One of the best pieces of advice I was given during recruitment week was to look around at the other girls going through recruitment during the last few days and see if you could envision them as your potential sisters. When I went to Zeta on pref night, this could not have been more true. The first girl I met on pref night now happens to be one of my best friends, roommate for next year, and future bridesmaid. When I saw her on bid day, I immediately knew I made the right choice. The rest of bid day was a little overwhelming. I was surrounded by so many amazing women, my new sisters! After soaking in the excitement from bid day, my pledge class headed to a new member retreat, and I’ve never felt so much love from a group of people in my life. We all went around sharing embarrassing stories from the past week, and I instantly saw the humour and friendship that I would soon be apart of. From bid day on, I knew I would find my place on such a big campus through all of the zeta love!
Now here comes the sappiness: I knew this was my home away from home. From going to football games with my sisters, or studying all night at the PCL, the strong bonds I have made with my zeta sisters is what’s gotten me through my first semester at UT. For those days where everything in my world seemed to be going wrong, being with my best friends is something I can always look forward to. I’ve come to realize that the small moments really do matter and enjoying genuine company from my friends in zeta is everything to me.
Flash forward to initiation. My pledge class and I got together to talk about how zeta has impacted our lives. It was then I felt the impact of how important zeta is to each of us. Zeta is so much more than just a group of girls to take pictures with or something to put on your resume. Zeta is an organization that brings you close to empowering women to do life with; girls to laugh with, cry with, and take on anything that comes our way. I am so thankful to be apart of something so much greater than myself.
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Sophie Luce
PC '18
