As any freshman would do, I entered college wanting to fit in. I befriended many people in our school's marching band (because I was in it) and wanted to join an organization for band students. This organization required interested students to interview for potential membership. After my interview, I was chosen as a membership candidate for them. It was a dream come true and I thought it was the best thing to happen to me. Until March 19, 2012. I was dismissed from their program and did not join the organization. I became extremely depressed and wound up losing my academic scholarship because I performed poorly in my classes. I worked all through the summer of 2012, got my grades up, got my scholarship back, and decided that I would try to join again. This time, I was not invited to be a membership candidate. Needless to say, I got depressed once more.
If you remember from a previous post, I met my sisters for the first time on the side of the road. That is because the day after I was rejected we were marching in the county Christmas parade. I didn't want to be around band members because of how upset I was. I was hanging out on the side of the road all by myself when an AST sister approached me to make sure I was okay. I explained to her the story above, and she was appalled. As time went on, I was invited to eat lunch with the sisters, I was invited to open recruitment parties, and I went as much as I could.
However, the sisters didn't know something. Standing on the side of that road, alone and crying, I had decided that I was going to drop out after my sophomore year of college. I had had enough of feeling like an outsider, spending every day alone until my roommate needed me to run errands for her. My sorority gave me a reason to stay in school. I finally had a family that I was looking for.
Yes, I was active in the campus ministry. But if you read my last post about people changing when you join a sorority, that's what happened. Almost every person in the campus ministry turned their back on me because I went Greek. That makes no sense, I know. The closer I grew to my sisters, the more they pushed me away. Which is stupid, but whatever.
I will graduate in December 2014 with my Bachelors in Business Administration - Management. I didn't drop out because I found the support system that I needed. Yes, I have my parents and they are supportive of me; however they are 70+ miles away from me. My sisters are by my side, every day, cheering for me. I love being Greek, I love having sisters, and I love that I'm going to graduate.
