Why did you join AGD?

Laine4JC · #1 07-29-2001, 08:42 PM

Alright ladies..we'll all be returning to school soon and I just wanted to get us in the spirit of sisterhood and Recruitment. I thought we could share why we joined AGD...it reminds me to encourage others to take part of Recruitment and find a sisterhood as wonderful as ours.
I don't know about y'all but I have never claimed to be the "typical sorority girl" and I never will. But there was something about those Gams that made me want to be a part of them. I wasn't even planning on going through Recruitment...I had already paid to go snow skiing (we have Recruitment in Jan). Yet, my friends said they wanted this to be an experience that we all share together, no matter the decisions we made regarding signing a pref card...they were pretty convincing to say the least. And honestly, overall I did not enjoy Recruitment...I'm just not "the type," but I did enjoy the AGD parties. At Pref Night a girl (now my Big!) spoke with me and told me her story of how before AGD she could never have seen herself in a sorority. Boy could I relate to that! Well, needless to say, I knew where I belonged...and that was in AGD. AND, all 8 of my friends that rushed along with me...well they are not only my friends now, but my sisters as well!
This past year I told my story to a girl at Pref Night whom I had become friends with early on during Fall semester. She said that totally sounded like her. Well, she's my Little now! So, now I look for the girl that could never picture herself in a sorority, but has so much to offer one...the one that didn't have any concept about sororities except for what she'd heard through gossip or a Beverly Hills 90210 episode. lol I let her know that she too can share in a wonderful sisterhood as well...one that she wouldn't give up for anything...one like the one I have with my sisters!

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ilovemyglo · #2 07-30-2001, 01:16 AM

I know what you mean!! Seriously that is our chapter!! We are the girls that didn't want to be in a sorority..
I went through rush because my roommate got on my nerves. We were friends but she didn't make friends on her own, and I did. She wouldn't go anywhere with out me and it annoyed me cause I couldn't even go to the library without her following me!! So I figured she could join a sorority and that would take up her time. I hated most of the places I went.. the girls were fake and had me talking about dances and boys... UGH!! At AGD the girl and I got to talking about a mutual friend that had died the year before. We discussed that plus more... we were talking about what we loved about our school, what we were interested in and why we didn't want to be sorority girls. It was funny!! We got to talking and I loved all the girls I got to know!! They were like me!! They were real girls that had a lot of thoughts and aspirations beyond meeting boys and partying!! I knew I wanted to be apart of it and have been ever since!!

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greeklawgirl · #3 07-30-2001, 03:19 PM

What a great thread!
I transferred to my university as a sophomore and I didn't know a soul on campus. I thought that rush would be a great way to meet other girls with similar interests as mine.
When I walked into the rush orientation, I met the Alpha Gams. They looked so together and so friendly, I couldn't wait to learn more about them.
As rush week progressed, I knew that AGD was where I HAD to be. I saw lots of diversity. They were smart, ambitious, funny, friendly, classy, knew how to have a good time. They weren't there for the parties or the boys. They were there for EACH OTHER. These were girls that I would be proud to introduce as my sisters. (Oh, damn! getting misty eyed now.) On pref night, when the sisters recited the Purpose, I got chills up my spine. The Purpose was MY life mission statement, only said more eloquently than I could ever imagine. That is when I knew that I was born an Alpha Gamma Delta--I just didn't know it until then.
Funny story. I was Panhellenic President my last year as an active. During formal rush, there was one rushee who was having some trouble with her pref card--she couldn't decide which sorority to put first. I didn't know which ones she had visited, but I soothed her, squeezed her hand, hugged her and told her to go to the place where she felt at home.
On Bid Day, when I could finally reveal my affiliation and rejoin my sisters, I was thrilled to see that same rushee as our pledge! She later told me, "I was torn about which sorority to put first. Then you sat and talked with me and you squeezed my hand. That's how I knew that you were an Alpha Gamma Delta. Only the AGDs were sweet like that. I knew I had to be an AGD."
Remembering things like that make me proud to be an Alpha Gam!

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"To hold truth inviolable, sincerity essential, kindness invaluable."

KEZ-AGD · #4 07-30-2001, 05:56 PM

I went to informal rush events. I went to about three or four for another sorority. The other sorority, for the most part gave me the cold shoulder and were hard to talk to. Then I saw a poster for an informal "get to know us" night for the Alpha Gams. I was nervous to go, since my other experience wasn't so wonderful. From the first second I walked in the door I felt at home. Every single one of the girls talked to me, asked me questions. We laughed and talked way beyond the time the meeting was scheduled for. I had four other nights were we hung out and had fun. And on the final night I recieved my bid. I was so touched I fought back tears. I knew this is where I belonged and I felt completely at ease. Now I have a wonderful family. I am very proud to call each and everyone of the girls my sisters. They have been the most caring and concerned friends I have ever known. Alpha Gam is a great blessing in my life. Now I couldn't imagine life without my sisters!

ees125 · #5 08-02-2001, 10:49 AM

This is all to freaky...I felt the same as everyone who has posted already. No real desire to rush. Did it because my best friend was just for the heck of it. I never have and still do not see myself as a typical sorority girl. Alpha Gam was smaller and closer and I just fit in. And oddly enough my best friend became an Alpha Gam too...we had our differences at one point, but being sisters we pulled through. I can't even imagine being somewhere else...