I recently came across an article that when I was done reading it I was left furious. I realize that wasn't the intention of an article title To the Girl Who Didn't Rush This Year. I know that it was intended to make girls that didn't go through sorority feel like they're not alone. Everyone needs something to relate to.

There's no need to bring down others while trying to uplift another group. There was no need for you judge the girls that had gone through recruitment. I may be a little biased but there's nothing wrong with joining a sorority. I joined a sorority my first semester of college and I couldn't see myself doing anything else. I've learned so much about myself and grown so much as a person from joining a sorority. From going to different leadership conferences to taking on a leadership position in my chapter, I've learned how to be a leader and my public speaking skills got better.

Every person in a sorority is different. I can tell you right now that I have never had that perfect tan skin or had an aesthetically pleasing Instagram for that matter. But you know what I have done, I've been to countless numbers of concerts including being in the 4th row at one of the pop-punk concerts she mentioned. We all have different personalities but that is what makes being in a sorority so cool. No matter how different we are, we all come together over one unique set of values and I think that's the coolest parts about being apart of something like this.

My sorority has never once told me I had to fit in this so-called mold that the writer of the other article said exists. We empower our members to make the most out of their college experience and get involved. I'm sick and tired of people saying that I pay for my friends. If you actually ask a person that is in a sorority what their dues go to they'll tell you it goes to the business side. You know all those philanthropy events you always see going on, the dues we pay go towards those things, not friendship.

My sorority sisters are the reason I found my home at my university. They helped me become the person I am today and not to mention I've met some of my best friends from being in my sorority.

So what I'm trying to say is that before you go out an start judging the girl that joined a sorority maybe you should ask her why she joined.