Released: Surviving as a GDI at UGA

[SLAM<3 Always]

I've been in your shoes before. It's not a pleasant feeling. What helped me was actually making a list of goals of things I wanted to achieve in college and how I was going to achieve them. One by one over the past 4 years I've completed each of them. For example, one of my goals were to study abroad. I knew if I wanted to study abroad I had to take several language classes and plan accordingly for my degree. Another goal was to work for a Fortune 500 company during one of my internships. I knew I had to have certain qualifications to even apply, so I did everything I could to make myself standout as a fabulous candidate and I've stayed with the company long after my internship ended. By doing this, I 1-made a ton of friends and 2- realized that it's not the letters that matter. It's the growing process that occurs and makes Greek Life so amazing.

The other thing (and this might be specific to my campus) was the fact I went to the Greek Life Office asking about the possibility of expansion on our campus in the time I was going to be at school. It wasn't a "I want to throw a hizzy fit about getting another chapter" type meeting. I did my research on how many girls were cut, totals, quotas, numbers of girls rushing over the past x number of years and explained it would be logical for another organization to colonize. Thankfully they were already considering this and the general campus just didn't know yet since they were expecting it to be another 2 years before it opened for expansion. If you ask them the possibility, you might be able to see if there is another opportunity down the road you can try. If they say no, then you still have your goals set out. If they say yes, it's worth a shot.