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Why I Went Greek

Joining greek life is one of the best decisions I've ever made.

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Why I Went Greek
Katie Kramer

It’s that time of year that we all dread, back to school. When you’re in college though it means a completely different thing. It means everyone is finally back on campus after a long summer of doing god knows what.

But what it means to a sorority girl is recruitment season and all the summer prep for fall recruitment can finally be put to use.

Sorority Recruitment to some is something that they’ve always thought of doing and others say that they never want to be apart of it. Me on the other hand, I was somewhere in-between.

I had no idea what this whole Greek Life thing was so going into my freshman year and seeing all these things about sorority recruitment was a bit overwhelming.

Not to mention that I never in a million years thought I would be in a sorority. But I decided to sign up for fall recruitment and little did I know what I was getting myself into.

Initially I wanted to join for the same reason a lot of other people did, to make friends. I went to a college that was an hour away from everything I knew and loved.

With being in a new area I wanted to make friends that would make college some of the best years of my life. So I went into recruitment ready to learn about all the sororities and find the women that would be my forever friends.

And three years later, I found those forever friends and I wouldn’t change it for the world.

Not only did I get my forever friends, I got my biggest support system. I found people that’ll push me to grow and be a better person every day. I found a group of women that’ll be there for me through the good and cheer me up through the bad. I found an organization that shares the same values as I do and an amazing philanthropy. I found women that I could look up too and have as mentors. As cliché as it sounds I found my home away from home.

I found a group of women that accept me for me. Not only that but I am now apart of something that is bigger than myself. Sometimes I can’t even wrap my head around it because to think I have sisters across the country that share the same values as I do is unreal.

My point to all of this is that just because you think you could never be in a sorority at all give recruitment a try before you say no. You never know what you’ll get.

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