I love reading other people's recruitment stories, and I've toyed with the idea of writing my own for a while. I rushed about a year ago, so I've got a little bit of perspective on things – plus, I'm sick in bed today, so I figure it's as good a time as any
For starts, a little bit about about my school, and myself: In high school I had NEVER thought I would want to join a sorority. My main perception of them had been formed from movies like Legally Blonde. I did have one cousin who had gone Greek and wasn't exactly a stereotypical sorority girl in a lot of ways, but she still wasn't someone I had a lot in common with. NONE of my friends from high school were the type to rush (and I don't think any of them ever did). I thought sororities were dumb and, in fact, picked my school because Greek life didn't seem particularly huge there. It's a mid-sized school somewhere on the East coast in an urban setting – super liberal.
Fast forward to fall of my sophomore year – being that I was EXTREMELY shy and not very well-adjusted to college, I hadn't made a whole lot of friends. I was basically friends with my roommate, and friends with her friends only by proxy. A few girls on my floor freshman year had rushed and seemed to make a lot of friends that way. I saw girls wearing letters hanging out in the student union building. It seemed like they always had people around them, and I wanted that. Even if I wasn't sure I'd fit in.
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