Honestly:why did you join a GLO,why is it special and are you still glad you did?

[DreamfulSpirit]

I didn't live on campus so it was kind of hard for me to meet new people outside of my classes. I also just wanted something to be a part of. They were colonizing a new sorority on campus and I went to all their events to try and become a founding member, but they didn't end up taking me. A friend in one of my classes was in another sorority and they had continous recruitment because they were really small. But by the time that I could join them, their nationals had come and taken them off campus because of something that happened with that chapter's previous officers.

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. I then went and looked it up on my school's SORC list and visited their website and just was really interested and found out that they were going to be holding rush. So I went to their events, loved their active sisters, and just fell in love with the organization so I pledged and became an active sister!

I love OPA so much! I felt we had a purpose because of all the events we did and we always loved being together! I don't think I would have found as great of sisterhood if I had joined the other sororities that I previously tried to. This was home for me! I love this organization so much that I'm trying to start a new chapter of it at the school I transfered to!

[MaryAmanda]

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.

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!