first impressions

I didn't know what to expect when I first set foot into my subculture. I had been texting the recruiter but had never actually met him before and here I was letting him take me to someplace I've never even heard of. Once I got to our house I seemed very nervous. Everyone was talking and having a good time and it seemed like everyone knew each other. Before I became involved with the fraternity I had always thought you needed to know someone to get in and that you were lucky to be able to get in. I had no clue how much fraternities needed you. I started talking to a couple people but I mainly just tried to stick with the recruiter and follow him around since he was the only person I have ever talked to before. Looking back, it seems very dumb to be nervous and now I am the complete opposite around my brothers. The fraternity has definitely helped me with my social skills.

I was a total outsider coming to the site for the first time. I had never been involved or knew anyone in the Greek system. I just kept thinking about the movie "Animal House" and how they had just left the bidders in a corner and didn't talk to them. It wasn't really like that at all. Most everyone was fairly friendly and seemed interested in who you were. Going through pledgeship I didn't really shed my skin until about my third week.

As I am now an insider, there are a couple things that limit me from having full accessiblity. Such as, at the moment, I do not hold any major or executive positions in my chapter. I also have not been to a National Grand Chapter before and have not experienced what it is like to be there.