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Originally Posted by DubaiSis
My advice is to have 3 interesting stories in your back pocket ready to pull out when the conversation starts to lag. I fell off a trapeze once. I ran into a girlfriend of mine from Dubai while at a gas station in the middle of nowhere New Mexico. I ended up staying in the hugest (and crappiest) suite at the Westward Ho in Las Vegas when my parents got bumped from their flight and my sister and I were on our own for a night.
No matter what, they'll remember you and probably bless you for not being the 400th conversation about the weather, the biology department or spending your summer working at camp.
If a 3rd of the school is Greek, that is A LOT. You need to find a way to stand out, but in a good way.
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I can't stress this enough - not just for recruitment, but for life. Life is all about getting to know and talk to people you haven't met. Be the person who could talk to a brick wall if necessary, and you will succeed.