A Very Untraditional Recruitment/Expansion Story

[klk112]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Yay! Another expansion story! Isn't it great? :-)

Can't wait to hear more.

Some days, I wished that I had just gone through FMR and had a "normal" sorority experience, but I know I wouldn't be as happy anywhere else. I looooove expansion! I think it gives you a greater sense of national pride than most people would otherwise have. For example, I'm moving to Dallas from Pittsburgh after I graduate in May, and before I even made my decision I contacted the alumnae chapter down there to ask them about the area!

[LucyKKG]

Originally Posted by klk112

I looooove expansion! I think it gives you a greater sense of national pride than most people would otherwise have.

Yeah, I wouldn't have done it any other way! I also think we get a better sense of the bigger picture on a national scale. We learn how to do rituals and sing songs the right way. Oh, and did you girls get to meet national officers? I'm sure you did. I've met the international president of Kappa several times.

[klk112]

Originally Posted by LucyKKG

Yeah, I wouldn't have done it any other way! I also think we get a better sense of the bigger picture on a national scale. We learn how to do rituals and sing songs the right way. Oh, and did you girls get to meet national officers? I'm sure you did. I've met the international president of Kappa several times.

I was able to attend our national convention just three months after I initiated, which was sooo amazing! We got to be the new girls and everyone was so excited that we sent more than just the president. I'm planning on going this summer to our next one. Our national president knows who we are and she pinned us all at our initiation and installation. Not everyone can say that! She's visited us several times, and she always tells us a story about her pledging or her initiation. It's so awesome to have these kinds of opportunities.

I remember practicing initiation for the first time and our chapter advisor kept pronouncing things wrong and doing things wrong, and we corrected her. She's from the Delta chapter, which is about 116 years old now, and so they probably just do things by oral tradition rather than reading from the ritual book like us.