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10 Things Every Girl Who Just Went Through Recruitment Knows to Be True

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at GWU chapter.

1. Eating cough drops like they’re candy in order to preserve your voice… because recruitment is basically talking for 9 hours straight!

2. When the PRC’s come by with mints and all you’re thinking of is a nice big cheeseburger- eating full meals are now a luxury that you simply can’t afford.

3. By the end of the night, you look something like this: 

4. At the same time, there’s always that one chapter with which you have great conversations.

5. Opening that tiny paper of death (otherwise known as your schedule) made you want to throw up with nerves.

6. You are now an expert at shoving various snacks into your mouth in under three minutes.

7. By the end of recruitment, everyone can get into alphabetical order with their eyes shut.

8. Never knowing what time it is.

9. That feeling when you just know what chapter is right for you.

10. You realize that in the end, it was all worth it because you found your home and the people you’ll be spending the next four years with.