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[RisingSun]

I really need help with a situation and don't where where to turn. I don't have any hometown girlfriends at my school and can't ask casual friends or my sorority sisters. I've called up a few of my BFFs from back home who are off to their own colleges now, but they either didn't rush or will early next year. One of them suggested this site. My mom is great, but had the opposite advice of what I wanted to hear.

I'm attending my dream school. I definitely wanted to join a sorority and had a lot of fun during rush week. I received a bid from my sorority of choice and Bid Night I was in a dream world, starting to feel like I belonged.

The ?problem is that I was known by many people on campus before I got here because someone in my family has a familiar name. When I went through rush with the other girls, they knew who I was and were very excited to meet me. I never had that reaction at my other schools growing up because I had the same friends for so long. I liked make new friends with the other pledges, but a huge part of me wanted to fade into the woodwork whenever they fussed over who I "was.". During rush, thesisters in the houses didn't say anything at all if they recognized my name---not once the entire rush week. I was hugely happy when I got a bid to the house I wanted.

However, since Bid Night a few older sisters have rather suddenly brought up about "knowing" me, asking questions, and paying more attention to me than the other girls in my pledge class--very nicely, but still I felt awkward. Maybe I'm paranoid, but it seemed some of my pledge class didn't like it. I did everything I could to be kind to the house sisters and also include my new pledge sisters, but I'm definitely getting a lot of extra attention. Only a small part of me likes it because it doesn't seem it's really about the real me. None of the sisters paid this huge amount of attention to me in comparison to the other girls during recruitment and it was one of the big reasons why I wanted to join this sorority.

I really don't want this to be the case, so trust me when I say I'm not imagining this. The sisters in the house are making a fuss over me and a few of the other sisters and at least a few girls in my pledge class seem to look at me like they think I'm being treated special and they don't like it. I'm doing every single thing I can to make that not happen, but the sisters coming up to me seem to be important at the house and I'm sooo confused how to even act at this point. I find myself making a huge effort to include a few pledges more deeply in the visits when the older sisters start talking with me, but the convo always seems to turn around to something to do with me. I know I'm being ambiguous, but I don't know how else to say this here without being vague and I don't know where else to go. My brother and parents think it's great and I really don't, because I want to be liked for who I really am here. I can't imagine changing schools.

I know first impressions are very important and I don't want the girls in my group to resent me. They are still friendly with me, but I sense a little friction. My very BF told me iit's only been a couple weeks and this will all die down, but another friend said that I have to nip it in the bud or my pledge class will not bond with me. I have a real tendency to believe my best friends from home because they know the real me.

Gosh I hope this makes sense. I've battled with how to write it because I don't have any other place to turn. This IS my dream school, I'm excited about my classes, super excited about the sorority and the sisters there, but do not want to wreck things up.

If I'm right and some influential older sisters in the house are paying special attention to me (to the point of near embarrassment), what would you suggest for how I can make sure I don't alienate my own pledge class in any way at all?

I'm really trying hard and posted here after thinking this through and coming up with no other solutions than what I'm already doing. I'm hoping this makes sense because it's been a long day, I'm tired, and I have to be vague. I hope you understand what I'm trying to say.