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When I went to college(a large southern campus) I knew little or nothing about sororities; kind of surprising since I grew up in a big city, and attended a large high school. I was an only child of older parents though who had not attended college, so I guess it was just never something I thought about. Right before I went to school, two of my mom's friends mentioned that their daughters had been in sororities at my campus and would do recs for me, but that really didn't mean anything to me, and I chose not to go through rush as a freshman. When my roomate and I checked in, we were in the dorm that had been used for rush, so I had a quick eye opening as at least half the girls on my hall had pledged houses. The girls next door were both in a certain house and I soon discovered that many girls from my high school had pledged there. I didn't really understand it at the time, but they rushed me informally all year - inviting me to pledge and spring formals, and I was convinced that I would pledge there as a sophomore. That spring Sigma Kappa recolonized at my campus and I rushed informally, never intending to pledge, but really loved it and ended up being a spring pledge. I have always had really good feelings about the other house though, and wonder if that is where I might have ended up had I waited until fall to pledge. I was fortunate to be on a campus where there were many houses that would have been great places to be - of course now I would never go anywhere else.
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