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A Thank You To The Best Friends I Made In College, After I Transferred

I never thought that I would become so close to people so fast and I can't thank you guys enough for it.

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Alex Camerlengo

I was a transfer student from a school in Georgia before I came to Auburn my sophomore year. So it was a weird situation because I never lived in the dorms and got to experience that part of college life that everyone talks about. I decided to rush because I didn't know ANYONE at Auburn. I just thought it would be a great way for me to get to meet people.

Going into rush was scary because joining a sorority was something I never saw myself doing. All the stereotypes I heard made me not want to be part of greek life. For me, I always thought of sororities as a bunch of girly girls that wear a lot of makeup and are mean, and being at a big SEC school made my doubts about rush even higher. But, I am so glad that I rushed.

I am in Kappa Kappa Gamma and it was the best decision that I have ever made in my life. I met girls that I can see being in my life until the day I die. These girls have made a bigger impact on my life than the people I was friends with in high school. I really saw what true friendship looks like. The people that say sororities are just a way to pay for your friends are completely wrong. The girls that I have become friends with, I consider my best friends and family.

I just wanted to say thank you to you guys, you know who you are. They deal with my weirdness and goofiness, but they support me in everything that I do. It is crazy how close you can actually get to someone in less than six months.

Thank you for making Auburn feel like a home away from home. Whenever I was sad or missing home you guys always knew how to bring me up, whether that was going to Target or going to get ice cream. I can openly say that I cried when I had to leave to come back home for summer because I didn't want to away from the people that have helped me so much in the past nine months.

Thank you for making Auburn less scary and fearful for me. I was a transfer student, and that made everything scarier. I was crying to my mom because I was scared that I wasn't going to make any friends and wasn't going to find a sorority that I liked and all these things. You guys made all those fears go away. After meeting you, and getting to know you all, I felt so reassured and finally knew I was where I needed to be.

Going to college away from home can be such a scary thought because you may not know people. If you just put yourself out there, I promise you will meet the greatest people you never dreamed of meeting.

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