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I knew nothing about Greek life before I went through recruitment - in fact, when I heard someone say "Are you interested in going Greek?" from a table when I was on my way to class during my first week, my first reaction was like "Wait, what, are people trying to get college students to move to Greece??" ... I felt pretty stupid!
The idea of it was intriguing, though, so I registered, took home the pamphlet, and read up. What really cemented the idea for me, though, was when I told my family I was thinking about trying recruitment and my stepdad went "You? In a sorority?" and started laughing. Maybe it's not the best of reasons, but his disbelief that I could get in pretty much doubled my determination to see the whole thing through, if that makes sense?
Plus, I've never much liked relying on stereotypes to make my decisions about things. I prefer to experience them before I make up my mind.
When I went through recruitment, though, the biggest thing that stuck out was the amazing sense of sisterhood - all my life I've wanted something like that. Not only to have a sister, but to be a sister! I have a brother, but he's younger than me by two years - just close enough in age that he wants absolutely nothing to do with me. (Except to use my discount at work.) And besides that, the chapters on my campus did a lot to give back to the community - and since I'd had so many opportunities just because of where I lived, I wanted to be able to give back too!
And I guess the rest, as they say, is history.
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