wasn’t sure exactly what it would mean, if I would have time to fit it into my already busy schedule, or if I’d even want to. That morning, walking up the stairs to see a crowd of girls in white dresses chatting loudly, my reservations began to diminish. By the end of the afternoon, I knew that accepting my bid to Pi Beta Phi was one of the best decisions that I could have made.
As a junior, I was convinced that I had already found my core group of college
friends. However, at the first Pi Phi event, traits that I thought were seemingly
rare at Hopkins – being from Florida, loving to watch Gossip Girl – were present in many of my new sisters. I met girls who were in my large lecture classes, lived in my apartment building, and similarly hoped to go to law school. Such similarities may seem trivial, but at a school with such academically-minded individuals, it can be challenging to meet anyone, let alone 67 people, who are genuinely interested in building upon such commonalities. Yet, these were all women who stepped into this new sisterhood, not quite knowing what to expect, but quickly devoting themselves to what it represented. From the first day, I was amazed how quickly my small community at Hopkins became much larger.
As the weeks have progressed, each activity with my new sisters has furthered this idea. While I once found myself scouting out fellow sisters by looking for their Beta pins, I now look for the friend I made in the new member meeting, or the girl who I sat next to at our retreat. And each week I continue to meet ladies who, without Pi Phi I would not have had the privilege of meeting, but with Pi Phi, am now joined in sisterhood and commonality of love for our colonizing class.
Christina Warner
MD Gamma Pi Beta Phi New Member
Junior
Writing Seminars/Spanish Major
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