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I don't recommend the minimum credit thing. Take the amount of credits necessary for you to complete your major in four years. Of course if you haven't declared anything yet or don't know what you want to study, get your gen ed classes out of the way. I'm just saying this because I had a very demanding major in college and if I took the minimum, it would have taken 5 years. There were semesters where I had 23 credits, 20 minimum hours of practice time, and still managed to balance time with my sorority. You're in school to get an education- that should be your first priority.
In terms of "impressing" or whatever, make new friends and be nice to any sorority women you meet. Also be mindful of the friends that you do make- you don't want to come into rush and have members think "oh she's friends with so-and-so and they got wasted at a fraternity party, I bet she's like that too." This is a good time to see how Greek life is at your campus- how do the chapters interact, philanthropy events, etc. If they are holding philanthropy events or fund-raisers, it'd be a good idea to come out and support them. It'd also be a good idea to support fraternity fund-raisers and philanthropy events as well because sorority women may come out to support them as well. Be pro-Greek, not pro-XYZ.
And finally, get good grades. This will be the benchmark that sororities will look at, not your high school grades. Deferred recruitment is a different beast. I found it to be less stressful though because not everything is happening at once and less uncertainty is involved.
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