What It Means To Be A "Sorority Girl"

Paying for your friends? Organized drinking? Dumb, ditsy, alcoholics?

These are common misconceptions I frequently hear when I first tell people that I am in a sorority. But that's not the case whatsoever. Being a member of a sorority is a privilege, and honor, something to be proud of. It is like every little girl’s dream; being a part of some kind of girls-only, secret society, with no boys allowed.

I am currently an active member of a social sorority on my university’s campus, one of which I have had my heart set on joining since the moment I arrived at my school. What can I say; being a sorority girl has always been a dream of mine since I was younger and would hear my older cousins talk about their sisters and seeing them wearing these funny letters on their shirts. Little did I know that someday I’d have a set of those “funny looking letters” of my own, and cherish them so dearly.

The initial attraction, I guess, was probably my desire to be feminine and girly. In high school I never had many female friends, and when I came home for winter break and announced to the few that I did have that I was joining a sorority, they laughed and thought the idea of me getting along and becoming “sisters” with forty-some girls was apparently hilarious. But I suppose what intrigued me most was that because I am an only child, I have always had a longing to have sibling, and by joining a sorority I would be instantly gaining numerous sisters!

Being a member of the Greek community is like nothing I’ve ever experience within any other group or organization I’ve been a part of. The sense of comradery and community that we all share, fraternities and sororities alike, is a bond that goes much deeper than friendship.  Being a Greek and a “sorority girl” is probably one of the best things that has ever happened to me and knowing that my legacy as well as that of my chapter and all my sisters will live on is an indescribable feeling. Which is why being a “sorority girl” is much more than being a young, pretty, and popular college girl.