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My Parents Wouldn't Pay for My Tuition to a State School, but I Found My Home at Beta

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OPINION | Natalia Joseph Wednesday, April 10, 2019Wed, Apr 10, 2019

Smashing beers on my face? Yeah bro. Breaking tables? Sent. Knocking down fences? Killing it man. 

I've always wanted to go to a state school. It's been my dream for as long as I can remember — it was practically my identity in 10th grade (WE ARE). However, my dad said he'd only pay for me to go to an Ivy.

Naturally, I chose the Social Ivy. At first I was pretty bummed: the people I met were tame and ambitious. Plus, at Penn, it's cool to be a skinny, pretty boy that wears deep v-necks and listens to European house music. I mean, really, what's up with that?

Where were the meat heads? The muscle jocks? The gym rats? The bears?

That's when I stumbled into a "State Day" themed party at Beta: I had finally found my people. Surrounded by a sea of a million colored jerseys, I felt at home. 

Beta for the boys. Beta forever.