Recently I have had a remarkable revelation, joining a sorority has been the best decisions of my life. Let me explain. I was having lunch with some work colleagues a few weeks ago when the topic of sororities came up. I was the only person in the group who had joined a sorority in college and one of my colleagues who went to a school not far from mine said, “I wasn’t in a sorority and I didn’t miss out on anything in my college experience.” There wasn’t a tone, she said it like it was a fact. I wanted to say, “You may feel like you didn’t miss out on anything, but you did and you still are.”
Yes, you DO NOT need to join a sorority to make friends or go to parties in college. But that is not all sororities have to offer. When you join the Greek system you join a web of friends. It’s not just a network for networking, shaking hands and passing resumes (though some of my sisters do prefer hiring sorority women). Wherever you find yourself in life you can go to National Panhellenic Conference or your Nationals and find an alumnae chapter to join and meet women who are there to support one another through life (marriages, babies,work, divorces, death, it goes on). And that is what a sorority is, its support through life. Our sisterhood didn’t end when we received our diplomas. It doesn’t end if your chapter closes.
I was once asked by my boyfriend’s best friend if the majority of my friends were from my sorority. After a moment I realized they were and if they weren’t from my house they were in another house or I met them through a mutual Greek friend. I even met my boyfriend through a sorority sister. So to sum this rant up, my life would be entirely different if I had not joined a sorority. And I hate to think about all the people I never would have met and all the experiences I would have missed out on if I hadn’t taken a chance and pledged. Sorority forever!
