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

[AGDee]

I had a hard time adjusting to college the first semester. I really didn't like it much because I had been so involved in so many things in highschool (Girl Scouts, NHS, Spanish Club, candystriping, working) that when I got to college I felt lost and didn't feel like I had a niche. My boyfriend and my best friend were both pledging TKE that semester so I was exposed to a lot of Greeks. They had some good friends who were Tri-Sigmas and we all hung out alot. I was asked to join the University Ambassadors Society that first semester. It was an organization that assisted with student recruitment by making phone calls in interested students, manning information lines and giving campus tours. It was an invite only organization based on demonstrated good grades and leadership ability from high school or college. Within the Ambassador Society, I met a ton more Greeks and was really impressed by them. Back then, my campus was doing formal recruitment every semester, so the second semester, I went through formal recruitment.

I can't imagine what my life would be like without having found Alpha Gamma Delta. It is such a big part of my life, even now and though I have to juggle it now with kid activities and work, I expect it will be my primary focus after my kids are in college and into retirement. The women I have met and befriended through Alpha Gam are some of the most impressive women I've ever known. They have a dedication and spirit to the organization and to each other unlike anything I have ever experienced elsewhere. Being involved as a volunteer at this level has allowed me to meet all kinds of sisters from all over the country and Canada who I really truly can call sisters. Being in a position now where I have some input into the future of the organization is such an honor and is so humbling as well. Joining Alpha Gamma Delta is one of the best decisions I have ever made.

[ISUKappa]

Honestly? Because my older sister was a Kappa and back then I had to always do what my sister did (and do it better if possible). I mean yeah, the chance to get involved on campus and have a sisterhood and meet other people was important, but if you get straight to it, the main reason I did was because my sister did. I don't know if I would have rushed had she not been in a sorority. Possibly through informal, but not formal. And I think one of the main reasons my sister went through rush was because a friend of hers from high school who was a year older was a Tri Delta.

I am definitely glad I did and love being a Kappa.

[cheerfulgreek]

I joined because I wanted to be a part of an organization that created life long friendships. I also wanted to be a part of a sorority that has really old history, and keeps getting stronger daily.

I like the the mixers, Greek Week and the great connections it has. I like the frat boys too. Why? Because they're so cute.

[PrettyBoy]

My whole family is greek with the exception of my mom and sister, so I wanted to be greek too. I was really quiet in college, very shy, and I didn't hang out at all. I wanted to be more social, so I pledged my fraternity. When I would see these guys on campus, they dressed the best, drove the best cars, carried themselves the best, most of the sororities wanted to do things with them, they had the best overall GPA, and it's an old fraternity with a lot of history. Those were the primary reasons I joined.

I was supposed to keep the tradition going by pledging the same fraternity my dad is a member of. Well...I didn't. He was disappointed and he wouldn't pay the fees for me to join, so I had to work and save money that summer, so not only did the pledge process make me appreciate it, but the fact that I had to save money that summer to join.

As far as the partying on campus and at the fraternity house goes, I never was a party goer, so I didn't join to do that. I was more social after being a member for about 6 months, but I still didn't drink, or party. I liked the sorority girls too, I found them very attractive, but they were a little too wild for me, so I didn't join for that either.

I'm still to this day so proud to be a member of my fraternity. I still feel like it was yesterday that I made it into Kappa land. In fact I'm going out tomorrow with some of the guys I pledged with. We are still very very close. I love it til the day I die.

[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!