wtf is round one

Hey! I'm another pnm but have heard a lot about this and just wanna tell you what I've heard. During round one my best advice is to just smile a lot and be engaged in conversation. You won't have to try that hard to carry on convo, it's the sororities Job to do that. They'll ask a lot of basic questions. Just present yourself nicely, look put together and engaged, and you'll be fine. Ask questions if you want! It's not exactly pre determined but a lot of them will have their eye on girls they think will be a good fit. They've probably stalked you on Instagram lol and if you have any connection to a sorority they've probs put you on the "watch list" of people they might want

Round one is where recommendations and good resumes come into play. Sororities HAVE done their homework and they do have an idea on who they want to be on the lookout for. Great conversations and presentations are important because, for the first time, sororities are able to finally put a face/personality to all of the pictures/resumes/recommendations they've been looking at all summer. Those parties move really fast! Just be yourself and try to take it all in. It can be a bit overwhelming. Good luck!

It's mostly about sororities being able to get a first impression of you. Like other people said, we've done out homework and unless you don't know anyone in the chapter and didn't get a rec, the sorority already should know a little bit about you. That first impression is really important though especially if you don't have connection or didn't get a rec. Sororities are looking for initial problems with PNMs (no rec, awkward conversation, poorly dressed, major character flaws etc...) so that they can make those first cuts. If you can stand out and really impress a sorority during round 1, that's great, but ultimately as long as you have recs and don't mess up badly, you shouldn't get cut from too many houses. Keep the conversation light and friendly, talk about things that make you stand out and ask the girl friendly questions about sorority/college life. You're probably not going to leave round 1 knowing where you want to end up and that's okay.