Recruitment is the best and worst thing that will ever happen to you. As you meet over a thousand new girls, you will be excited to find your newest rush crush, best friend, and little/grand little/great grand little. Yet recruitment is also full of the same conversations, same answers, and little excitement. Whether you are in a rut or are done asking about their hometown and major, here are some interesting/edgy questions that will interest both you and the potential recruit:
1. What is your favorite coffee drink? Do you prefer Starbucks or an independent coffee shop?
2. If you were best friends with a One Tree Hill/Desperate Housewives/Gilmore Girls character, who would it be and why?
3. Tell me about your best friend, and why you look up to her.
4. What story does your family always tell about you?
5. What’s one of your favorite memories from summer time/first semester?
6. Tell me about your family dynamic.
Here you can learn about their siblings, how she grew up, and what family means to her.
7. What is the one thing you can’t live without?
Whether it’s Netflix, coffee, or her dog, it’ll introduce a whole new topic for you two to discuss.
8. If you were famous, what would you be famous for?
9. What was the most surprising part of living in Oxford/on your own?
10. What is your dream job?
11. If you could chose any nonfiction or fiction people to be your mentor, who would it be? (Bet you’ll get tons of Lauren Conrad, Sophia Bush, and Lilly Pulitzer answers.)
12. Why are you involved in the organizations that you’re in/what organizations do you want to be apart of?
13. What are you looking forward to most when you join a sorority? Being a leader? Going to philanthropies? Being a sister?
14. If you had a theme song for your life, what would it be?
15. What is something that you can’t help but spend money on? (late night Will’s pizza, online shopping, Chipotle, Red Box movies).
16. What’s your favorite thing to do on breaks? It may be traveling, seeing old friends, or going to her favorite coffee shop/book store/boutique/yoga class.
17. What book/movie has influenced you the most, and why?
18. Is there anything you are really passionate about?
19. What is the best advice you have ever received/given?
20. What excites you about Oxford/college/being in a sorority?
21. What kind of things make you laugh? (friends, Parks and Recreation, comedy movies, animal videos.)
22. Where is your favorite place in the entire world?
23. If you/your best friend could describe you in three words, what would they be? You’d be surprised at how stumped some girls can get on this question.
24. When you think of “home”, what’s the first thing that comes to mind?
25. When you think of your future sisters/big, what traits are most important to you?
We don't find our future sisters by knowing their major/hometown/high school activities. Try to find something that can connect you with them. And remember, you can always ask about their favorite Netflix marathon.
