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Top Ten Reasons Why Bid Day Is The Best Day

Bid day or Christmas day?

Renee Sherman-Gauthier

Sep 12, 2016

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Top Ten Reasons Why Bid Day Is The Best Day

Renee Sherman-Gauthier

Knowing that recruitment and bid day season is in the air I decided it was the most appropriate topic to discuss seeing as how I'm still on cloud 9 after experiencing my first bid day as an active member in my sorority. Whether you're a new member or an active member there is no better feeling than this day. Bid day really is the BEST day and here's why:

1. The Various Themes.

Better plan what you'll wear, how you'll decorate yourself, do your hair and the artsy pics you'll take months in advance.

2. The Outfits.

Who doesn't love new t-shirts, dressing silly and GLITTER.

3. Billions of Pictures.

Knowing days before that you have to go through your camera roll and delete all the pointless screenshots and pictures of food in there because you know that you'll have approximately 3,000 new pictures by the end of bid day.

Which leads to....

4. The Perfect Instagram.

Because that's what's really important, right?

5. Picture Props

Props are fun and cute.

6. The Endless Memories.

Each year bid day brings new memories that you will never forget, whether it's running home to an unfamiliar group of people who you already feel such a special bond to, meeting a bunch of wonderful new people or jumping up and down with joy as you see the faces of your new sisters. No matter what bid day is unforgettable.

7. Welcoming Home Your Best Friends.

Rushing your freshman year isn't for everyone, so when my roommate and best friend decided to go out for recruitment her sophomore year I couldn't have been happier when she found her home within my sorority. My best friend was now my sister too.

8. Getting a Mentee.

Getting assigned a beautiful new member to welcome into your sorority is such an amazing feeling knowing that you can be there to help her through such a new stage within her life.

9. Running Home to Your New Sisters.

After probably the most stressful period of your life, you're finally comforted by running home to your new family where you belong.

10. The Beautiful New Sisters You Gain.

Welcome home Fall 2016!!!!!!

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Top Ten Reasons Why Bid Day Is The Best Day

Bid day or Christmas day?

1. The Various Themes.

2. The Outfits.

3. Billions of Pictures.

4. The Perfect Instagram.

5. Picture Props

6. The Endless Memories.

7. Welcoming Home Your Best Friends.

8. Getting a Mentee.

9. Running Home to Your New Sisters.

10. The Beautiful New Sisters You Gain.

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It's not all morning coffees and singing along to the radio.

You can't just go to your room to take a nap in the middle of your classes.

Having to spend all your extra cash on gas for your car.

Speaking of money, you probably don't have a meal plan so you're forced to scrounge up some change or mooch off of your friends.

It can be harder to maintain the friendships you make with people from class.

Finding a parking spot.

It can be harder to be involved on campus because between your one, two, or three jobs and school you don't have much free time.

When you try to be super involved on campus, it can kill your sleep schedule.

It's impossible to do homework at home, but staying on campus isn't an option sometimes.

There are surveys and events that you can't participate in because you're a commuter.

Group projects are the bane of your existence.

Traffic.

Your backpack rivals that of a survivalist trekking in the woods.

Driving all the way to campus to find a note on the door of your classroom saying class was cancelled.

Because have you ever had to endure grilling your foot on a George Foreman?

1. When he just wanted bacon from his George Foreman grill

2. When he had money (and Jan) issues

3. When he got upstaged at Phyllis' wedding

4. When he unintentionally saved Meredith from rabies

5. When he wore a "bisexual" suit

6. When he had to apologize to Jesus

7. When his GPS drove him into a lake

8. When he had to deal with Ryan as his boss

9. When he couldn't fulfill his most generous empty promise

10. When this happened

11. When he struggled with a X-Mas break up

12. When he had to defend his generosity

13. When he threw a classy Christmas party for Holly but she had a boyfriend

14. When he had to stand up to peer pressure

15. When Toby was "Toby-ish"

This isn't just for the single Pringles out there either, folks

Run Around Clanging Pots and Pans in Everyone's Face

Eat the Last Few Pigs in a Blanket

Pop Twelve White Grapes

Burn Something

Smash Things Against a Wall

Spontaneously Begin an Irish Jig

Call Your Mother

Throw a Coffee Table Out a Window

Sing "Auld Lang Syne" at the Top of Your Lungs

Do Some Squats

Swan Dive into a Nearly Freezing Body of Water

Take a Shot

Time to be merry and bright.

"First Noel" by Leslie Odom, Jr

"A Holly Jolly Christmas" by Burl Ives

"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" by Kelly Clarkson

"All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey

"Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" by Michael Buble

"Last Christmas" by Taylor Swift

"The Christmas Song" by Josh Groban

"White Christmas" by Idina Menzel

"O Holy Night" by David Archuleta

"Believe" by Josh Groban

"Les cloches du hameau" by Celine Dion

Or at least try to do.

1. I will wake up (sorta) on time for class.

2. I will look decent for class.

3. I will go to the gym more.

4. I will go to the library and study more.

5. I will meet new people.

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