[kddani]

So let's get this all straight.

You're going to U of Southern Alabama, a Southern, traditional, fairly competitive school. You're not transferring until next spring.

You're older (currently 22, may very well be 23 or 24 by the time you rush), have a rocky academic past of various schools and either pretty good or terrible grades, and possible financial issues (you're still going to have to pay for school, and sorority dues, which aren't cheap).

These do not bode well at all for your chances at sorority membership. It really doesn't appear that you have the responsibility and drive that sorority membership requires.

Though I'm sure some things were out of your control, most of them were well within your control. Failing classes is your own fault- no one else's. Trying to work to pay for school full out instead of taking out loans like the rest of the world is a poor choice that you made. You don't seem like you're in much of a hurry to get back to school and get finished with your degree. I see a heck of a lot of blame on other people in your post and no acceptance of any fault on your own part.

ETA: I also think that a sorority would be a bit wary because it seems like you haven't been able to stay at one place in one school for very long at all. Why should they go through all the cost and expense of recruiting someone and taking them as a new member, only to have them drop out of school or otherswise disappear at the end of the semester?