1. You do not have to be greek at USF to have friends, but it can really help. In addition to what Candi said remember that most leaders are greek and that being greek provides you with the tools to become a leader. It also provides great networking arenas and could give you an edge in a future job interview
2. I believe rush is the week before school starts. If it is and you are planning to live in a dorm the school usually allows rushees to move in earlier (it is on the sorority sister to stay with someone if a rushee lives in her dorm - kind of understood that she probably has more places available to stay). If you are planning to live in an apartment find out if it is possible for you to move in a week or so early. If it is empty there is usually no problem.
3.As I said in my PM make sure to do some research before rush (it is so much easier now than when I rushed because almost everyone has a website). Find out if the organization as a whole has values you respect, see if the individual chapter's website gives you insight into the women in the local chapter. Make sure to ask questions that are important to you during the parties. If you love sports you'll want to ask about their intermural involvement, things like that. See how you feel when you are in the same room with the entire chapter. Trust me you will have a feeling where you best belong. I hardly know of anyone,who was dissatisifed with a group that they joined, and didn't have some sort of idea it was wrong for them during rush.
4. Intermural sports are actually a large part of greek life. Not only do they usually have a team represented for all of the different sports, but many orgs host flag football, soccer...tournaments to raise money for their philanthropy. I will not limit this answer to sports so... Most greek organizations want their members to also be members in other clubs or organizations. They are really big on campus involvement, and if you want to play sports for the school any greek org would still love to have you (the coaches are usually the problem there.)
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