[violetpretty]

How old are you? Are you older than a traditional college student (23+)? Or, by "older people" do you simply mean you are a sophomore and are 18-20 like most sophomores?

I'll let someone more familiar with A&M comment on sophomores, non-traditional students, and if any chapters are doing spring recruitment. My guess is that a non-traditional student would not fare well at A&M.

Sorry, but, "I live 11 hours away" is a lame excuse for not going through recruitment if you wanted to do it the past two years. Maybe you didn't know about it freshman year, but what about this year? Out of state PNMs at colleges everywhere get to school early if need be for recrutiment. Plus, if you DO join a chapter, you'll be expected to recruit AND you'll probably have to come a week earlier than recruitment to get ready for it. If you do decide to go through, I'd come up with a different reason why you didn't go through formal recruitment (or spring last year).