Greek life in AG?
As we all know change is very scary, hard, and confusing but a little bit of discomfort can change your life in ways you could have never imagined. My transition to Purdue was one of the most uncomfortable and hardest transition I’ve ever had to go through. I didn’t come from a huge row crop operation, I didn’t grow up in the combine, I was a girl that came from a small school in Richmond, IN playing basketball and majoring in neuroscience with a minor in spanish of course I felt like an outcast my first couple of weeks at Purdue. I remember calling my mom crying and begging for her to let me come home because I never felt so incredibly alone and out of place. I will never forget what she told me, “you have to learn to be comfortable in uncomfortable situations. Time is your best friend right now and that is perfectly normal, your people are coming just quit looking and they will come when you are least expecting it.”
And as much as I hate to say it but, she was right! (sorry, your mom is always right). I went through the process of primary recruitment and felt even more out of place especially with being a sophomore, a transfer, and in the College of Agriculture I was so close to just throwing the towel in; the sorority life was just not for me so, I dropped from primary recruitment and it was a blessing in disguise because it gave me the opportunity to go through secondary recruitment ultimately leading me to Sigma Alpha. A professional agriculture sorority with their pillars including scholarship, leadership, service, fellowship; all things I LOVE. This will sound very cliché but it is very true, the moment I walked into my first recruitment event I never felt more at peace, at home, and loved. Fast forward 2 years, my sisters have done nothing but encourage, support, and push me to pursue my dream of becoming a lawyer along with many other things like being a 500 Festival Princess! (which are stories for another time).
Yes, change is extremely scary but learn to be comfortable in the most uncomfortable situation. Talk to that quiet person in class, attend that club meeting you know nothing about, answer that question in lecture filled with 400 people because you never know where it could lead you; sometimes you will get discouraged and want to quit but you have to keep pushing because EVERYDAY IS A GREAT DAY TO BE A BOILERMAKER so make use of the short time we get to spend at the most beautiful campus!