[IndianaSigKap]

I dropped out the round before pref. I was a sophomore with a 3.0. I had three chapters going into 4 party: Sigma Kappa, Alpha Xi Delta, and Pi Beta Phi. I didn't care for SK, even though I had two good friends in the chapter and loved them dearly. I just didn't feel like I fit in with enough of the actives. I didn't care for Pi Phi which was one of the top chapters on campus, again I had two good friends one with an older sister there. Again, I didn't feel like I fit in with the actives. I loved, loved, loved Alpha Xi Delta. However, the were brand new and that year was their very first formal recruitment. They were housed in a dorm that was quite old, it had been built as temporary housing after WWII for soldiers using the GI bill to go to school. They even looked like barracks, they were two floors of single rooms. My Dad had gone to my school in the late 60's and said the dorm was nasty then so there was NO way he was going to pay for me to join that chapter. I was really upset and dropped.

Later in the spring 7 chapters out of 20 went through COB. I really was hoping to get a call from AEPhi. The call never came, but the last week of COB I got two phone calls. One from SK. I went to lunch there and was hosted by one of my friends, she made sure to introduce me to people in the chapter she thought i would like. Had I met these girls, I probably would not have dropped out. They gave me a bid that day, but I said I needed to think about it. Then that evening Pi Phi called. They had three girls drop and wanted to fill the spots without anyone knowing and invited me to bid dinner and told me to bring a white dress. Before I even knew what I was saying I told them I had accepted a bid to SK. I got off the phone and called SK to tell them I accepted. :-) Sometimes things do work out how they're supposed to. I was put in the recruitment committee right after initiation, I had found my strength. If anyone had told me when I left for college that I would pledge any sorority, I would have laughed at them. As so many others have said, I would trade my sisters or my experience for anything.