Should I Colonize Or Wait 'til Next Fall...

[Alpha O]

I'm glad you're working on practicing conversations with your floor mates! That's a great step and probably the #1 thing you should focus on, because conversations are such a big part of recruitment. If I may suggest another exercise, since you have some time before recruitment, I think you could try to work up to making conversations with random people you see around campus, maybe when you see someone you've never met in line at the dining hall or if you sit next to someone in class you've never met before. That might sound kind of strange, but I think it would prepare you really well for recruitment. You obviously don't have to do this if it makes you uncomfortable, it's just a thought.

If it helps you, you should know that whenever I have talked to a PNM I have always been genuinely interested in her and on her side. I am sure that many other sorority women are this way during recruitment. We all love our sisterhoods and are interested in recruiting members who will share our values and what we stand for. Because of that, we are really interested in what these women think and what they have to say and how they relate to the world. We want to find people to join our sisterhood--that's why we're doing recruitment in the first place. I hope that makes you feel more comfortable.