S- Is for Sorority

I don't know where I can come up with any more topics to write about!

Hmm... OK.

Did you all know that I was in a sorority? I was.

Let me take you back to 1999. I had just graduated an all- girl school that had about 80 kids. When I entered college- I knew no one. My college was HUGE!

So one day, when I was using the ladies restroom, a girl looked at me and asked if I wanted to join a sorority. I figured "why not?" so I went to a Rush meeting.

I quickly realized that it was Rush Week and that there were many sororities to choose from. I didn't quite like her sorority since the girls seemed a little weird (accept for one or two girls). So I shopped around. Another friend who I grew up with, was rushing a bigger, more well know, more popular sorority.

Naturally,that was the one I wanted!

Sorority # 1

So I attended their meetings. They would ask us questions about ourselves and I would answer truthfully. They asked if I wanted to join a sorority to meet boys. I said that was one of the reasons.

That made them unhappy (since joining was about "sisterhood"), and so they didn't want me to pledge for them. I was just being truthful! I mean, I attended all-girl schools my entire life, so yes- I did want to hang out with guys.

Sorority #2

The loved me. I learnt from my mistakes, and didn't say anything about boys. I hung out with them a lot. During this process (few weeks), I came across a boy that I thought was cute. He hit on me and we hung out once, although nothing happened.

As I was hanging out with said sorority sisters, they asked if I thought anyone in the fraternities was cute. I said yes and named the boy. Apparently, that did not go over well. He was the president's ex-boyfriend. I was out of the running yet again.

I felt so rejected- as if I was back in High school!

*BTW- the cute boy that I hung out with? Turns out he came out the closet. Not the first time gay boys wanted to make out with me, but alas, a story for another day.*

Sorority #3

The original girl who cornered me in the bathroom still wanted me to pledge. Their pledge night was that night and she called to see if I still wanted to join. I felt defeated. I didn't want to join their sorority! They seemed off. There were some "freaks" and "nerds" - don't you love the terminology?

But she convinced me to come that night.

It was at a sister's house and all the girls that wanted to join, had to enter a room (one by one) with all the sisters of the sorority in a dark, candle-lit room. You would stand in the dim room, not allowed to make eye contact, while everyone took their turn interrogating you. It was scary.

All the other girls that were there that night that wanted to join were awesome though. A lot of "cool" girls. So when they asked me to pledge- as if I passed their test- I was excited!

We had to wear our pledge outfits for many weeks- consisting of :

White t-shirt

Red zip up sweater

light blue jeans

white tennis shoes

(Red and white were our colors)

We weren't allowed to wear make up, and had to wear a big huge pom-pom on our ring fingers (made of red and white yarn naturally).

We had to walk around with pledge cans (since we were "pledges"), had to carry around an "Essentials Bag" which consisted of :

gum, tampons, sanitary napkins - just in case one of the sisters needed it.

We had to study and memorize a huge pledge book with info such as:

• Our sorority's history




• All the sisters names that have been in the sorority and their lineage (the sorority had only been around since 1992, so it wasn't so bad)




• Our songs (which were all in the tune of little mermaid songs since she was our mascot)




• We had to call all the sisters weekly, so that we could bond with them- and get to know them. We had scavenger hunts, mixers, and hell week.

My pledge name was "Tai"- as in Tai from "clueless", since they said I reminded them of her:

The funny thing is, a few friends in high school called me tai because they said I reminded them of her as well!

Anywho, after 6 weeks- I joined/ became a sister.

Of course, don't forget, I was in the "uncoolest, most unpopular" sorority on campus.

But don't you worry- my pledge class turned it around- since we were all such awesome girls, we eventually became the most sought after club to be in. While the "popular" sorority's lost out on competitions (to us) and lost their title as the most awesome- we took their place.

Ahh.. the underdog. Gotta love it.

I should totally post some pictures of those glory days if I find any!

Our beautiful uniforms








At our sorority formal. My date was off getting drunk somewhere Me trying to scrape off plastic from my friend's grandmother's toaster that I had burnt accidentaly. Fun times.

So tell me- did any of you join a sorority? if so why or why not?