Narrative Essay On Sororities

Ever since I saw the movie Legally Blonde when I was five years old, I dreamed of joining a sorority. I loved the idea of having sisters who would always have my back. Thirteen years later, I was a little skeptical of the whole process and I was not the only one either. My family and friends disapproved of sororities. They saw it as “just buying friends.” Some even thought they were “degrading to women.” However, I decided to ignore their criticism and live my five year old dream. I did not want any regrets about not rushing my freshman year of college. Aside from what I have seen in movies, I knew nothing about sororities or the recruitment process. I was not a “legacy” which is what they called the girls who had moms or sisters in a sorority. This was all new to me. The first two days of rush were meet and greets at the Greenville Convention Center. Each sorority had their own room, packed with about 150 people. As one can imagine, the rooms were clamorous with conversation. I had to meet with five sororities the first day and another five the second day, then eliminate two. Each meeting was only twenty minutes. The goal was to have a “real” conversation to eliminate sororities based off. How was I supposed to eliminate a group of 150 plus girls based on a twenty minute conversation I had with just one or two of …show more content…
Another girl going through recruitment, Tori, and I were grouped with an Alpha Phi member, Megan. We started talking about where we were from when Tori and Megan realized they were both from the same part of New Jersey. After that I barely got a word in and they talked on and on for the entire twenty minutes. It went so horribly that I knew I was going to eliminate Alpha Phi tomorrow. The rest of the day went better. All the great conversations I had at the other four sororities surprised me because I was not expecting to like so many of them. This all just reassured my decision to eliminate Alpha