Around the World: Sophomore Recruitment Story

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Saturday: Bid Day

Most surreal experience of my entire life.
Standing on that field with 1000+ individuals who would be divided into our respective houses in moments was an absolutely insane concept.

Our Pi Chi's handed us our cards....then revealed their own houses. One was from England, another from Thailand, and the third from Germany. It made me 10x more anxious to think that there was a possibility I would be sisters with one of my Pi Chi's whom I had grown to love SO much over the past week, especially the one from England who I had become closest with.




After what felt like hours of singing and other nonsense. It was finally time to open my card. I prayed harder than I've ever prayed before. Somehow hoping that even if my card didn't say England, it would, by some act of divine intervention, read England when I opened it.

My prayers were answered and when I ripped open my envelope my card read:England.





Also known as


Kappa Alpha Theta.



After a few moments of excitedly jumping around and flailing my arms (kinda embarassing now that I think about it..) I took off to the Theta seniors who were waiting to welcome my new pledge class. Turns out the first girl from day 1 was a senior (bittersweet). And was waiting with open arms to welcome me home. I found my Theta Pi Chi and she cried and hugged me and the other girl from my pi chi group and we left for the house together

And the girl that told me she knew from day 1 that I belonged in Theta?
She became my pledge mom.

Also, my Pi Chi also went on to become my Theta mentor and has been a wealth of information regarding academics.

I honestly couldn't be happier, and reliving that whole experience made me so excited to go through recruitment on the other side this coming fall and welcome all of our new members home.