What was the most memorable moment of your New Member period??

[KSUViolet06]

With rush approaching, I just thought we should all take a trip down memory lane. What are some memorable moments from your New Member period? I'll start:

* Getting my bid (that I honestly didn't think I'd get).

*Being told by seniors @ Founder's Day that I was "the future of Sigma"

*Winning "Most Dedicated New Member" @ formal, after only being in the chapter for 2 months.

*Wearing my letters for the first time to our Skate-A-thon and taking pictures.

*Having girls I'd never met before, hug me like a lifelong friend when they first saw me @ the house.

[PiPhiGirl2005]

JocelynC, you come up with the best topics!

Favorite moments of my New Member period:

* Running up the hill with my roommate to get our bids - both Pi Phi! And pick up night: meeting all the actives and the rest of my pledge class (most of whom I didn't know already), and then calling my parents afterwards and telling them all about Pi Phi.

* Big sis pick up, where my big sis was revealed and I was showered with gifts from my new family.

* Wearing my pick-up shirt to class the day after I got picked up, and then wearing my letters to class the day after initiation.

* Arrowdays (our I-week). Such a fun week! I loved waking up and finding breakfast from my big sis in my dorm room each day.

* Becoming good friends with my roommate. We were close before, but Pi Phi made us sisters, and we had such a fun time experiencing our New Member period together.

There are more that I just can't think of right now, it was such a fun time!

[Tom Earp]

Why, because I started the Local.

But, was Initiated before any of the Colony and WOW that was a surprise!

Out of the Blue and could not say anything.

Didnt for years and told some of the other Brothers of My Chapter much later and they were dumb founded!

Well, no more than me!

[AlphaFrog]

~Bid Night

~Coming home to my dorm room to find a huge ASA sign and a message from my best friend written on it.

~Gertting elected Vice President of Alumna & Heritage (I ended up getting initiated 2 days before taking office)

~Receiving Ladybug (Spirit) Award at Formal

[aephi alum]

When I joined my local:

- Getting my bid
- Walking into my sorority's bid day party and promptly getting tackled by all my new sisters
- Putting on my pledge ring for the first time
- My big taking me shopping for my first letters
- Getting to bond with all the sisters, especially my pledge sisters

These are all from when I was pledging my local sorority. I think the most memorable thing about us joining AEPhi was the chance for some renewed sisterhood bonding.

(I'm treating ritual as a gimme...)

[piphimaggie]

1. Picking up my bid

2. Coming back to my dorm after pledging only to find my door festooned with crepe paper, candy, and a construction paper arrow signed by every member of chapter.

3. special ordering and then receiving my 1st pair of letters from a lady who makes a living out of making them in Peoria (still wear it often)

4. Having a sad Valentine's Day turn into a happy one when one of my sisters showed up at my dorm with cookies in hand

5. Being part of something larger than myself and feeling at home.

[Sahara27]

~ Going to our chapter room for the first time, and just seeing how close the girls were with each other.

~ Meeting the rest of my pledge class while we were waiting for our initiation to begin -- it's so weird to think back to when I didn't know my pledge sisters!

~ Coming back to my room and seeing all the decorations that the sisters plastered with my doors with!

~ Getting my first set of letters and wearing them out for a sisters' dinner that night.

~ All the presents I got during Activation week -- I've never seen so many white roses!

[WhiteDaisy128]

* Getting my bid to join DG.
* Getting our Charter (I was a founding sister of our chapter).
* Being pinned by my mother at initiation.

[LuvUTrulyKKG]

I love this topic!

*When I recieved the call about getting a bid!

*When I had just accepted my bid and was helping with Formal Recruitment, all the sisters warmly accepted me and treated me as if I had known them my whole life!

*Walking into the room (the full room) on Bid Day to see who had accepted a bid from Formal Recruitment!

*Retreats

*Inspiration Week -- everything! Surrendering of the Pin, Fireside, Initiation Retreat, Initiation, and then reading the notes that all the sisters had written to me saying that they couldn't have gotten through Formal Recruitment without me and that they were so proud to welcome me to the sisterhood!!

[aphibeach]

- getting my bid
- big sis/lil sis week (even after i was initiated, it is still my favorite time of the year)
- during recruitment, a girl and i became friends and we were so scared we wouldn't end up in the same sorority (even though we both wanted the same one)......she got to the room before i did and i didn't know what sorority she got but when i walked in, my friend started crying and ran up and jumped on me....in the end we knocked over a trashcan and ended up on the floor crying and laughing hysterically
- being a part of one of the largest new member classes ever at UNCW.....and soon realizing that having 28 women in a pledge class could be the most incredible thing but also the most frustrating thing in the world.....but it made us all stronger and we are still one of the strongest pledge classes

[piphimaggie]

Keep 'em coming, ladies, this is such a joy to read

[The B Girl]

JocelynC-

From everything I have read from you about your love of Sigma Sigma Sigma, the "Most Dedicated New Member" award is well deserved. Congratulations!!

Jennifer

[KSUViolet06]

Thanks hon!

[CardinalSM]

*Running up the hill to the Greek Village to get tackled by my Orientation Assistant Stacy, who shirted me on Bid Day!

*Meeting the girl who was soon to be my big sister 2 weeks into my NM period before our "bid day" party and laughing until we cried about something stupid while my Owl Pal thought we were crazy!

*When Stephanie jumped up as my big sister even though Nikki blew out my candle!

*Every single moment with my big sister who is my best friend! Out of everyone in my pledge class, we had the tightest relationship of any big/little pairing that year.

*Being chosen as the Model New Member and Model Initiate in my pledge class.

*Every time I walked through the front door of the house and realized that I was home!

[Senusret I]

I wish I could say!