Question about new chapter/recolonization
 

Okay so long story short because of several factors of living in a different country for my first year of college, transferring my second year but a rule about the orientation date keeping me from rushing, I was finally able to rush my "junior" year. Thing is, it isn't really my junior year because when I transferred from my previous school I completely changed my major (and added a minor) and the school I used to go to didn't do any sort of freshman introductory classes, so at most, I am a sophomore right now. The problem is when I transferred to my new school they took the credits I had from my old school and just put them on my transcript as elective credits. When they added them all together the credit hours basically labeled me as a junior even though I know I'm going to be here for at least three more years.

Anyway, I went for formal recruitment just two weeks ago before school started and I got dropped by everyone. I'd heard it was going to be hard for a "junior" so I tried to explain to the sororities what my situation was.

Regardless, I did not receive a bid. Would I be completely out of line wanting to either recolonize a sorority that went inactive on our campus or even establishing a new sorority (I know I would need to contact the greek life coordinator to start with and even see if my school is looking to grow their greek life)? We had our largest PNM number sign up for recruitment this year and our quotas were a lot higher too.

Just wondering your thoughts and/or whether I should give up on joining a sorority.

Thank you!

You can't just start a sorority or a recolonization on your own. Panhellenic must decide to do it.

I know, I was just wondering if it seemed like even starting the process by asking the panhellenic and letting it go from there. From what I've read I can contact a few people and at least see if my school is interested in expanding. If I'm wrong please let me know, I'm still trying to figure out this process.

Thank you.

There's a thread on GC that lists the schools that are in the process of expanding.

You could certainly ask the Greek adviser if Panhellenic is considering opening for expansion. You could also ask about signing up forCOB

Even IF your school was open for expansion and actively working on expansion, these things take a long time. You will likely have graduated by the time any new sorority would come to campus.

Let's dial it back a bit. Firstly, are there any chapters you may be interested in that are having COB events? During COB you may have a better chance to explain that while credit wise you are a junior, you have X number of years left to complete your degree.

If you're school is on the list of schools confirmed to be expanding before you graduate, take a shot at going for a spot in the founding class.

If you're school is not currently looking at expansion efforts you could always start asking but are unlikely to reap the benefits due to timelines. If this is the case, I suggest focusing your attention to other worthy campus activities.

Good Luck!