Many schools in the southeast are considered very competitive Greek Life campuses. First semester freshman with stellar GPAs and activities, as well as alumnae recommendations, have the best shot. Having been on your campus for a semester, you should be able to assess if your school is like this. If you have any sorority acquaintances at your school, you can ask them if most the ladies who go through recruitment are freshmen, or if many of the PNM's come in with recommendations from alumnae. At these schools it is harder to get a bid.
Formal recruitment is many months away. I would suggest to start making plans to secure alumnae recommendations by mid-March. You can prepare and then choose not to go through, but other than some ruffled feathers if you don't get asked back, what harm will it do to try it out. I'm sorry to sound cold, but if you're worried about being rejected, then don't ever apply for a job or scholarship or go on another date. You never know how something is going to turn out unless you give it a chance. I say go for it
