I will. I am a little nervous about talking to the people in the office. But I'll keep everyone updated.

We are... PENN STATE!

Oh, don't be nervous about talking to the people in the office, hopefully their goal will be to make sure you have the best experience you can and want to join the greek community. Plus, think of it as good practice for when you walk into the rush parties. ;)

Hey, where's my little Penn Stater??

Any updates?

We need more Happy Valley-ians on here.

Hmm... haven't heard from petals recently, either. Maybe she would know.

Is petals at Penn State?

Yes, she's an ADPi.

hey everyone-
so i guess greek life hates me. my attempt to go greek failed.

Hey, you came back! Sorry it's not with better news. And no, I'm sure greek life doesn't "hate" you, I just don't remember spring rush being that big there. How many chapters did you go to events for?

If you haven't gone through yet, try fall formal rush, you'll get to see all 20ish chapters then. And if you aren't up for that, then don't worry about it, at least you tried, and god knows there's plenty of other stuff to do at Penn State so you can still get really involved even if you aren't greek. Chin up and good luck!

Haha, yes I am back. I would have updated more, but I had trouble finding the post, with all the new posts. Spring rush wasn't that big, and I feel like that really hurt me. I was only able to make it to two events, for two different sororities. However, with one I got sick the one night, and since I couldn't go to their first event, I wasn't able to go to any of their others. And the other one just plain out rejected me.

I really wanted to go greek, but I know or at least I have heard that sororties look down on juniors pledeging. I feel liek that might make me akward.

I love Penn State I really do, but getting involved here is so hard!!! :(

I don't remember it being unheard of for a junior to get a bid, why not go through and see? If you only met 2 chapters, you haven't really given greek life there a try.
I admit it's a big campus, but there is PLENTY to do there, if you look/try. About 10% of the female population are in sororities, so 90% are doing something else, I'm sure you can find SOMEthing that interests you.
Activities

13% of men belong to 59 national fraternities; 10% of women belong to 31 national sororities. There are more than 600 groups on campus, including art, band, cheerleading, chess, choir, chorale, chorus, computers, dance, debate, drama, drill team, ethnic, film, forensics, gay, honors, international, jazz band, literary magazine, marching band, musical theater, newspaper, opera, orchestra, pep band, photography, political, professional, radio and TV, religious, social, social service, student government, symphony, and yearbook. Popular campus events include Late Night Penn State, Dance Marathon, and Distinguished Speaker Series.
Sports

There are 15 intercollegiate sports for men and 14 for women, and 15 intramural sports for men and 14 for women. Facilities include 6 gyms, 5 swimming pools, indoor and outdoor tracks, 2 golf courses, a jogging course, a rink, 2 rifle ranges, 32 acres of practice fields, and numerous courts for tennis, handball, squash, and paddleball.

http://www.sa.psu.edu/usa/studentactivities/search.asp

Wow, negative much?

You said yourself that you got sick...and one chapter didn't like you? How would you know? Did they tell you to your face? Out of 20 organizations you're going to make sweeping conclusions that greek life hates you because TWO organizations were doing spring recruitment and you didn't get a bid? Perhaps you need to reevaluate your reason for wanting to go greek to begin with here.

Maybe you need to get more involved and meet more people in other campus organizations first, and perhaps be more proactive about greek life, as in going to the Greek Life office and asking questions in person as opposed to on the internet waiting for someone to get back to you.

I didn't mean to sound over negative. It was a bit of an exaggeration. I know Greek Life doesn't hate me, but it just seemed like it was not working in my favor at all. I apologize for upsetting you

greek life at penn state has been a little rough for me as well.
things just arent working out.
i'm still hopeful though

Dance MaraTHON
 

As a Penn State alum, I can say that I am proud of my Penn State and sorority experience! I hope you girls are looking at "ALL" of the sororities and not just getting your hopes set on any particular one. If you open yourself up to all of the chapters, you have a chance to get involved in Greek Life!

Remember that just because sorority XYZ is the best at Penn State, that doesn't mean it is the best at another school and vice versa. I know many girls who have joined various organizations on campus and their experience was incredible at Penn State but also as an Alumna member of the sorority.

Why don't you check out chapters that may not have the greatest numbers and are more flexible when it comes to taking juniors?

Just remember: When THON rolls around-nobody cares WHAT sorority you joined, but just that you joined and spent some of your weekends canning for money to support Children's Pediatric Cancer! I implore you to go on YouTube and check out videos of this year's THON. Once you watch that, you'll understand why I am so proud to say I am a member of Phi Mu from Penn State University! THON makes me feel like I am part of something bigger than myself! Also, ALL of the sororities support various philanthropies that you can help with!

Would you rather join a sorority that isn't the #1 on campus or join a sorority that you can help build up (and also get involved with as an Alumna) and work to raise money for THON? Do you really want to give that up? Joining a sorority at Penn State isn't hard-just keep an open mind!

:)