As our college experience is moving along, quicker than most of us had hoped for, I can't imagine my life today without the beautiful girls I am so #blessed to call my pledge class. A little over a year ago, we were all put together into one PC -- coming together as complete strangers, but all connected by the desire to be a member of the same amazing house. As strangers, we all had no idea what to expect from each other. We all knew nothing about one another, and were suddenly labeled as "sisters"-- whatever that really meant. I was overwhelmed at first, as I am sure most girls are, and I wasn't really sure what to expect from this abrupt influx of new friendships.

I wasn't sure if all of us would get along, because face it, we are girls. I wasn't sure if we would have different interests, and if that would result in us clashing and eventually lead to the "inevitable girl drama." I wasn't sure about the concept of living in a giant estrogen-filled house, and how that physically makes sense. It was a very confusing change in our lives, I am sure we can all admit, but more importantly, it was one of the most exciting, intriguing, exhilarating things that has ever happened to us.

My pledge class is honestly one of the biggest gifts I have ever received. I am blessed beyond belief to wake up every day to the most amazing girls I have ever met. Stereotypes of sorority girls state that all we do is party. Let me tell you, it is so much more than that. Yes, we go out and we have fun together. We love each others' company more than anything. But it is the behind-the-scenes aspects (that no one besides us gets to see), that make our PC the amazing thing that it is.

It's having someone come up to you and personally thank you for genuinely asking how their day is and how they are.

It's having someone asking you how that job interview went, and genuinely caring how you're doing in school.

It's having someone go out of there way to leave you a little note and candy in your bedroom wishing you luck on a upcoming exam.

It's having someone there to pull all-nighters with you, or there to walk home from the library with you at 3 a.m.

It's having someone stay up and watch movies with you on nights you don't feel like going out, or having someone there to make sure you always get home safe.

It's having girls there to remind you that the undeserving boy is SO not worth crying over.

It's having someone there to constantly remind you that you are beautiful, and you are good enough.

It's having someone there to curl your hair or do your eye shadow before a formal because you are completely unskilled in those categories.

It's having someone there to sit on your bedroom floor with for hours just because you need someone to talk to.

It's having someone there to drive you to the airport in the middle of the day because you have no other source of transportation.

It's being surrounded by girls who are constantly succeeding and motivating each other to do well.

It's having a group of girls that sit down and enjoy dinner together every night of the week, where we update each other on our lives and cannot stop laughing at who even knows what.

It is family, it truly is.

My college experience would not compare to what it is now without the amazing girls that I am so lucky to call my pledge class. Every day I am surrounded by the beautiful faces of girls who look at one another with pride, admiration, and love. I am surrounded by girls who only want the best for each other, and by the presence of a constant support system where no family issue, break-up, or bad grade can go by unnoticed. I can honestly say I have found the truest friends I have ever had. I did not know it was possible to love a group of people so much, and it is so wonderful that my PC has provided all of us that experience. I do not know where I would be without them, and I am so unbelievably lucky to have these friendships that will last a lifetime.