[orchid2]

Contributing my two cents...

I attended college on an ROTC scholarship. I was very apprehensive when I entered college/went through rush... I attended a traditional southern school (and had heard all kinds of things about southern rush, no doubt) and was initially afraid that sororities would drop me because of it. Of course, that did not happen, although I remained the only girl in my sorority (and in the entire greek system, at that) in ROTC throughout my time in college... I don't think anybody frowned on me for it, but a lot of the girls did not understand why I was doing it.

On the other hand, most of my male friends from ROTC had a greek affiliation. A group of ROTC guys actually helped to colonize a new IFC chapter on campus. Several of our cadre members were greek alumni, too. It is a positive thing... the leadership skills you gain from being in the program are valuable and can be taken back to your respective greek chapter.

I am not familiar with greek life at Kansas, but do not let age stop you. Every fraternity on my campus had at least one person in the pledge class who was not the stereotypical 18 year old. I recall that during my freshman year, one was 26. (And he was a Sig Ep!) Age was never an issue at formals, mixers, or anything else. We were all adults, having a good time.

The comraderie in my ROTC program was amazing. I strongly encourage you to pursue membership in both a fraternity and ROTC. It will be an enriching experience.