You know you really want something when you lie awake at night and play I will if.” will call my parents every Sunday if...| will start praying to you, God, if...! will use my in-caseof-emergency credit card only for real emergencies if...
As a college freshman rushing sororities, I finished these sentences with, get into EZN*.” All social cues, everything Isaw on campus, from the sisters’ polish to their popularity, told me this sorority was the best sorority. I wanted to prove to myself that I had what it took to get in.
On Bid Day, hundreds of us corralled into a giant building on campus. I could hear my heart beat as I was handed my bid card. 1 tore open the envelope and saw EZN’s colors beaming up at me. I got in. I got in!! joined an avalanche of screaming girls on the back lawn, bolting for the EZN sign, absolutely euphoric. Smile!” the EZN sisters said as they snapped a photo of my pledge class. The girls you're standing beside now are going to become your best friends.”
And these soon-to-be besties were, in a word, impressive. Their majors were premed, prelaw, engineering—serious, smart-girl shit. Wealth winked at me from their wrists David Yurman), feet Uggs), and asses Abercrombie). Iwas a big fish in my small western Pennsylvania hometown. But now, looking around at some of the models—yes, actual models—in my new sorority made me want to burn everything I owned.
I quickly got close with two other pledges: Lauren, whom/’d met on the very first night of college, after which we tried to sneak into every party we could find. And Anna, who lived in my freshman dorm. Doom, however, awaited me.
One night, during a group meeting with our pledge mom, I was told was too cliquey. It definitely wasn’t by design—I wanted to form bonds with everyone, but how do you make 18 girls your best friends?
Denne historien er fra Issue 06, 2022-utgaven av Cosmopolitan US.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent ? Logg på
Denne historien er fra Issue 06, 2022-utgaven av Cosmopolitan US.
Start din 7-dagers gratis prøveperiode på Magzter GOLD for å få tilgang til tusenvis av utvalgte premiumhistorier og 9000+ magasiner og aviser.
Allerede abonnent? Logg på
The Sweet Smell of Diversity
We need more perfumes with important stories to tell, says beauty editor-at-large
Announcement: The Time to Masturbate Is Now
Seriously. What are you waiting for?
THE Hottest SPORTS STORY YOU'LL READ ALL YEAR
There's a reason romance author Ana Huang has sold more than 8 million books. And that reason is...well, see for yourself in this exclusive excerpt of her highly anticipated novel The Striker, about her fan-favorite hero, pro soccer star Asher Donovan, and former ballerina Scarlett DuBois. Is there sexual tension? Yes. Will there be steam, sweat, and exertion? Yes. Should you stop reading this intro and start diving right in? Yes.
Gen Z Doesn't Want to See Your Baby's Face on Tik Tok
Young enough to have had their childhood posted publicly but old enough to be starting families of their own, the world's most online cohort might just kill the multibillion-dollar momfluencer industry once and for all.
We Need to Talk About Women and Concussions
Because we're getting traumatic brain injuries more than ever...and more than men.
The True Tale of My Multi-Orgasmic Hookup With My Much Younger Handyman
I needed some help around the house. He put in overtime.
What's It Really Like to Be a Stay-at-Home Girlfriend?
Spoiler: The junior tradwife life isn't as rosy as it looks online.
Dove Cameron
The singer is ready to f*ck around and find out.
Is This Thing On?
When it comes to Ashley Park, the answer has always been yeswhile filming Emily in Paris, while owning a Broadway stage, while starring in some of the buzziest projects of the past few years. And also, we now know, while living through a recent near-death experience, which has taught the 33-year-old force of nature that sometimes you have to power down to level up all over again.
sabrina carpenter
The singer, actor, and miniskirt enthusiast just wants to chat.