Coming to Tulane, I knew I wanted to participate in Greek Life. I had spent my whole life going on family vacations with my mom’s college sorority sisters, and wanted to be able to drag my future family on the same types of outings.
Luckily, Tulane has a spring rush system, which means everyone gets a chance to settle into freshman year as one collective group. I had my dorm friends, my class friends, my laundry room friends, and was so excited to add sorority friends to the mix.
They say rush is one of the most stressful parts of college, and I can’t say I disagree, but the outcome is well worth it. Come bid day, I found myself screaming and jumping up and down with a bunch of freshman that were about to become my sisters.
The best part of the spring rush system is that you already have friends, and some will most likely end up in a different sorority than you. Suddenly, the opportunities to meet new people and expand your friend group will multiply. Walking down Broadway, it’s impossible not to run into someone you know, never mind the letters on their t-shirt.
While I expected being in a sorority would be fun, I never really thought about exactly what it would mean. It gives me a support system at Tulane, across the country from my family, friends, and home. There is always someone that can help you with a homework problem or who just wants to hang out. I have a family within my sorority (my “big sister” and “little sister”), and that makes Tulane feel even more like home.
Mixers with rhyming themes, t-shirts with sparkly letters, and painless community service hours are what I thought being in a sorority would be about. And while those are definitely enjoyable perks, have an automatic group of 250 people you can consider sisters is so much greater than I could have predicted. And, if nothing else, a lot more people wave to you on the way to class. What would you do if you had 250 sisters?
Alex Feigenbaum
Wellesley, Massachusetts
afeigenb@tulane.edu
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