Am I too old to get accepted into a sorority?
 

I just transferred to the University of North Dakota as a junior. I participated in formal sorority recruitment this fall but got cut from all of the houses on the first day. I seemed to get along well with everyone so I have no clue what went wrong.

I'm double-majoring in two completely different areas and I'll probably be in undergrad school for 6 years because of it, so even though I'm a junior, it's not like I'm graduating next year. I made sure to emphasize this during fall rush. I have a 3.0 GPA and I write for my school's newspaper. I know some girls who are in sororities but I'm not close friends with any.

I'm planning to do spring rush this coming January, if there is one, which at my school is informal and works just like fraternity rush. I really want this and am wondering what my chances are, or is my age an automatic deal-breaker?

Thank you much! :)

I don't know anything about UND, but it looks like their Greek system is doing pretty well right now. You may have just fallen through the cracks, they may not want juniors (which is common at a lot of schools) or you have an issue you don't want to acknowledge.

I'm a little worried about which chapters will be doing informal rush. Hopefully our data is wrong but it says quota was 31 and total is 72. That tells me very few chapters are going to be rushing and your chances this winter may not be greatly improved.

I would work up the courage to talk with one of these sorority girls you know but not well. No, you can't ask them why they didn't like you in the fall, but you can ask if they ever pledge juniors or ask about the process in general. And she's probably not going to answer this one directly but if she starts doing a verbal dance around the subject, you probably have your answer. Unfortunately there are choices to be made every day of our lives and consequences as a result. You bounced around between schools and may have killed your chances at sorority as a result.

Give it another shot in the spring. Keep in mind that with total that low versus quota, the chapter that may be willing to take you could be substantially smaller than the others or not the IT girls on campus. Be as enthusiastic as you can be, and if it doesn't work out, you're going to have to find something else to fill that void.

Sorry to rain on your parade! The good news is I have no direct knowledge of you or the school, so I could be completely off on your chances.

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Could it be that the reason she got dropped the first day was because of grades?


I too do not know the OP, or anything about the Greek system at UND.

That was my first thought too--grades and junior status. My thought would be if you are rushing as a junior at many schools, your grades had better be stellar. A 3.0 is just kind of meh.

An especial concern I would think with the two majors and newspaper writing.

This depends on the major. In a STEM field, a 3.0 may be fairly decent.

Trust me, I am aware of that. My point was more the workload aspect. They might not wanted to add something as time consuming as sorority membership on top of all of that.

What you "think" has nothing to do with the reality of this situation. If you want to poop rainbows and burp sunshine, there's a different forum for that.

My two majors are communications and community nutrition. Also, the newspaper doesn't take up very much time.

just give it a try-you will have no chance at all if you don't.

Take a look at tbfrance19's signature. I'm thinking it's more of the special spam we've been getting lately.

Thank you much for helping me out! :)

I talked to someone in the Greek Life office and she gave me the dates for spring recruitment and said our total is 80 and that my age and having previously rushed isn't a problem. I also got a 3.6 GPA this past semester (my best since starting college) and that raised my cumulative to a 3.2.

Be aware that although it's not a PROBLEM per se, some may still consider it a detriment. But I do wish you all the luck in the world and congratulations on improving your GPA. Let us know how it goes.

That's true but there's unfortunately nothing I can do about it anymore. My plan is to just go in with confidence but mentally prepare for worst-case scenario.

Thank you and I will!