Letter to my future sorority sisters

I don't know what to fully expect from the Greek System. I am not a legacy, and to be honest I never expected to be in a sorority. From outside I was skeptical about how sororities presented themselves--"wait, 150 girls are all best friends and wear all the same clothes and do all the same things? Sounds bizarre." But I knew that if so many people could love being a part of this world, there must be something to it, and I had to at least go through recruitment and see if it was for me.

Recruitment was shocking. The whole thing was so strange--you wake up at the crack of dawn to run around to different houses and stand in the cold until a houseful of girls starts cheering and screaming and clapping at you, in an effort to make you like them. It was so weird, but also so amazing and fun. I did not connect with every house that I went to, but the ones I did connect with made me so excited about the kinds of real friendships and bonds that are made. And this house that we are all about to enter was my favorite the whole way through. I would not have joined something so time-consuming and costly if I did not feel 100% like it would be worth it. So I'm coming into this with open mind, open heart, and lots of excitement.

As an only child, I may feel this more strongly than others, but I know that everyone can relate to that small feeling of anxiety of going to live with a hundred other girls. I've never had siblings of any kind so I may not be great at the whole “sisterly relationship” at first, simply because I have no experience with it. But I’ll do my best to share my stuff, always be there to support you, and love you like family.

I haven’t met a lot of you yet, but I can’t wait to. Just think, right now we may not even know each other’s names, but in a year we'll become so familiar with each other. We’ll know each other’s little quirks, how we cope with finals week, our strengths, weaknesses, and deepest secrets. We’ll make the best memories, or forget entire nights together. We’ll watch countless movies, we’ll cry over boyfriends, we’ll cuddle, we’ll steal each other’s clothes, we’ll go to parties, and we’ll eat entire pizzas, try to burn the calories off the next day, but then reward ourselves with frozen yogurt. It’s crazy that right now we are virtually strangers, but in just a little time, we will become family.

I cannot wait to get started with this adventure. Some of you girls will be in my life forever, and I just want forever to start right now. See you soon <3

Xoxi