[GtownGirl98]

Please take this for what it is...

I colonized a new chapter on my campus, instead of ever going through rush. But I had had a year to figure out without rush that this was the best for me. So stay till the end and then decide. Follow your heart, not the crush. Here is my thoughts.

Colonizing is a wonderful experience but hard. You are pledging a new chapter while condutting chapter business. You are more emotional tied to this chapter and its success. It is your baby.

You are also always seeing the established chapters with their set traditions and ways, and you think that you could have been in one of those. You always are thinking "how together those groups are". When in reality they aren't. They have struggles also. So remember that the grass is always greener on the other side.

I had many girls come to me and tell me "how cool to be the first" and you are... you will always be remembered as a colony member. I can tell my children that I was #33 of my chapter and I was involved in setting the traditions of the chapter. But it is work. You are setting the campus vibe for your chapter. Your chapter has a clean slate but you are also having a establish what your chapter is. So you get to help define your style, it isn't defined for you.

I don't know if this makes sense but I know that there are other Greekchatters out there that are colony members who can add to this. The pros and cons for being the first.

I wish you the best of luck. I don't know if you are a prayer but that has always helped me make my though choices easier.