As a freshman in a new school with a small handful of friends, I’m on a search to find a home in this massive school. Having been on a team in high school, I found that finding a family requires an individual to actively go out of their comfort zone to find one. Today, I took my first step in doing that by attending a general interest meeting for the business fraternity, Alpha Kappa PSI. I found out about this fraternity through my boyfriend’s cousins whom both are brothers in the frat.

Besides listening to a presentation detailing the background of the fraternity, we also made peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for a homeless shelter nearby. The event gave me an opportunity to meet the brothers and other students who are also trying to rush. What really sparked my want to rush was the fact that every brother I talked to today was genuinely open and down to earth. They seemed like a group of people I would want to be around. Another apparent notion was that every brother seems to have benefited from being apart of this fraternity.  One in particular, Sarah, whom I had the pleasure to have a 30 minute conversation with, informed Sethy and I about how she found her pleasure through the experiences that she was exposed to because of the connections she made since she became a brother. The conversation covered the topics of majors and minors, the importance of self awareness, and a lot of small talk in between. Through this conversation alone, it gave me an insight on what to expect in Baruch.

Although a small selective number of people will actually get the opportunity to become a brother, I will keep my fingers cross for that slim chance. Regardless of what happens, today’s experience has ignited the will for me to make Baruch my new home.