Join a sorority

“Rush was exhausting. The four-round process was spread out over two weekends, each round with a different theme and outfit requirement. (While the outfit requirement sounds daunting, I didn’t have to buy anything new. A t-shirt for the first round was provided to me, and the following dress codes—snappy-casual jeans and blouses, for example—were all easy to accommodate with what I already owned. Plus, no one really seems to be paying attention to or caring about your outfit.)”

“Initially I signed up for recruitment (AKA rush, a process to check out all the sororities and see which fits you best) out of morbid curiosity more than anything, just to see what might happen. I didn’t really expect to get a bid or be invited to join, but I figured I would at least meet some interesting girls and have a weird new experience.”