The first day of sorority recruitment can be pretty crazy. You're going from house to house as a PNM or if you're inside the house you're meeting too many PNMs to even try to remember them all.

When you're recruiting the first thing you do is scan each PNM as they walk in the door and immediately start the mental first impression judgment.

As a PNM, you're freaking out about making the best first impression you can because everyone knows recruitment is about making the girls in a sorority fall in love with you. Confidence is key.

You spend months picking out the perfect dresses for each day of recruitment and the perfect Kendra Scott jewelry to match.

Between each party, actives rush around trying to fix their makeup, vote on PNMs, and stalk the next girl they're picking up on Facebook… all within 10 minutes.

Talking to PNMs can be very interesting. Often keeping a conversation going can be a struggle, but after all we're professionals at this right?

You want each PNM to feel welcome in your house, so you have to be as nice as possible, even when the PNM is rude.

As a PNM, you can get your heart broken when your favorite house releases you.

What PNMs don't know is that girls inside the house can be just as heartbroken when their rush crush doesn't love them anymore. But then it's time to move on.

You just have to tell yourself that there are even better girls that will love your sorority as much as you do. And as for those that cut your house:

When you wake up on Bid Day you're more excited than a child waiting for Santa on Christmas Eve. Merry Sratmas amirite?

You are overjoyed with your new sorority and all of the actives love you so much already. But as an active when you find out what house your ex rush crush chose you're like: