Perhaps you like to think of yourself as original. You’re creative, witty and anything but a follower. In high school, you defied all stereotypes. You broke free from the confines of every clique. You prided yourself on staying true to yourself, refusing to bend to the desires of anyone else. Yet as you find yourself on the brink of entering the next four years that have been continuously promised to be the best four years of your life, you find yourself at a crossroads. Every poster you pass on a seemingly never-ending string of college visits screams a single word: Sorority. Your Facebook feed is filled with photos of your cousin’s latest philanthropy event, Greek letters consume the majority of your best friend’s sister’s wardrobe, and your own mother just got back from lunch with her sorority sisters of over 30 years. Just as you thought you would finally escape…

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