Here's to the girls who hardly have their nails done, would rather go out in a hoodie and jeans, and couldn’t care less about the latest gossip.

If you’re anything like me, some of your friends and family were probably shocked when you first gave them the news that you would be going to college a week early to go through rush. A week full of frilly dresses, hair and makeup done every single day, girls walking outside to greet you like robots, and songs about sisterhood.

Going into the process of recruitment I knew I wasn’t your typical “sorority girl” from the get go. I learned to drive a pickup truck when I was 7 years old, I’ve hunted deer with my daddy since I could walk, and there isn’t a childhood memory of mine that doesn’t involve me being covered in some sort of dirt or mud. These things defined me and suddenly joining a sorority sure wasn’t going to change them.

I’m not sure if I was pretending to be someone I wasn’t the first few weeks of sorority life or if I was just too busy with new member exams, date parties, and philanthropy events to notice but I wont lie, lately I’ve begun to feel pretty out of place in my sorority, and maybe even doubted it a few times.

It don’t get me wrong, I love the girly side of me too but the fact of the matter is, none of us are alike, and that’s okay. That’s okay because that’s what makes this crazy, weird, amazing greek world work. All different types of girls, from all different types of backgrounds can come together and somehow bond over silly songs/chants and way too many oversized T’shirts to find out that this is exactly where you need to be. Even though at times I’ve felt as if I don’t quite fit in to this lifestyle I know I’m right where I need to be because of the friends and memories I have already made, and that’s what its really all about.