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How Deciding To 'Rush' Changed My College Experience

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If you told me three months ago that I would be in a sorority, I would have laughed in your face and rolled my eyes. (I even wrote an article about how I would never join one.) In September of my junior year, I decided to give it a chance, and not a day goes by where I regret my decision.

In high school, I NEVER thought about rushing. I had always just assumed that they partied and drank all the time and that wasn't how I wanted to experience college. I was wrong, and I realized a lot of us have a false perception of sorority life.

Being in a sorority has completely changed me. My Sisters have motivated and pushed me to do and experience things I would have never done without them.

I got up on a Sunday morning to cheer on people running a marathon in the freezing cold.

I cooked dinner for sick children and their families at the Ronald McDonald House.

We hang out in a library for hours instead of go out.

They have helped give me the confidence to be able to speak in front of 100+ other girls.

I have become a better leader and a better person.

My Sisters have shown me why those letters mean so much and that they represent every woman who has worn them since 1851. I love those letters and am filled with pride to wear them. I have learned to love and call over 100 girls my Sisters.

Sorority Sisters are relationships you have for life. You are always connected no matter where you are.

They have shown what it really means to be a friend. My Sisters have dropped whatever they were doing just to pick me up from my house to take me to school because I didn't have a car and have helped me pay for things because I am always broke. They make me feel loved and appreciated.

I have learned that you cannot always judge experiences that you have not tried to be a part of. That society is quick to criticize people and things they don't truly understand

Some people will never understand the "sorority life" and that's fine, but if you have a chance to rush, PLEASE DO.

I would do anything for my sisters and I can not thank them enough for all they do.

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