Find Your Forever Home

“Find Your Forever Home,” a common cliché posted online for all the bleached blonde, party seeking, college girls. 

Now, this type of phrase is used very strategically and it's not over used, it's tactical. 

It’s used as a way to draw enough attention to persuade freshmen girls, who are miles away from their real home, to feel like this is something they need to be a part of, but subtle enough that once they become seniors, they’re kicking themselves trying to remember what it was they found so appealing about this in the first place.

At this point, if you didn’t attend college, or if you did but never cared about expanding your network by discussing different self tanning brands, you’re probably asking yourself what does this promising message pertain to? 

However, if you did use your philanthropy as a way to flirt with all the Chads and Brads on your campus, you already know what this advertisement is referring to.

But for those who graduated without the honor of knowing about the NFL draft for college girls with access to their parents credit cards, they call it, Sorority Recruitment (not ‘Rush’ because that's what messy frat boys do, sorority girls are much more classy).

Sorority recruitment happens one to two times a year depending on the school you attend. It's separated by two weekends and three parties; Sisterhood, Philanthropy and Preference. In these parties, potential new members talk to sisters about themselves and the organization as a whole.

Now if I’ve completely lost you, let me explain it in a different way. 

Think of it like a dating app for girls to find worthy younger girls to either carry out their legacy of “top house” or change their vibe all together to get to the spot of “top house.”

Just like dating apps, it's a two way street. Just because one party likes the other, does not mean you will match. It has to be a mutual “right swipe.”

 Makeup and clothing are the filters. What you wear can hide any and all flaws of the person you’re talking to. If it's a trendy, designer outfit and the makeup compliments it nicely, automatic right swipe. If the outfit is from last season or looks like it's from your grandma’s closet (not like vintage grandma’s closet because that’s cute but like grandma’s closet closet), left swipe.

The conversation is the bio. If you lead off strong with great energy and no nerves, maybe even a few common interests, right swipe. But if you mention ANY of the 5 B’s automatic, big, red block button. 

THE 5 B’S - BOYS, BOOZE, BIBLE, BIDEN, BANK

It’s a cute way to say fraternities, partying, religion, politics and money.

I know what you’re thinking. 

How can a group of girls make meaningful connections when you are restricted from talking about arguably the most important topics when seeing if your morals align with someone else's?

I don’t have an answer. 

But if somehow you make it out of this two week long process of surface level conversations, painful rejections and judging with a match, it's time to go to your local beauty supply store, buy some hair bleach and find a self tanner that doesn’t stain your sheets too bad for when Chad comes over.

If none of that made sense either, here's the number for the ladies that run all of sorority greek life. They might be able to explain what it “truly” means to find your forever home.

National Panhellenic Conference

(317)872-3185