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Rejoining Then Dropping My Sorority Made Me Realize Sisterhood Isn't A Forever Thing For Me

Sisterhood is different everywhere you go.

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Rejoining Then Dropping My Sorority Made Me Realize Sisterhood Isn't A Forever Thing For Me
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For most people that know the process of a sorority, it is a time where you meet your forever sisters and get to bond with new people that are there for you through thick and thin. This happened to me! I pledged my freshman year of college at Lander University. As anyone joining anything new you get a rush of emotions. I received my bid card later that week and I was then officially apart of my sorority.

Moving a few years forward, the times I had with those girls felt like true sisterhood and I did enjoy every moment of it. But, it made me realize when I did transfer to the institution I am at now, sisterhood is a lot different depending on your location and depending on who you are surrounded by.

When I transferred over and I decided to rejoin my sorority at my new school, I realized how things are much different at this University. The chapter here is huge and it was such a rush for me. I was just thrown into a mix of 200+ girls that did not know my name or a single thing about me. This was really hard being the new person in a mix where you do not have a bond with anyone. It was always preached that we are sisters for life, but I did not feel this way when I joined my sorority at a different location.

I am not knocking the Greek system because it is still is a part of me but, from experience transferring to a sorority is much different than joining one during the first week of rush. It made me realize that maybe sisterhood is not a forever thing for me. Which later made me decide to not be a part of my sorority I joined my freshman year of college. Being in college is hard, but trying to balance friendships with people who are not keen on letting you in is even harder.

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