You walk house to house, rain or shine. You’re dreading repeating your name, hometown, major and interesting fact again for a new group of girls for the four hundredth time. But you do it anyways because you know, somehow, it will work out and after rush is over, you’ll be welcomed with open arms to your new home with your new sisters.

But why? Why should you rush? Why go through the process?

1. You get to meet new people. The girl sitting next to you on the couch while in the social room of a sorority during house tours could possibly end up being your sister and your new best friend.
2. Your pledge class. The bonds that you create with the girls in your sorority is heart warming, but the bond you create with the girls in your pledge class is insane. After spending your entire New Member Education period with these girls, you’ll know almost everything about the girl that stands next to you in your line or even the girl that is girls away from you in the line.
3. The t-shirts. The amount of t-shirts that you will buy will accumulate very quickly. And let’s not forget about the t-shirts that will be passed down to you. You’ll have a t-shirt for almost every day of the year.
4. You’ll never be alone. Whether it’s 4pm and you need someone to go get food with you because you don’t want to go alone and all of your friends can’t go with you or 2am and you want to go on a drive and listen to music and belt out song lyrics from when you were in eighth grade, there will always be another girl ready to come with you.
5. A family. The girls in your sorority will be your go to girls. They’ll always be there for you.

No matter how long and tiring the process is, you should do it! You learn so much about yourself and so much about the chapters. And you will ultimately find your home.