To wait or not?

[carnation]

If you're in the South, especially at a competitive school, not only are your chances best in the fall of your freshman year, but the spring informal rush may not be publicized and only friends of current members will even hear about it. In addition, it's possible that very few sororities will have vacancies for spring anyway.

[KSUViolet06]

Depending on the school, your best chance at joining a sorority may very well be this fall. At some schools, not every sorority does spring recruitment so your options may be limited. At some of the larger, more competitive schools, you may virtually have no chance in the spring because the sororities don't have spring recruitment at all (due to little or no open spots).

Originally Posted by carnation

If you're in the South, especially at a competitive school, not only are your chances best in the fall of your freshman year, but the spring informal rush may not be publicized and only friends of current members will even hear about it. In addition, it's possible that very few sororities will have vacancies for spring anyway.

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Depending on the school, your best chance at joining a sorority may very well be this fall. At some schools, not every sorority does spring recruitment so your options may be limited. At some of the larger, more competitive schools, you may virtually have no chance in the spring because the sororities don't have spring recruitment at all (due to little or no open spots).

Right. We've seen and heard before of the few spots left to fill going to friends of current members or girls who've already participated in Fall Recruitment who didn't get a bid for whatever reason.

I doubt that you'll find anyone here saying you should wait till the Spring.

[UGAalum94]

Well, it does depend on the campus some as to how damaging it is to wait.

I don't think it's ever an advantage to wait, unless it's really uncompetitive to join but the groups have distinct reputations that can't be discerned in recruitment. Is there such a place?

MissLittleBug, where are you going to school?