All fall semester and a few weeks before recruitment week I was a little skeptical about going out for recruitment. I wasn't sure if I wanted to go out and join a sorority or not. The main reason was that I am a busy person. I work a lot of hours. I was not too sure if I had enough time for a sisterhood. Plus, I did not know anyone in a sorority. I never paid too much attention to it. But it looked like fun, and all the girls in a sorority looked so happy with all of their sisters around them going to classes and eating in the cafe. All I knew was that they were in a sorority, and they wore Greek letters.
I was off one day, and one of my hall mates invited me to go to a social for a sorority. I had no clue what I was going to get myself into. The only reason why I went was that I didn't have anything to do and I did not want to sit in my dorm room all day by myself. So I went. They were having pancakes and just talking and laughing. It was great! Free food? Heck yeah! All the sisters had such a good connection, they were all talking, dancing like no one was watching, and laughing. The moment I went to the social I knew then I wanted to join a sorority. I needed that in my life. I needed people who were going to have my back and support me through anything.
Fall semester was a little rough for me. I ended some of my friendships with some girls from back home who I thought were my best friends. I got the privilege to live with one of them, her and I both went to the same University and lived together our first semester at the school. I will leave the ugly details out and just say things did not end too pretty, and now we do not talk to one another. And for the other girls back home who I ended the friendships with took my old roommates side, and left me. After that happening, I felt very alone at school. I had some friends at school, but it was just not the same. I felt empty inside, and I did not have anyone to talk to about my feelings with, besides my parents. But, that was awfully hard because I could not see my parents every day and talk to them. I needed people at my school that I could call home.
So right after the social that day, I went back to my dorm, and I called my mom and told her that I was going to sign up for recruitment and hopefully join a sorority!
Since then, I have joined the best organization there is, Alpha Sigma Tau! I will always love my sisters for who they are and being there to support me. Being there for me when I needed someone to vent to, or just get coffee with. I love my sisters and would not change anything about them!
