It's time for no sleep, but endless fun.
1. Practice, practice, practice
WORK WEEK. The week of cheering, jumping, screaming, and yelling. Getting ready for recruitment is ALOT of work. Early mornings and late nights of practice consume the entire week. Little sleep is guaranteed. Everything must be perfected. But in the end, you are excited and confident going into recruitment.
2. THE PNMS!!!!
A new pledge class!!! What could be more exciting?! Everyone is so excited to meet all of the PNMs that could potentially be a part of your sorority. There is no better feeling than finding your rush crush: the girl who you're obsessed with, who clicked with you, who is literally the same person as you!
3. Beauty is Pain
You're all dolled up, hair and makeup done and your outfit is on point. Buuuut your feet hurt from your insanely uncomfortable heels, your bra is too tight, and you're sweating your makeup off. Your cute recruitment look is no more. At this point all you can think about is hopping in the shower and throwing on your favorite extra large t-shirt and baggy sweatpants.
4. ANOTHER Snack Round??
Snack rounds, they sound wonderful. In fact, the first one is fantastic. It's been a couple hours since you've eaten and can't wait to dig into the donuts and coffee waiting for you. But then lunch is an hour later. Then the next snack round. Then dinner. Then another snack round. By the end of the day, you never want to see another donut ever again.
5. SLEEEEEP
Starting rounds at 7 a.m. and ending at 11 p.m. Yeah, it's exhausting. You find yourself taking the longest nap possible in between rounds, which is probably less than 10 minutes. The last few rounds are basically you sleep walking and talking at this point.
6. I Sound Like A Man
Literally. Talking to 18 girls in one day will make your voice nearly unrecognizable. That is, if you still have one. Your voice either drops a couple of octaves, if you're lucky, or it completely disappears. The next day in class, it's not hard to tell which girls are going through recruitment because we all sound awful.
7. BID DAY!
Remember those PNMs you met? Yeah, they are coming home soon! Keep working hard all the way through recruitment and you will not be disappointed. Flirt with girls and get ya some awesome new members that will be absolutely perfect and you will be in LOVE!
