Emily Smith

Emily Smith
smithel@purdue.edu
Zionsville, Indiana
Pledge Class: Fall 2006
Junior
Major: Child Development and Family Studies specializing in youth, adult, and family services
Minors: Sociology

Clubs/Activities:

Alpha Gamma Delta- 40th Anniversary committee, New Member Coordinator
Convocations Voice Network
Boiler Gold Rush- Team Leader
College of Consumer and Family Studies- Honors Student, Research

Self-Description

Hi! My name is Emily Smith. I am from Zionsville, IN and am currently studying to become a Marriage and Family Therapist here at Purdue. I am the 8th person in my family to attend Purdue and it was one of the best decisions I have ever made. I absolutely love sports, soccer is one of my loves, but I am always at every football and basketball game at Purdue. You can normally find me either working out or helping someone with a problem! I just got back from studying abroad this past spring in Vienna, Austria, and it was an experience that completely changed my life.

Why AGD?

There are so many reasons why I decided to become an Alpha Gam. This house has been very familiar to me seeing as my mother and two of my aunts where Alpha Gams while at Purdue and IU. While they were happy to see me become an Alpha Gam, they did not pressure me into going to this house. I was able to visit all the houses and realized that AGD was the house for me. What kept me returning to AGD during rush, was that I honestly felt the girls cared about me and liked me for me; they didn't want me to be someone I wasn't, they wanted me to be Emily and they loved me for it. This feeling is what defines our sisterhood here. We love each other for our unique corks and wouldn't ask a single sister to change who they are; without every personality in the house, we wouldn't be the same.

Favorites:

Brothers & Sisters, Greek, The Bachelor, Private Practice, Project Runway

Movies

Little Women, The Notebook, Boondock Saints, The Wedding Date, Schindler's List

Music

Anything!!!! Including Country!

Ice Cream Flavor

Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough

Color

Blue and Green

Favorite Alpha Gam moment?

My favorite Alpha Gam moment actually happened when I wasn't even at Purdue! I was studying abroad last spring in Austria and hadn't gotten any mail the whole semester. One day, I went in to check my mail and found out I had a box waiting for me at the post office. It was care package from the girls of Alpha Gamma Delta. I was so excited! I rushed home and spent the rest of the afternoon going through notes, letters, gifts, candy, and pictures that all the girls sent me from back home. It reminded me how much I loved my sisters and how even though I was thousands of miles away, they still thought and cared about me!

What is your favorite part about being in the house?

My favorite part of being in the house is by far the girls. It is amazing to say that I am sisters with all of these amazing ladies. I know that no matter what mood I am in, what crazy thing I want to do, or what completely boring thing I want to do, there is someone in the house that will be right beside me through it all! Being an Alpha Gam has helped me to develop as a person in so many ways. I don't think anyone can live in a house with 80+ girls and not learn something about themselves! I have learned that the only way to get through life is to be yourself. If the people around you can't accept who that is, then you shouldn't be around them in the first place. Being in Alpha Gamma Delta taught me to be myself and be proud of who that is.

If you could go anywhere, where would you go and why?

Seeing as I just spent the last 6 months living and traveling around Europe, I think I should probably go someplace else! I think the next place I would love to go is to Thailand and Laos. And, of course, if I was offered a trip back to Vienna, Austria, I would go in a heartbeat!

What do you enjoy doing?

I love anything to do with sports! I also love to do stuff for other people for fun. Whether that is baking a cake for someone or just helping them with something... I think it is a ton of fun! I also just love relaxing with friends and family, watching a good movie, listening to music, or just talking together.

What makes you unique?

I am definitely a major goofball! An 'Emily moment' would probably be one in which I do something that completely makes a fool of myself and all I can do is start laughing and say, "Wow, I am the coolest kid...EVER!!!" I am also a perfectionist in my own right and have to finish everything I start. An 'Emily moment' for this would probably be even when everyone else has left the room, you can find me in there finishing everything that didn't get done or cleaning up everything that was not perfectly cleaned.

Do you have any siblings?

I have two older brothers who I love and care for deeply. We are very sarcastic together and many people probably think we act really dumb together... but that is what makes us special!

What foods do you hate?

I am really picky about fruits. They cannot touch each other at all.... even if they have their peels on them. Fruit salad is the grossest thing ever to me!! Bananas and Grapes freak me out!!!

Future Goals

My future career goals are to go to grad school and become a Marriage and Family Therapist. Other future life goals of mine are to marry a wonderful man and raise a family with him! In the end, I just want to live a happy life doing something I love with the people that I care most about!

You've just been given $500 to spend however you like, what would you spend it on?

I would take half of the money and invest it in hopes that I will come out with more money to help pay for grad school and take the other half and use it towards helping children that are in need.