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Two reasons:
1) My mother and vast majority of my teachers were Greek. It wasn't so much the college aspect, but the fact that these people has "sisters" and "brothers" everywhere in the world. I also noticed that I was treated more favorably when teachers knew that my mom was their soror. (Not like better grades, but the mean teachers were nice to me all of a sudden, lol)
2) As I got older and more toward college age, I had a certain emptiness that I knew college could fill. I wanted to be around more people who thought like I did, people I could look up to but also be equals with. In my high school, sure I had friends, but we all had different destinies. I needed more people like ME to be around.
I always knew I would pursue membership in an NPHC fraternity, but it took years of research and observation to decide which one was truly the right fit. I had no men in my immediate family to push me in a certain direction, so I honestly gave them all a hard look. (As well as some non-NPHC orgs, too!)
Alpha Phi Omega came as a pleasant surprise. There came a point in my college career where APO was "calling" me. I was active in several activities, and it seemed like no matter where I turned, people were "coming out" as APO Brothers. And they were all SOOOOOO different, yet they all loved each other. I mean LOVED, like seriously, I saw crap loads of brotherhood among the APO's I met. And the more I met, the more impressed I was.
Now, I was somewhat conflicted...I knew I wanted to be in an NPHC fraternity, but here was APO -- right there on campus with some of the best and brightest and friendliest my school had to offer. Lots of service, lots of fellowship. I was "scurred" but I gave it a shot. Now, here I am with six years of Brotherhood under my belt.
And of course, I became an Alpha in Spring 2003, two years ago.
I am very proud of both of my choices and I will love them both until I die. I need them both in my life in very different ways...there's no way I could compare or choose between the two.
Anyway, that was probably a lot more info than anyone asked for, LOL.
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