartest girls and that no house would want them, or even don't think any house will want them—think again. Think again. There is truly a house for everyone and I highly recommend going through recruitment. I promise, you won't regret it.