{"id":570,"date":"2011-02-25T16:20:44","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T21:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/?p=570"},"modified":"2011-02-25T16:20:44","modified_gmt":"2011-02-25T21:20:44","slug":"i-am-a-t-h-e-t-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/collegeadmissionsstudentblog\/2011\/02\/25\/i-am-a-t-h-e-t-a\/","title":{"rendered":"I am a T-H-E-T-A"},"content":{"rendered":"

If there is one thing that I have learned since the start of this semester, it\u2019s that the second half of the year goes by WAY faster than the first half.\u00a0 Seriously, it seems like we only just got back, and we\u2019re already in the midst of midterms!<\/p>\n

In the frantic craze of everything going on, it was really difficult for me to choose a single topic to write on.\u00a0 As a result, keep an eye out for an increasing number of posts!\u00a0 I just have too much to say!<\/p>\n

But by far one of the biggest things to happen to me this semester has been joining a sorority.\u00a0 That\u2019s right, I rushed.<\/p>\n

Now, I don\u2019t know what your preconceived notions of Greek life might be.\u00a0 I can assure you that when I chose to come to Harvard, going Greek was the farthest thing from my mind.\u00a0 I didn\u2019t even know Harvard had<\/em> Greek life.<\/p>\n

As second semester approached, however, the idea of rushing started to grow on me.\u00a0 Harvard has three sororities on campus (with rumors of a fourth coming next fall):\u00a0 Kappa Alpha Theta, Kappa Kappa Gamma, and Delta Gamma.<\/p>\n

Rush here for sororities is pretty low-key, especially compared to other schools.\u00a0 If you choose to take part in the weeklong process, you are required to visit all three sororities in a series of rounds.\u00a0 The first two rounds are mostly meet-and-greet, where you talk to a number of sisters and try to gauge whether or not you would fit in with their sorority.\u00a0 After the second round, you rank the three sororities and hope you get invited back to one, two, or three.\u00a0 The third round is a bit more formal in the sense that with fewer girls, the atmosphere becomes a bit more serious.\u00a0 After this round, you rate the three sororities again, and get invited back to a maximum of two.\u00a0 This final round, Preference Round, is where each sorority talks about why being in a sorority on campus is so great, and I\u2019ll be honest, this was a big part of what convinced me to join.<\/p>\n

While it may seem corny or trite, being in a sorority has given me an awesome network of girls who I can rely on for advice, homework help, event updates, and just a quick hello as I walk to class.<\/p>\n

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Here is a picture of our Kappa Alpha Theta pledge class this year!<\/p><\/div>\n

On Reveal Night, when my friends and I all gathered in the Science Center waiting anxiously to open our envelopes and find out which sorority we were in, I felt like a sense of community unlike anything else I had experienced at Harvard.\u00a0 And when I opened my card and heard the cheers of \u201cI am a T, I am a T-H, I am a T-H-E-T-A\u201d calling outside, and I got to run through the tunnel of excited Thetas, I knew that I would rank it as one of my coolest moments in college.<\/p>\n

So that\u2019s one of the things I\u2019ve been up to.\u00a0 What do you guys think about Greek life?\u00a0 Would you ever consider going Greek in college?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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