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Yeah, I said it.

I. Senusret.

I can hear the "teeth sucking" sound from here! Thanks, Sen!:D

Yes, you should be worried.. which is why you shouldn't pledge (and most likely, can't). Unless a chapter is willing to do you a favor and make a huge exception - which usually only happens if a chapter truly knows a potential member and MUST have them as a member - you're SOL.

Study. Focus on school. Then worry about becoming Greek.

Quite a few actually. Look, you are in school to learn, not join a fraternity. Get your grades under control then worry about going Greek.

Grades first, like others have said. There's really nothing wrong with rushing when you're an upperclassman! I have several sisters who did that, and they're just as much sisters as the rest of us. So no worries! Just focus on your grades first. If you get them up, then think about Greek Life.

I love it when people ask for opinions and then tell us that they don't want our opinion.

OP, the people I knew who struggled in the first year dropped out or transferred to easier schools. The "grade risks" I knew in the Greek System were terminated within their first year because they could not maintain grades because Greek Life was too attractive of a distraction and did not help their already-poor study habits, learning challenges, and/or time management skills. Good luck to you; perhaps you will be the exception to the rule.

If he's looking at an NPHC group, he has a while to do so (i.e. graduate membership).

He's looking at NPHC. Whole nother ball of wax. It's not at all unusual for people to join NPHC as upperclassmen or even graduates. As for the grades, I could be wrong, but I don't think they make exceptions, so this whole thread is probably pointless.

Ok are all yall overlooking that I keep saying im just a freshman??? Just because im saying I wanna join one does NOT mean im gonna go out & start that process tomorrow. I've only had like 1 person understand that on here geesh.

You asked if you should be worried about your grades. The answer is "yes."
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No one is overlooking anything. People are answering your question. And frankly, they're also probably responding to the text-speak, use of words like "im" and "wanna," and poor punctuation. Yes, we all know that this is just an Internet forum, but if you come here asking questions about your grades and you don't put a a single sentence together correctly, you're pretty much asking for the kind of responses you're getting.

What are we overlooking? You asked if you should be worried about your grades. We said yes. We told you to wait to join, and you got all defensive saying, "My mind is already made up." No one told you that you can never join. We said get your grades up and then join.

So basically.. we (as in you + all of us) understand that you want to join, that you need to raise your grades first, and that you can try to join once they've improved.

What's the problem here?

ETA: And understand that the way you worded this:

..made it sound like you wanted to know if you'd have an issue rushing this semester. Naturally, that's why we all told you to wait to try to join.

You have completed 2 semesters (or the equivalent). That should be 25% of your college career, unless you are going to be on the or 6 year plan. Getting a break because you are still adjusting to college life is O-V-E-R. If you are still trying to get used to it after a year, there may be a problem.