When I came to college, I had no idea what I was getting myself into. I went to the same school from seventh through twelfth grades with the same 36 people in all of my classes. I had never been to a public school, let alone a public college. I decided to sign up for sorority recruitment as a way to meet girls that were around my age, little did I know I was going to meet some of the best people I would ever meet in my lifetime.
Recruitment was a struggle for me. There were roughly 1700 freshman girls fighting to be a member of one of the nine sororities. The days were long and the nights were short, full of anxiety because you did not know what houses were going to ask you back. There were a lot of life lessons learned that week about everything happening for a reason, staying humble, and most importantly, being yourself.
When it was finally Bid Day, every girl that made it through recruitment gathered on the Horseshoe where we received our bid cards. My Pi Chi lined us all up and had us put our hands behind our backs and close our eyes. She placed our t-shirts and bid cards in our hands and counted to three; every girl in the group went silent. It felt like she was taking years to finally get to "three," but when the word came out of her mouth, there was a brief pause, and then mass chaos erupted. There were so many emotions on the Horseshoe that day; there were sad girls, mad girls, happy girls, and girls that were just glad that recruitment was finally over. Words cannot explain how happy I was when I opened my eyes and saw that Kappa Kappa Gamma had invited me to become a new member in the Fall 2008 pledge class. I felt a sense of joy, comfort, and relief wash over me as I ran to the 200+ girls that would soon become my sisters.
Since joining Kappa, I have truly become the woman I always wanted to be. Through the leadership positions that my sisters have elected me for, I have become more responsible and confident, and challenged myself in more ways than I can count. I know that if I am ever having a bad day or just need to talk to someone, I just have to walk through those double doors on the huge front porch and there will be a sister willing to drop what she is doing to help me with whatever I am going through. The friends that I have made in Kappa truly are my sisters. We share a ritual and a bond that have tied us together for the rest of our lives, and I couldn't ask for anything better.
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