If you know anything about Ole Miss, you know we have big greek life. In fact, except for SEC football, it's one of the main things we're known for. We have the perfect mix: a small Southern town, the SEC, and beautiful houses. Along with this comes the most competitive and intense rush in the country. Because of our semi-delayed rush, our Bid Day was just two weeks ago. Other schools are going through initiation and big-little while we just started pledgeship.

I can without a doubt say that rush was the hardest and most emotionally draining week out of my whole 18 years. There are suicide counselors called in during the week of rush here, and seeing girls breakdown isn't uncommon. Boys' formal rush is this same week too, and they aren't immune to these stresses. Many boys and girls will transfer schools after this week because they didn't get the house they wanted.

Ole Miss gets a lot of attention in the media for things like Dixie, or the State Flag debate. We also get attention for the intensity of our rush. Newspapers and magazines from all over frequently write about the craziness of this week and are astounded by the way we do things here, but I don't think any of this was done by mistake. Formal recruitment -- whether it's boys' or girls' -- helps prepare us for the workplace.

What other process forces you to face heaps of rejection, and then mentally hype yourself up and get ready for your next house in less than 10 minutes? What other way forces you to present yourself well for 12 hours a day, make small talk to hundreds of girls, and balance school work on top of that?

Rush is essentially 100 mini interviews in the same week with one goal in mind. It teaches you how to look professional, how to hold a conversation, and how to get over your fears. And on bid day, it's more relief than you can ever imagine!