Things at a small private Christian College are done a little bit differently than most big universities. Class sizes go from 300 to 30, teachers actually know your name and you see one of your friends walking across campus more than one day a week. The ambiance of the school is close and personal. It is a place that makes you feel welcomed the second you step on the campus. Rush week at my school is no different.

I will admit they truly do a nice job of giving everyone the "real sorority feel" throughout the recruitment process. Each night is filled with traveling from social club (because Heaven forbid we call it a sorority) to social club and getting to meet all the girls and learn about the way they do things. Night number one is learning about the service work that each club does and what their philanthropy is. Night number two is all about the social aspect of things. How many events you have, what they are and all the details. These include date parties, socials, moms and dads day and so much more. At the end of each night the girls pref which clubs they liked the best in order of 1-3. The first two nights they visit all three and then the third night they only visit two of them, which are normally the two that they preffed as first and second. After Wednesday night they get a break Thursday and then Friday is BID DAY. Usually everyone gets a bid unless their are too many girls rushing and the clubs cant take everyone. The atmosphere of bid day really gives off the feeling of being at a big university. Surrounded by excited and nervous girls anxiously awaiting to see their bids, praying it was their top choice. Last year I actually got my second choice, but as bummed as I was, I chose to stick with it. Boy am I GLAD. I am a member of Theta Sigma Chi. This may not sound familiar to you, and that's because it is not familiar. We have "made up" social clubs technically. Being a small private school we don't want to have to pay money and be apart of the nationally recognized social clubs.

Going through my first year in Thetas was wonderful. I have met so many wonderful girls through this process and even all three of my room mates for next year are also Thetas. To be a Theta it means to be yourself. We are the most crazy, weird, unique and diverse club that OBU has and I am honored to be a part of it. Through this past week's recruitment I learned that sometimes the people you don't think you will connect with, are the ones you connect with most. This year's new member class is weird and crazy and I love them! I now truly understand why OBU has social clubs. It is to teach women that we don't need to always look the best and present ourselves as perfect on the outside, because it is what is on the inside that counts. I don't care to look perfect and be the perfect club. I don't care to try and make myself look like I am something I am not. I am broken and have weird habits and sometimes I look a lot less than perfect. But I am a Theta and I am proud!