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The Summer Contact Playbook
Everything they don’t tell you about pre-recruitment DMs, follows, and Instagram, from someone who’s been in the basement.
Before You Spiral
If your phone is buzzing—or it’s silent—this is for you
Okay, real talk. If you’re a PNM heading into recruitment and your phone is buzzing with DMs from active members you’ve never met, or if it’s silent and you’re convinced that means something terrible, this guide is for you.
I’ve worked behind the scenes on 40+ recruitments. I’ve sat in the basement during voting. I’ve watched chapters make decisions about PNMs based on things you’d never expect, and I’ve watched perfectly qualified PNMs spiral over Instagram details that genuinely don’t matter. What you’re about to read is the stuff I’d tell my own little sister if she were going through recruitment this fall.
This isn’t a 47-page download you’ll never open. It’s three pages of the questions PNMs ask me most often about the summer before recruitment, answered straight, with no fluff and no fear-mongering.
What You’re Getting
Inside the Playbook
- The truth about pre-recruitment DMs (and why most older sorority alums are giving you outdated information about this)
- The exact difference between a good reply, a better reply, and the best reply when an active reaches out
- The follow game decoded. Who to follow, who not to follow, and what chapters actually notice
- What it means (and doesn’t mean) when a chapter follows you, plus what to do if none of them have
More From the Basement
Want the rest of the basement?
The Summer Contact Playbook covers what’s happening in your DMs. But recruitment itself is a whole other game, and there’s a lot more I want you to know before you walk into that first round.
The full Rush Guide library covers conversation strategy, what chapters are actually evaluating, how to handle pref night, what to wear without spending a fortune, and the mistakes I’ve watched sink more PNMs than anything else. It’s everything I know from 40+ recruitments, organized into something you can actually use.
If the Playbook helps, the full guides will change how you walk into rush.
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