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

After a semester of agonizing over it, four days of intense conversation and anxiety, and one exhilarating run after opening your bid card, you have finally made it into the sorority of your dreams! The first semester of sorority life can be pretty overwhelming, but at the same time, it’s one of the best times you’ll have in the sisterhood. So, to make sure you don’t miss out on any of the fun, here is your definitive bucket list of what to do now that you’re in a sorority!

 

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1. Wear your letters proudly

2. Buy anything and everything that has your letters on them

3. Join Facebook T-Shirt pages to get even more merchandise

4. Sit by a sister in class

5. Learn the chants sung during recruitment

6. Explore your sorority house

 

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7. Brunch with your new sisters

8. Go to mixers

9. Enjoy sorority event discounts/giveaways

10. Be serenaded by fraternity boys

11. Participate in philanthropy events

 

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12. Make friends with upperclassmen sisters

13. Change your Instagram bio to show your letters

14. Take endless pictures with your sisters…

 

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15. And with your letters…

16. Just fill your whole Insta with srat life updates

17. Show Panhellenic love with other sororities

18. Get spoiled rotten during Big Little week

 

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19. Have fun at Big Little Reveal and meet your sorority family

20. Paint a cooler for a frat boy

21. Learn your sorority’s history…

22. And traditions

23. Go shopping for formal dresses

 

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24. Have a blast at formal

25. Decorate your room with all things sorority

26. Bond with your big

 

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27. Get your sorority badge

28. Get initiated

29. Throw what you know!

 

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Sydney Fellner is a junior at Southern Methodist University studying art history and arts management, aiming for a career in event planning. A Dallas native, Sydney loves green tea, glitter, and napping. Her most notable accomplishment is watching a video of pugs acting out Beauty and the Beast fifty times in a row. She cried at least half of those times. Instagram: @sydneyfellner
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