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Go through with it!
If anything just have fun with recruitment.
From personal experience, I do have a little advice--it might help and it might not, but see if you would like to use any of these.
If you decide to rush, make a small mini goal--someone you would like to meet by going through rush. Something like "I would like to meet a girl who shares a hobby with me" or "I would like to meet someone who educates me on something I have never experienced before" or even "I want to meet someone outside my dorm." It doesn't matter if you end up pledging or not, if you go into recruitment with the mindset of trying to meet diverse personalities, then you win all-around. You meet so many girls--your horizons really broaden.
Don't get swayed by the wealth of opinions and information you will be bombarded with. Think about what you are looking for if you pledge a house--every house will emphasize philanthropy, academics, etc. Figure out what you want in a house and give all houses the chance display its strengths then decide accordingly. You are rushing for yourself and only yourself, so use your own judgement and make the choices you make in rush will make YOU happy.
This might be risky but use your nervousness as an icebreaker if you can. I remember telling my rusher about how nervous I was before the first night and I mentioned how I played 80's Madonna songs in my dorm and sang into my hairbrush before I met with my Rho Chi (they still call them that at my campus)--that got us into a conversation about their tacky 80's prom mixer and "I love the '80's" and other gems from that awesome decade. Maybe mention to your rusher that this is a new experience because you are usually reserved, etc...If I were the rusher and a rushee told me this, I would emphasize and try to make her more comfortable--and I would think the rushee is down-to-earth because she is being real and not Ms.Outgoing when she is not. Don't be afraid to be yourself and to put yourself out there.
I hope this all helped. Whatever you decide to do, good luck with it and post a rush thread!
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