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CONGRATS!! I hung out with some Gamma Phi Beta's from Miami U in Ohio on Friday and they were AWESOME!! I am so glad you get to be a part of this fun group! And thanks for such great posts--you made this week so much fun for us too.
As for the rivalry thing, sadly, I think that is everywhere, but I also think it ends up only being a small group that makes it really bad. I know when I was a member going through recruitment, my roomate and I had 3 girls we REALLY wanted for AOTT. All three preffed AOTT and another group, whom we were big rivals with. And only one ended up AOTT. My roomate was absolutely livid that these 2 girls had gone XYZ and made a point of saying this over and over again. While I did wish these girls had been my sisters, I made a point of finding them and telling them congrats, and then spending tons of time with my NEW FAVORITE SISTER, who I had wanted for so long. I think its kind of a glass half empty or half full mentality. You can be upset that you didn't get a girl you wanted and be mean to her whole group or you can be SUPER excited you got the cool girls you did and focus all your energy and keeping them and your sisterhood strong. And you are a new class, you can make this divide less huge. Keep up all your friendships with as many girls as you can and your college life will be so much richer. Even all of us here on greekchat know that little tug when a girl posts that she dropped your house, and most of the time, we don't even know this girls first name or what our GLO is like there. But we do know that knowing each other and learning from each other makes us better people and better sister(and brothers) for everyone. Just be the best GPhiB you can be and everything else will fall into place! Congrats again!
Lesley
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