Written by: Caroline Reese, VP of Membership
I feel that we don’t reflect enough on the things that are most important to us, which is why I was so happy to have been asked to write this blog on “Why Tri Delta?” was the best choice. When looking back on recruitment my freshman year I remember exactly where each and everyone of you are. It was some stressful weeks for sure. I was confused and felt all kinds of pressure about where and who’d I’d spend my next four years with.
As rounds went by and I continued to return to certain chapters I felt even more confused because all the chapters I went to felt like great places because let's be real Clemson’s greek community is full of awesome women. As I searched for clarity to where I’d end up I’d always return to some advice my mom had given me prior to starting recruitment. She told me this “go to the chapter that you could be your most ridiculous self and where in that moment that the girls around you would be laughing with you, not at you”. That’s what I was looking for. I was waiting for a moment where I knew where I thought was the place to spend my next four years.
So, here comes preference round. Tri Delta was the last chapter I went to and boy did I get that feeling I was waiting for. In that moment of realization I remembered the feeling Tri Delta had made me feel this round and every round prior. I felt a moment of relief that I had found my home away from home. What’d I had loved about Tri Delta was that every member I met was so real and made me feel that I could completely be myself. This feeling was one that told me that I would never have to be anything but myself if I were to become a Tri Delta women. This was and still is the feeling I get everyday as I am surrounded by this incredible group women. Tri Delta always encourages you to just be who you are, and to just bring you.
Now, being able to represent Tridelta as our VP of membership and being in charge of the recruitment of new Tri Delta women this is the feeling I hope to give them. To those of you who may be as confused as I was there is one thing I d like to say and that is to just bring you. Tri Delta is full of different kind of women, so we don’t want you to come here and be like us but to come here and be you. Go Tigers, Go Greek, and most of all Go Tridelta!