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Originally Posted by DreamfulSpirit
Fall '05 semester started and I was sitting in one class and a girl came in with a tote bag that had Omega Phi Alpha written on it and I had never heard of that GLO before.
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Hooray for OPA totebags! It's a surprisingly good form of publicity. I take mine everywhere.
I didn't go through NPC rush in the fall because I was anxious and shy, not knowing what to expect. The whole "Wear X on the 1st day, wear Y on the 2nd day, and wear Z on the 3rd day" dress code also intimidated me--I didn't want to be judged by my clothes! I'm very much a jeans, flip-flops, and t-shirt kind of girl.
It wasn't until the spring that I realized that NPC sororities on my campus don't do spring recruitment. I was considering Alpha Phi Omega because a friend of mine was going to pledge, until I heard about Omega Phi Alpha.
Because there's 3 guys to every 1 girl at Georgia Tech (hooray engineering school
), the only girls I knew were from classes or orientation. (All of the girls on my freshman hall were Greek, so I never got to know any aside from my ADPi roommate.) While I always tended to hang out with guys in high school, I thought it might be to my benefit to join OPA instead of APO for the sorority aspect of it (I was already sold on the service!).
I was still shy about it, but the Membership Director at the time kept in close contact with me, even though I couldn't attend the only night of rush (more like an info session). Her kindness encouraged me to pledge--even though I hadn't really met any of the sisters! I soon got to know them and find that kindness (and going with my gut) landed me right where I needed to be. I've been in love with OPA ever since!
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