I wasn't going to. I came to campus staunchly anti-Greek. I joined other clubs and figured I just wouldn't have time even if I was interested (which I kept telling myself I wasn't). My roommate and I got along great except for one thing: she was super homesick and started staying in bed all day and not doing anything except watching 90210 reruns. Somehow she did manage to meet some people from ADPi who invited her over for some COB events. She ended up joining and moved out of our room Thanksgiving break. She would come by every once in awhile to visit and the change in her was remarkable. She was happy, doing well in school, and had even stopped watching all the reruns.

The next semester she invited me to an even at ADPi. The second I walked into the house I knew I wanted to be a member. I loved the sisters, I loved the house, and I loved everything I was learning about being an ADPi. It was just home. I joined as soon as they offered the bid. Part of me wishes I had gone through recruitment just to see what would have happened if I had looked at all the options, but I have a feeling the result would have been the same. ADPi was and still is home!

Edited to make it make sense

I was happy. Simply put, the ladies made me feel comfortable & happy.

i have deep seeded self hatred issues.

its as simple as, i felt like i could be myself. it just felt right, and has kept on feeling right. alot of the top fraternities at my school are either 1 of 3 stereotypes in my opinion -- very fratty and traditional ala KA, a bit more progressive like the LXA's and the Pikapps, or the ones that i don't even count bc they are so itty bitty and no one knows about them.

now not that i don't like KA's, cuz i actually know a couple and they are really cool, but there's no way i could be in a fraternity that advises you to dress a certain way, and i def couldn't be a part of one where everyone was the same. the LXA's at my school are a great group of diverse guys. not just racially, like we have a some country folks, city kids, really fratty types, conservatives, liberals etc. its just a really good mix and the chemistry and the brotherhood is just awesome.

one of my closest friends in the fraternity is a real country kind of guy and i would never think he was as cultured and intelligent as he is much less consider him a friend before i was in the fraternity(i'm one of the city kids). that's brotherhood right there, lol --

I had been really active in organizations in high school and was feeling lost in college. I joined a group called The Ambassador's Society that was an honorary (meaning, you had to be invited and had to have a certain GPA) service organization on campus which focused on recruiting students to campus. My best friend from high school went the same University that I did although he was a year ahead of me. I was dating his roommate. They both became TKEs and a lot of the Ambassador Society people were greek. I definitely wanted to be Greek because I was surrounded by Greeks all the time.

Why AGD? Well, there were only 4 choices at my school at that time. I knew some women in one of the sororities and they were like mother hens to me, which bothered me, so I didn't even consider that group. Another group was large and popular, but none of them spoke to me at first rounds. They apparently had no rotation plan. Yet, even though I dropped their invite at second rounds, they invited me to Prefs, which I thought was weird. The third group was really super small and nobody had really heard of them. And then there were the Alpha Gams. They were warm and friendly and inviting from the start. At that time, they were a group of campus leaders and had the highest GPA and the fraternity guys thought they were "stuck up" because the Alpha Gams wouldn't sleep with them all the time..lol. I knew that's where I wanted to be! In the end, it was definitely the best option. Recruitment was different at my campus back then. After going to only two of the four first rounds, and only one second round and one preference, I did the ISP thing. It's the only place I wanted to be.

Alpha Gamma Delta has been such a huge part of who I am for 21 years now. I can't imagine having made any other decision.

Dee

I'm a Theta Chi because my school has deffered rush. I probablly would've gone TKE, KDR or Sigma Chi if it hadn't. But I didn't pledge spring semester, because in the spring semester, I caught pneumonia. I'm a Theta Chi because of my friend, who came to visit me one day because he missed me because he hadn't seen me around. I told him that I had been sick, so this guy, out of the kindness of his heart, goes around to all my proffessors and tells them why I haven't been in class and not that I was fucking around. I probably would have failed out if it wasn't for him. He was a pledge then, Alpha class, and extended the helping hand to me. I will never forget that. and then him and Rob [his name is Colin] came to visit me like every day untill I got better and could hang out again.

*******
I wish I could be with my pledge brothers right now.

I actually joined when I was a freshmen, and I went to all the rush activities, and was actually surprised when I realized that half the girls rushing I went to high school with, so it was nice at first because it was familar for me, growing up with these girls, and then pledging with them, but I also realized quickly how much I loved my organization and all the new friends I was making, not to mention the various events we're involved in around the community. I dont know I just love the enviroment I've established for myself in college...and it's open so many door for me now that I'm graduating.

Nichole

Why Sigma?
 

Why Sigma?

The Girls
Sorority recruitment is way different that fraternity recruitment. After attending all the parties I realized that I felt at home in Sigma. When I was at their "party" everything just clicked. It felt so natural to share their company.

The Symbol
For those of you who don't know, the symbol of Tri Sigma is a sailboat. The sailboat is ment to symbolize forward motion. To me forward motion is progress. Having delt with and overcome many challenges in my life, I like to view my self as a person who takes pride in progress. When I found out that Sigma was about progress and moving forward, my decision was made.

Why I stayed?
Sigma has become the family that I was missing. They took me as I was and helped me to find myself.