Hey everyone! I've been lurking around here for awhile and finally decided to get my own screen name.
I'm a Junior at a VERY tiny school (1200 students!) in the South. We have four sororities, and there's a pretty significant rivalry between some of the groups. Two groups, in particular, are known to fight for PNM's.
On my overnight visit as a Senior, I stayed with and fell in love with the girls in the most popular sorority on campus. When Rush week came around, I was absolutely sure that I would end up there. However, I fell in love with my grandmother's sorority, which was one of the less popular two. On Pref Night, I had a fairly unique dilemma-- I had to choose between the "It" girls and the not so popular girls.
I hate to admit this now, but in my defense, I was 18 and very naive-- I made my decision based on what was "cool" and preffed the popular chapter.
On Bid Day, I was devastated to see that they had not given me a bid, but that my legacy chapter had. I think for me, it was harder to accept the fact that I had been rejected by anyone at all than to accept that I wouldn't be joining that particular sorority.
Since then, I've experienced life in one of the "bottom tier" chapters, while seeing "what could have been" in my face every single day. And you know, I wouldn't change it for the world.
While the other chapter typically has girls begging to get in, and they have the best mixers and parties, I'm so at home in my group that I can't imagine anything else.
Sure, it sucks to hear that your sorority is "lesser" or "uncool," but I know the truth-- I was just fortunate enough to stumble upon a hidden gem.
I know it's a little different, since I do go to such a small school (although we are 60% Greek!) but it's the same concept. I've discovered that all of my sisters are here because they WANT to be, rather than having the few girls who are just there for the sake of being able to say "Oh, well I am a XYZ at ABC University."
Sorry for the long and rambling first post!! I just have too much to say about everything.
