why are YOU a DZ?

DeltaZeeSC · #1 12-17-2003, 01:15 PM

Yeah...i'm an idiot...sent the post before I was done...so lets try this again! This board has been quiet, so I thought i would liven things up.

Why are you a Delta Zeta? What was it that made you feel that DZ is the place for you, and what is it that makes you continue to feel proud?

I guess I'll start:

The first greeks I met on campus were DZs. They were so down to earth and I hit it off with them immediately. During formal rush, Delta Zeta's party was the only one where I felt like I had known these girls for years! They were awesome and I could completely be myself. As for why I continue to feel proud...I would not trade the friendships I have made for anything in the world. I also have so much respect for our history and ritual. My sisters are the reflection of myself and who I strive to be!

DZ Love
Liza

PlymouthDZ · #2 12-17-2003, 07:00 PM

I joined DZ because...
I met 2 of the girls and became really close friends with them, and then they introduced me to the rest of their sisters and they were just so friendly and I just felt so comfortable with them. I continued to hang out with them for a semester then pledged the following semester. Since I've pledged and been initiated, my sisters have been my pilars. They truly are my best friends and I just know.. without checking out any other GLOs that DZ was the place for me! I know I'll be involved with DZ for a long time to come because I want future sisters to have the experience of a lifetime like I have so far

love in DZ and mine,
ann marie

Star Turtle · #3 12-18-2003, 01:39 AM

i chose dz for a very terrible reason:

there was a girl in my speech class, and she was absolutely beautiful. perfect hair, gorgous clothes and the cutest shoes. one day i saw her in letters, and a couple of weeks later i saw a sign for informal rush for dz. i went to rush, and FELL IN LOVE with all the girls there. that semester, i didn't get a bid (i cried for a WEEK) and i resigned that i wasn't pretty enough, like that first girl to get in.

as the semester went on, i met more girls from the chapter, and became pretty close to a couple of them. the next semester i had an out of town internship, so i missed roundtable rush.

next semester (third in story) i went back, scared to death these wonderful girls would reject me again. turns out they all remembered me, and they were so impressed that i tried again - and i got a bid that time!!!!

as i pledged (new member-ed??) i learned so much about these girls, and while the chapter is still full of the most beautiful girls, but the most important thing is the personalities of my sisters...

that's the story!

docdaisy · #4 12-21-2003, 10:29 PM

My story is a little embarassing, but it's the truth...

Delta Zeta was considered the "best" house on campus and was filled with cool, smart and beautiful women. Being overweight, I never thought I'd be "good enough" to be a DZ (or a member of any sorority, for that matter). The sororites seemed untouchable to a plain and pudgy girl like me, when all the houses were filled with the most popular women.

One day my boyfriend (who was a TKE) was trying to convince me to rush. He said that he'd give me $100 if the sorority girls turned out to be as bad as their reputation. So... I went through rush and no one cut me! I found the most wonderful women in the world inside the DZ house and they made me believe in myself. 17 years later, I couldn't be prouder of my sisterhood!!! You guys are the best!!!

dzandiloo · #5 12-22-2003, 01:29 PM

docdaisy-What a crazy story! I'm glad you found out how great DZ women really are, even if it did start out w/$100 on the line!

I went through recruitment b/c I had met some of the sorority women on campus & liked them...before I moved into the dorm, I never gave going Greek a second thought...I didn't think people like me were "sorority material." I was a geeky Rainbow Girl-not someone who would wear Greek letters & hang out with fraternity boys. In the end, it was kind of a dare I made to myself--I had horrible self esteem in HS, but wanted to turn over a new leaf in college, since only 2 people on that campus knew me before (my future bro-in-law and my roomie)....trying Greek life seemed like the best way to do that.

Before & during recruitment, the the vast majority of the sisters in all groups on my campus seemed like normal people--I was so surprised! Many gorgeous girls who I never would have been friends with in HS b/c I would have been intimidated (I thought I was plain & pudgy too) were as friendly & welcoming as could be. The DZs especially warmed my heart b/c no matter what the subject was throughout recruitment, they found a way to bring it all back to sisterhood-not just parties & having fun.

I remain a loyal DZ b/c it made me who I am today. I am more self-confident, I take pride in myself & my accomplishments and I love my DZ sisters as much as I love my own blood relatives! And the experience is now, even richer b/c I have met so many wonderful sisters through Greekchat & Surfing Sisters! Who knew this was all possible when I pledged (about 15 years ago!!!)??

tinyturtle21 · #6 01-13-2004, 01:58 PM

well i started out late at my school..i went to a junior college first so i was already 21 and kinda of going against the whole sorority thing.. thought i was getting too old to be messing around with that. but after my first day after walking through the "quad" as we call it..there were hordes of people jsut standing around and hanging out..i couldnt even get through..thats when i figured out that all these sorority girls were out and all these guys were hanging out..and so i played along..going to tables acting interested and talking to the girls..the only girls that i really liked were DZ. i went through the whole formal rush process and it was scary..i was a nervous wreck. i thought they are going to cut me..and i will be stuck with none or the ones i dont really want. well after pref..i was still unsure they would take me even though i did cry and carry on with my girl that was rushing me. i felt soo silly ..like why am i crying..the next day after siging the bid card for DZ..i was elated. anway..i had a great time..and even though i didnt keep in ntouch with all the awesome girls i met..my best friend is a dz and she is awesome.

lilDZCarol · #7 04-05-2004, 09:30 PM

This was only in October but seems like it was soooo long ago.

I came to college a year late so was a little out of actually being a teenager and needed and wanted a way to get back in touch with being a student and teenager and not the premature adult I had become. One of my friends who was pledging AEPi introduced me to another one of his friends. I had said that I wanted to rush but I was just too lazy. I had already missed the house tours that nite and really didn't want to go thru rush by myself. The two of them would not take no for an answer and I was going to formal recruitment that next week with my new friend. I had never felt so accepted before in my life. 3 of the 5 sororities have be invites back two nites in a row and I didn't know what to do. At pref night with DZ I knew that I belonged there. I loved the girls so much and walked out with one of my to be pledge sisters that was crying that she loved these girls so much and wanted to be a sister. I felt like I was at home with these girls and that they would help make me who I really wanted to be. My Chapter is a little crazy at times but I love my sorority. I met some of the greatest people ever and finally gave my big the little she had been waiting years for!

Carol
Epsilon Zeta Chapter
Drexel University

HollisterDXiChi · #8 04-06-2004, 04:16 PM

What you all say about the DZ's you met at school and became friends with is totally true. I went to school at HSU and wanted to pledge DZ but moved before formal recruitment came around. The ladies were sooooo down to earth and real and friendly. I moved to Savannah and started at AASU hoping there was a chapter there but there was no greek life whatsoever. You ladies are awesome and it only makes it more true that everyone had the same thing to say about their sisters at different chapters around the Nation. I am a local sorority right now but if you look at my letters and colors...DZ isn't in there for nothin'

Its actually funny cuz Armstrongs GC said that we remind her of DZ's at her school