Moving to a new city is a pretty scary thing, especially when
you can count the number of people that you know in the nearest 100 zip codes
on one hand. My first attempt at finding a roommate was to ask my friends that
currently live in NYC if they needed a new roommate or knew someone who did. I
quickly struck out and needed to look elsewhere. I was really scared to go onto
Craigslist and find a random roommate, you never know what you are going to
find with Craigslist!
As a CDC, I preached to collegiate members the importance of
joining the local alumnae group after graduation. "It is a really easy way
to meet people!" I would always say. I figured it was time to practice
what I preach. I already was a dues-paying member of the NYC Alumnae group and
was constantly checking out the Facebook group for any "roommate
wanted" posts. I ended up joining a g-mail group for DGs looking for
roommates and/or apartments in the city. I sent out an e-mail to the group and
within a few hours I heard back from a collegiate member about to graduate from
Zeta Theta-Columbia named Cait.
The rest happened so quickly; we went through
the usual surface level questions about living habits, hometowns (she is also
from the west coast!) and what we are doing in NYC (she does neuroscience
research at Columbia). Cait had already found an awesome true 3 bedroom
apartment in the Upper West Side, and from the looks of the pictures it really
was perfect, and was planning on seeing it in person with a broker later that
week. One of Cait's friends from Columbia became our third roommate and we
signed the lease a week after I posted my original "roommate wanted"
e-mail. Cait and I love telling the story of how we became roommates to other
DGs because it truly is a testament to how amazing the DG network is. The night
before I e-mailed the group, Zeta Theta had their Senior Pursuit meeting and
encouraged the seniors to join the local alumnae group for where they will be
living after graduation. Cait went home and joined the NYC Facebook page and
the G-Mail group and it paid off!
Kudos to Zeta Theta for encouraging the
senior class to stay involved in Delta Gamma. Cait and I get along great, and
having our ritual and sisterhood in common was just the beginning. I like to think
that Cait and I's story is proof that Delta Gamma is not just 4 years of fun
while in college, it truly is a lifetime membership. There are DGs everywhere,
so why not go out and try and meet them? You never know what new and amazing
friends (or roommates!) you will make along the way.
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