Sorority Girl

     

     I feel like I am the person you would least expect to join a sorority. However I did, and I LOVE it! It was the best decision I have made so far at Utah State University. I have made lots of life long friends, and gained a significant amount of confidence in myself. I know at any given time there are always 120 girls that have my back. If I am having a problem, I can pick which one will help me the best. Kappa Delta is my home away from home. I will forever be proud of the emerald and pearl pin I wear with my business attire.

     Some common misconceptions people have about sororities are:

1. We buy our friends. Honestly all of our money we pay is meticulously routed to events, fundraisers, philanthropies, socials, electricity, and t-shirts. Just like any other club. So to you that think I'm buying my friends, that's the best money I have ever spent.

2. We pay a TON of money, and everyone has to be rich. NOPE. Not true. We pay as much as you would think a high functioning club would pay. Which surprisingly isn't that much. I have a part time job during the school year, full time summer, and I pay for my own tuition, clothes, food, fun, housing, and yes. Sorority expenses.

3. We party. Okay this one can be true, but I am here to tell you that I am not a party animal and have never touched alcohol in my life. My idea of partying is hanging out with a group of friends and maybe having a dance party. Or making crepes, or singing karaoke... My sorority does NOT condone under age drinking, and does not allow girls to post pictures on social media of them under the influence. When there are problems that arise with girls and drinking, it is a standards issue and it is taken extremely seriously.

4. Girls who don't care about school. Actually the girls in my sorority have one of the highest GPA averages of any organization on campus. Academia comes first, after all isn't that why we are in college in the first place?


     Sororities and fraternities aren't for everyone, and each one is different. However in my opinion they are extremely underestimated. I have grown so much just in the year and a half I have been in one. I know I wouldn't be anywhere close to where I am now, if it weren't for Kappa Delta.