Sororities/ Fraternities

When I arrived at St. Louis University, I decided to become open about new ideas and opportunities that arrived at my door. I knew very few males at St. Louis University and even fewer females. My brother attended SLU before me, and joined a fraternity during his college years. He often raved about how his fraternity opened new doors for him and that he had a blast doing various activities within his chapter. I always thought that the Greek life was not for me. I was not the typical sorority girl, but I decided to give rush week a chance. What would be a better way to meet more girls, let alone hundreds of them?

I entered rush week very skeptical. I did not want to have to act differently in order for the sororities to like me. I wanted to be myself and have them like me for me. I entered my first ‘party’ a little nervous. One of the girls from the sorority grabbed my arm and pulled me across the room to the other side. She introduced herself and began talking. I felt a little awkward but knew that I just had to be myself.

As the night went on the ‘parties’ got more and more comfortable. I began to think that maybe a sorority could be for me. I carefully took note of each sorority I visited and began to make pros and cons of the ones I liked.

By the second to last night I had made a list of the top three sororities that I would like to receive a bid from. I had been to three sororities that night, and I felt I had gotten a better feel of what their personalities were like. My top three seemed to fit well with me.

The last day I was really anxious to go back. I went to the three sororities one more time, and by the end of the night I felt like I knew which one I belonged to. The next day was bid day, in which one of the sororities would extend a bid to you if you wanted to be a part of their organization. The night before I was extremely nervous that I would not get into the sorority that I wanted.

The next day came, and I received a bid from my number one sorority! I was ecstatic! We followed bid day with a massive celebration. I felt so comfortable with all my new sisters.

Since bid day I have been excited about the new events that my sorority has been planning. I looked forward to all the new activities I would be participating in and I would count down the days till they arrived. I never thought I was a sorority girl, but I think that one must look past the stereotypes of groups and organizations and take themselves out of their comfort zone in order to get involved in something that could make a major difference in their lives.