If you only read one thread, the
General Advice thread is very comprehensive and informative. Check it out, and if you have more specific questions, ask away. It's the "general advice" people come looking for compiled by adpiucf into one thread, and it even has a labeled sections so you can find what you are looking for. Pretend like you asked the question on that thread and adpiucf answered you on that thread. Viola, your general advice.
You don't need "all day" to read the hundreds of threads. No one is insinuating that you read "hundreds" of threads. The general advice thread is one of the "stickies" on the Sorority Recruitment forum. The stickies are called such because they are important, so if you're feeling ambitious, read the other 3 stickies. No one said you have to read everything in one day, especially when you have more than 730 days until you go through recruitment. I'm sure even the busiest girl could find time between now and then.