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"  After two weekends of seemingly endless girl-flirting, heel-wearing, and anxiety, I finally made it through rush and accepted a bid from the top sorority on Duke&amp;#039;s campus!! Needless to say, I was super excited and ready to meet all of my new sisters, but when I looked around the group, I realized that one of my best friends wasn&amp;#039;t there.   Advice from upperclassmen in Fall Term told me that you shouldn&amp;#039;t rush with the intention of joining the same sorority as all of your friends, but to be totally honest, there was a part of me that really believed we would all end up together. Although one of my good friends was in the same sorority with me, my roommate was in a different one, and another friend didn&amp;#039;t choose to take a bid at all.   Initially it was a little bit awkward, but after a few minutes it became clear that being matched differently or not matched at all didn&amp;#039;t mean we were no longer friends. In fact, nothing needed to change! It was fun gaining 150 new sisters, but nobody could compare to my Bassett babes.   Not getting a bid, or choosing not to take the bid you&amp;#039;re offered, isn&amp;#039;t the end of the world. It doesn&amp;#039;t mean you&amp;#039;re not awesome or pretty! Since spots are limited, a ton of great girls fall through the cracks (And, trust me, a lot of it is who you know). Plus, getting called back or receiving a bid from a sorority isn&amp;#039;t like in the movies when a picture of a freshman is projected onto a wall and everyone votes on her! The process moving from round to round with a sorority is way more complicated \u2014 and less demeaning. If you happen to not get a bid from the sorority you wanted but still want to be a part of greek life, see if your school has an informal rush (ours is in the fall!) that&amp;#039;s more chill for second chances. If you have friends in a sorority, have them put your name down on the invite lists for parties so you can come and get to know the girls before informal rush starts. It&amp;#039;ll give you a leg-up on the competition!  Most importantly (and I had to tell myself this over and over as I got nervous hearing back from sororities), it just doesn&amp;#039;t matter. Being in a sorority or not being in a sorority doesn&amp;#039;t change who you are. It doesn&amp;#039;t make you any smarter or prettier. My sorority may be the best sorority of all time, but it doesn&amp;#039;t make me any more &amp;quot;me.&amp;quot; And that&amp;#039;s the way the cookie crumbles! "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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