[thetygerlily]

In case you do join a sorority, here are some essentials from GC or my own experience:
- A skirt or nice dress pants & nice tops that you can wear to formal meetings (roughly once per month for most groups) - and shoes to match
- Some groups require an all-black or all-white nice outfit for certain events (recruitment, ritual, msc events) - and shoes to match. Although black is easy, I would imagine finding white shoes after Labor Day would be a challenge.
- Bring at least one dress to get you through the first formal. Half the fun is dress shopping with your sisters, but it's always good to have a backup just in case.

Outside of sorority stuff: jeans, jeans, jeans. Options for extreme weather, just in case (e.g. shorts & tanks & flip flops in addition to a heavier jacket & rain/snow boots). Some athletic outfits, and things you don't mind getting dirty/ripped/etc if you participate in some sort of obstacle course or something- whether sorority or college-sponsored.

As someone who moved pretty much my entire bedroom across the country (and on a campus where nobody had cars, the bus system was terrible, and shopping was miles away), I suppose I wouldn't be concerned about overpacking. It's one thing if you can go home for a weekend, but another if you only go home a few times per year. And if you bring clothes you wind up never wearing, a friend or Goodwill are always around to take them off your hands.