As a college freshman, I did not really know what I want to do. During welcome week, there were many booths and tables showing what Indiana University Southeast offered. When I went around to the tables, there were a lot of people surrounding trying to get more information. The one table that caught my attention was the Sorority tables. All of the people looked very close knitted. I have heard some information about sororities but mainly from movies. The ways sororities are talked about in movies are very different than what sorority girls told me during welcome week. When I went up to talk to the girls about sororities, they instantly handed me a paper and told me to sign up for formal recruitment. At first, I was not going to sign
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I was able to ask questions about what each of the sororities volunteered with. Sigma Kappa’s philanthropy was Alzheimer’s disease, the Maine Sea Coast Mission, and Inherit the Earth. Alpha Phi’s philanthropy consists of supporting Women’s Heart Health. Phi Sigma Sigma’s philanthropy involves with school and college readiness. The third day of formal recruitment was preference night. During preference night, I got to talk to one girl from Sigma Kappa named Katie. I was able to talk to her on the first night of recruitment and was lucky enough to talk to her during the last night. I was able to really connect with her. We talked about our lives and ourselves. Although this night is supposed to be more serious, I really felt home in Sigma Kappa. Sigma Kappa showed us a little preview of some of their rituals. The fourth and last day of recruitment weekend was bid night. Bid night consists of a lot of girls too excited to contain themselves. This is the night were I figured out which sorority I got in to. I was so excited to learn that I made it into Sigma Kappa. When I finally got to be with them, I felt right at home. They all welcomed me with hugs and a t-shirt to put on. I now had over 30 new sisters. Although my two new friends Hannah and Haleigh went to Alpha Phi, we are still close and talk almost every
I was able to ask questions about what each of the sororities volunteered with. Sigma Kappa’s philanthropy was Alzheimer’s disease, the Maine Sea Coast Mission, and Inherit the Earth. Alpha Phi’s philanthropy consists of supporting Women’s Heart Health. Phi Sigma Sigma’s philanthropy involves with school and college readiness. The third day of formal recruitment was preference night. During preference night, I got to talk to one girl from Sigma Kappa named Katie. I was able to talk to her on the first night of recruitment and was lucky enough to talk to her during the last night. I was able to really connect with her. We talked about our lives and ourselves. Although this night is supposed to be more serious, I really felt home in Sigma Kappa. Sigma Kappa showed us a little preview of some of their rituals. The fourth and last day of recruitment weekend was bid night. Bid night consists of a lot of girls too excited to contain themselves. This is the night were I figured out which sorority I got in to. I was so excited to learn that I made it into Sigma Kappa. When I finally got to be with them, I felt right at home. They all welcomed me with hugs and a t-shirt to put on. I now had over 30 new sisters. Although my two new friends Hannah and Haleigh went to Alpha Phi, we are still close and talk almost every