[oceanphi01]

I never, ever thought of myself as a sorority girl. I didn't come to college looking to join a sorority because I thought they wouldn't accept me because I'm not blonde, blue eyes, rich, and skinny. Then one of my best friends went through formal recruitment my freshman year. She just went through it to see what it was all about and absolutely fell in love with the girls of Alpha Phi. She introduced me that semester to her future sisters and I fell in love with them as well. I joined because I felt accept by people of all shapes and sizes who joined because they needed female companionship. (The ratio here is 5 males to 1 female.) Now I can't see myself having done anything else. Yes, I still am no where near the stereotypical sorority girl image that people still think exists everywhere (they should come see my chapter), but there's more to being in a Greek Letter Organization than what you look like. I honestly don't know where I'd be right now if I hadn't joined Alpha Phi.