Recruitment is a blur of names, faces, and songs. Before that busy and confusing week, I remember attending recruiting events and meeting a lot of people, but other than at those events, I didn’t feel like I was necessarily being recruited by anyone. Ultimately, that’s what I liked most about Kappa and the reason behind my choice on the last day of recruitment.
Early on, I met quite a few Kappas when auditioning for the dance team, and I noticed how much they loved each other and how close they were as friends. After observing this, I realized that was what I wanted out of a sorority. I wanted a group of people who were my friends and who loved me for me. As the year went by, I met a couple of other Kappa members who I soon became really great friends with and began thinking that Kappa was the house for me. Because of those friendships, by the time recruitment came around, I knew which house I wanted.
When I first arrived at Centre College, I had little to no interest in going through recruitment, thinking it was that awful sort of movie-like ordeal that only led to a bunch of girls screaming for no reason, but I soon found that it’s not like that. Admittedly, there are a lot of screaming girls, but I see now that they had a reason for their screaming. As one of my friends and now sisters told me, “bid day is the day you get to fully show and scream your love for Kappa.” Now that I’m on the other side of the recruitment process, I understand what she meant. I can't wait to be able to stand outside my house and scream for my love of Kappa as we welcome our new members into the sorority.
Kappa was the house for me. The girls were genuine, loving, supportive, and so much more when I joined, and they have only proven themselves to be even better as I got to know more of them. Recruitment is a time for each house to put on a show and to try to reign you in. We even put on skits for you to try to show off our skills, or lack thereof.
But the truth that everyone knows or realizes is that it’s all a show. It’s like going to an interview; you don’t show off your weaknesses or faults until after you’ve gotten the job. So remember how you felt before that week and what girls you got along best with because those are the ones who you’ll want to call your sisters.
The best advice I can give to any girl going through recruitment is: don’t get swept up in the names, the shows, or the sudden friendliness of every sorority girl on campus. Remember who your friends were before hand and what sort of vibes you got from each of the houses, because sorority life isn’t just a string of Greek letters and cute clothes, it’s a second home.
