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Originally posted by KillarneyRose
And if you don't feel that you can get anything out of your affiliation after you graduate from college, well, all I can say is you joined for all the wrong reasons.
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Well Said!!!
What I will always carry with me from my college fraternity days is the self confidence that I gained having been involved in an organization that encouraged me to be myself and to take chances. I think about the leadership positions that I held, both within the fraternity and in the IFC, and the fact that it helped me not to be shy, but to be outgoing. When I was at a rush party as a freshman, man I was SUCH a wallflower-mainly because I had this perception of fraternity men like the Omegas in "Animal House", or the Alpha Beta's in "Revenge of the Nerds", and I didn't think that I was nearly that cool. But I guess that my brothers saw something in me-a true desire to be part of the brotherhood of Phi Kappa Psi, and from the moment that I received my bid, I was different. It may sound corny, but now that I am in the working world, I have the confidence that I can fit into any social situation, and I am not intimidated by others, no matter what the occasion. So, yes there were some moments that were not the most mature (road trips, certain parties, discussion of potential brothers), but overall, I know that my collegiate experience would not have been nearly as rewarding if I had not joined.