Dear all ~1900 Potential New Members,

Going through sorority recruitment can be a tasking process. One may think that going through as a PNM is EXTREMELY weird because you are practically speed dating with girls you know nothing about, and you walk into a house of ~300 girls that you have never seen before cheering at you. Honestly, being a sister in the house full of girls cheering at random PNMs is just as weird if not weirder. We welcome each PNM into our home with open arms and talk about anything and everything trying to figure out who this girl is and what she is like. The conversations get bizarre, trust me.

My recruitment process is a blur except a round at the house that I am now initiated at where I know that I talked about my dog... typical. I remember nothing else. I told myself, "the topics of conversation could not have been that weird or I would have remembered them, right?" Most likely wrong.

Going through recruitment on the other side made me realize that any topic, except for the 5 B's, is possible. I have had strange conversations with girls, including how many times I've binge-watched OTH and FNL, Tim Riggins being one of the most beautiful men on that planet, how green tea puts me to sleep, I smell like a cough drop, being a sophomore and still not knowing where my classes are, but most importantly my love for my chapter.

I joined a sorority for a reason much like everyone else, to make a big school feel smaller, find my lifelong friends and to experience opportunities greater than I could have ever imagined. I found that in my chapter, but I also found that with what I have been pouring out to PNMs all week. I have found support, dedication, love and involvement. The positions I hold, my academic success, passion for our philanthropy and organizations I have joined are greatly due to my sisters. My conversations in the house that is now my forever home last fall probably were just as awkward as the ones I have had with nuggets this week, but that is what makes them memorable.

You can have a great conversation with a great girl all about that specific chapter, but having a strange conversation means you are both comfortable in the chapter room together full of strangers. I could have talked to my little about how I sweat constantly in this Carolina heat walking to class, but that is what makes recruitment the best. Finding sisters that vibe with you on subjects that others may open your eyes to new personalities and friendships is what this process is about. There are three days until what was the best day of my freshman year, and as a sister that is so close to my sorority family says, "we're gonna need a wholeeeee lotta ranch to dip all of these nuggets in." My eyes have been opened to a whole new light of sisterhood these past two weeks. So if you are a PNM, stick it out. You will find your home here at Carolina like I found mine. Think nothing of those weird conversations, because weird conversations are the best conversations. Lastly, GIVE ME MY BIG BACK!!!