Successful AIs: Do you feel you "missed out"?

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This post is intended for those individuals who have successfully been initiated into a sorority/women's fraternity as an alum. I'm not *exactly* sure what I'm asking, but I'm interested in any input or comments you may have.

I've been actively pursuing AI again recently. As I've been ramping up my efforts lately, I pulled out my old "rush" materials from when I went through almost fifteen (!) years ago. Long story short, the org I'm pursuing now - XYZ - is one of the orgs I attended Preference Night at before I decided to drop out of rush for personal reasons.

Anyway, those materials, which I hadn't looked at in YEARS, brought all these memories flooding back to me about how all through that rush week I knew I wanted to be an XYZ. Then immediately I felt a rush of regret, kicking myself for dropping out of rush in the first place (I was basically worried it might be too difficult to juggle such a big commitment with other commitments - my Rho Chis repeatedly stressed how this decision was "for a lifetime" - which was kind of intimidating to me at the time).

I often wonder how different my life would've been had I not dropped out of rush, the people I would've met, the experiences I would've had, the sisterhood I could've shared.

Do any of you feel that you "missed out" on a big part of sisterhood by not having the college experience?