Tips on How to Survive Rush Week!

Greek life is one of the most rewarding and amazing opportunities that schools offer to its students. There are so many perks to being a part of a sorority or fraternity. Many people will say that being a part of Greek life, they have a “family away from home" and they have a strong support system.

Others contemplated transferring to a different school but stayed because they found where they fit in on campus. Greek life is a good way to get more people around campus and have better connections later in life when you’re looking for an internship or job and it looks good on a resume.

Now that you realized how amazing Greek life can be, you decided to rush a fraternity or sorority. The first thing you have to do is look at your school's policy on the requirements to be a person in Greek life. Some requirements are having a GPA higher than a certain amount, being, at least, a second-semester freshman or above, among other things. After figuring out the requirements, you now have the opportunity to get to know all the different sororities or fraternities, either through sober and non-sober events, through rush week. Here are a few things to remember while embarking on rush week.

Getting enough sleep during rush week is something that everyone will struggle with. You will be running around campus and to parties that you will soon realize that rush week feels like a month. Making sure you have enough sleep will help for when the rush plague does hit, but getting enough sleep will also keep you on your “a” game and you’ll be able to meet as many sisters as you can.

You are going to the rush events to meet sisters and brothers, not to party. Everyone is more sociable after a few drinks in them. However, keep in mind that you're there to meet potential new family, not to get wasted. It doesn’t look good on you and the sisters and brothers will take that into consideration at the end of the day. Remember, rush week is fun, but it won’t be as much fun if you're hung over because you drank a little too much the night before.

If you are serious about joining Greek life, then you need to listen to this one. Meet Everyone! If you want to join that sorority’s or fraternity's family, you need to know as many as them as possible. If they don't recognize you or haven't had a conversation with you, it will be harder for you to receive a bid. Even if you’re not the most sociable person out there, all sisters/brothers will never turn their back on a potential, so don’t be afraid to go up to sisters/brothers and start a conversation.

Be yourself as much as possible. Do not try and be someone else when you’re trying to get to know people in Greek life. The point of rush week is getting to know the people that could potentially find people that are just like you and you fit in perfectly with them. Trying to be what the typical sorority girl or frat guy is not going to get you very far. The people in Greek life are trying to find people that they believe have the same values and goals that the sorority shares.

Even though rush week can be stressful, it’s also supposed to be fun! Everyone is excited to come back to school and are excited to meet new people. So even though it may seem like everything is happening so fast and that you don't even have time to sit down and enjoy yourself, take a minute to breathe and just remember after that week is over, you'll have found people that will be in your life forever.