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When I was a freshman and sophomore, I really didn't think about rushing at all. Best Friend #1 goes to USC, and she got a pamphlet about rushing before she started school, and Best Friend #2 gave her a hard time for thinking about rushing (even though she wasn't really thinking about it much). Then Best Friend #2 rushed at Chapman University and became a Phi Sig and absolutely loved it (we tease her about being hypocritical, but she's so happy there, and we still love her). All summer after my sophomore year I was getting farther and farther away from my school friends and was really looking for a sisterhood that would mirror what I had with my best friends from home. My Phi Sig best friend was so in love with her sisterhood, and I was thinking about rushing here, but we only had 2 sororities (Alpha Phi and DG) and they were incapable of housing all the girls that wanted to go Greek, so I didn't think I had a chance with them as a junior if even the freshmen and sophomores were being turned away because of capacity issues. Then a DG friend of mine told me about Theta colonizing here, but I didn't really think about it too much. Best Friend #1 at USC joined a Christian sorority (Phi Beta Chi) last semester and it got me thinking again about what I would get out of a sisterhood that I wasn't getting elsewhere on campus. When a few of my friends became charter members of Theta, I decided that it might be a good fit for me, so I went to one of their pre-rush events (our formal rush is in January). I stayed the whole time and just loved the girls, they were so friendly. I thought I would have to go through formal recruitment, because I was overwhelmed and was afraid they would all cut me b/c I was too old, but then my friend Mel told me about some COB for upperclassmen before formal rush and I went to that. I got a bid and the rest is history! I'm so lucky to be a Theta---it really is where I belong!
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