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1) Spirit Week is about working hard and having fun! If you find yourself without something to do, go and ask the Recruitment VP or Chairman what you can help her with. It will be appreciated!
2) Spirit Week is a great week to bond with your entire sorority. Take time to get to know women you may not have spent a lot of time with in the past. You’d be surprised at the lasting friendships and bonds that develop from Spirit Week.
3) EAT! Keep a stash of snacks (but be prepared to share). Sometimes you’re not allowed to leave during Spirit Week hours—and those are some long hours! Even if dinner is provided, food sometimes runs out. So eat!
4) Remember SILENCE—it’s ok to spend time with your BF at the ABC Fraternity House, but remember that PNM’s will be hanging out there, too. You can be friendly and polite to them, but don’t talk about sorority stuff. I know that is really hard to do, so you might be best off just being friendly, polite and then going off with your boyfriend away from the house to get away from even the possibility that someone could think you were dirty rushing!
5) Wear LETTERS on and around campus in the week before recruitment and look your personal best! Also be on your best behavior—you are a public relations ambassador for your sorority 365 days a year – your words and actions can negatively influence a PNM or group of PNM’s about you, your sorority and the Greek System.
6) Practice conversation! Mock “rush” other sisters, and even practice shaking hands.
7) It’s ok to be nervous meeting PNM’s. They’re nervous, too! Just think—I’m making a new friend today. See what you have in common—the same as you might do if you went out with a big group of people and found yourself standing around with someone new.
8) Ask open-ended questions that can’t be answered with “yes” or “no.”
9) Don’t ask questions that make them think they’re being tested for a right or wrong answer. They could cut you because it will freak them out, when really, you’re trying to be creative. This isn’t the time to be creative. This is the time to get to know a girl who might fit into your chapter. Find out what she has to contribute, if you get along well, and sell her on your chapter.
10) SELL her on your chapter. Know your chapter’s history, sorority values, your programs, some of the upcoming events, etc.
11) Know your sisters. If Samantha PNM hails from Smalltown USA, and that is a unique place because 99% of the rest of campus comes from Big City USA, and you know that Sister Aimee hails from Smalltown USA, you can connect them and possibly earn some props with that PNM because she feels more at ease knowing she not the only Smalltown girl on campus. (Similarly, if the PNM is in a non-traditional major and there’s a girl at your chapter in that major, too, you have a similar effect.)
12) It’s ok to drift away from talking about your community service plans for the year and have a 20 minute conversation about “The OC!”
13) Listen to what the PNM is saying and react to her accordingly.
14) ****This isn’t intended as a flame-comment.**** You’re going to meet some weirdos. That’s ok. There will be other PNM’s who will meet you and think you’re a weirdo, too. And there will be the occasional PNM who acts like she’s too cool for school or your sorority. And there will also be the triple legacy who is either a dud, overly intimidating because she’s your chapter’s IT GIRL this recruitment, psycho for your sorority or completely turned off by you.
15) Not every PNM you rush will become your sister. That’s ok! It’s your job to help them feel at home in your chapter and to leave your house with the impression, “(YOUR NAME) was awesome! I really like her and would love to be her friend!” regardless of whether she’s your Recruitment Crush or someone you can’t wait to escort to the door.
16) Show how proud you are of your sorority and impress in a short time what a big part of your life it is. If asked, “Was XYZ your first choice when you went through recruitment?” YES, and I can’t imagine being a member of any other sorority. (Some may disagree that this is dishonest if, in fact, XYZ was your second choice… but honestly, this is a question a PNM will ask because she may be leaning toward your chapter AND you. If she learns you were wishy-washy when you preffed, she may decide well… if it was sloppy seconds for you, why should she want to make it her #1?) It’s about SELLING her on your sorority.
17) Have fun! Just be yourself and represent your letters well! You want to make friends, educate PNM’s about your sorority and have a great time with your sisters!