1. Waiting for your bid.
Waiting for every single PNM to arrive on bid day can be torture when people are running late. Sitting on your bid card knowing that the next four years are right below you feels like hours.
2. Running.
Personally, I’m not a fan of running in general. Running to your house on bid day is another story. Running the distance from Savery to the Greek Community at UW means you’ll be sweaty by the time you arrive.
3. It’s incredibly awkward.
Even though you know you’ll love these girls soon, you only recognize a few faces. Everyone around you is already friends with one another and you feel somewhat like an outsider not knowing anyone very well.
4. You don’t know anyone’s name.
Joining a sorority means joining 130 other girls and learning 130 other names. It takes months to remember so many names and faces when you have only met a few throughout the week of recruitment.
5. You have to move in.
At UW, you move in to your sorority house on bid day. The excitement of getting your bid, having fun with your sisters, and the stress of moving everything in and unpacking results in a crazy mix of emotions.
6. You have to claim your bed, dresser, closet, etc.
3. 2. 1. GO! Race to claim the best of everything you can.
7. You realize you’re starting college.
It becomes all too real that classes are about to start and you’re going to be living with these girls for the next four years. You aren’t in high school anymore and it’s scary.
8. It all comes down to an envelope.
After a week of torture and speed dating, you'll find yourself sitting on a single envelope with your name and a chapter’s name in it and it hits you that you find the whole process pretty ridiculous. But at the same time, you realize it’s all worth it.
9. Finding your bed in the sleeping porch when it's finally time to sleep.
The best part of sleeping porches is that they are always dark and quiet. The worst part of sleeping porches is that they are always dark and quiet. It makes it much harder to find your bed when you barely even remember where it was in the first place.
