“I want to be you, look like you, dress like you, walk like
you and talk like you,” declares every freshman girl as they stare into your soul while you walk by them with your Greek letters on the frocket of your shirt. 

Every school has its own way of doing recruitment. While most universities hold recruitment before the fall semester begins, some schools have reversed the process and have freshmen go through recruitment in January before the spring semester starts. This begins the start of what I like to call the “let’s suck up to every sorority girl I meet” stage. 

Yes, I was once a freshman going through spring recruitment and was scared out of my mind to talk to girls in sororities because I felt I would not live up to the potential of being one of their future sisters. Although being on the other side has shown my compassion and humor, little did I know it is bluntly obvious to see genuine personalities compared to the opposed fake attitude. 

As a freshman you already have so much on your plate; a new school, leaving home, sleeping in a bedroom the size of your bathroom at home, how are you supposed to handle finding all new friends and see where you fit in, too? I get it, trust me. Freshman year is bittersweet, and depending on the person, it can make or break you. On top of everything else that goes on in your life you have a whole semester before recruitment, which you are definitely doing because who wouldn’t want 300 sisters? So what do you do during this first semester? Do you go out every night and party hard? I mean it is your freshman year. Or do you go to every rush event and suck up to every over-sized sorority t-shirt wearing girl you see on campus? 

My suggestion is so simple it’s going to blow your mind. What is it, you ask? Oh yeah, do you and don’t let anyone get in your away.  You are awesome and are so loved, so just show that. Attack us with your genuine personality, your laugh and your smile. Spring recruitment has so many benefits. You get one entire semester to figure out which sorority fits you the best and if recruitment is even for you. This semester challenges you to get out of your comfort zone and grow in ways you thought were not possible before.