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Originally Posted by Teazer_9009
This has a little bit of a story behind it, but here we go. I'm a sophomore. I started rush last fall, but dropped out before going to the floors. I had a family get together that my mother and aunt insisted that I attend and I had joined a couple of clubs already including a club sport, and they were both factors in the fact that I dropped out. I also wasn't sure that I wanted to be in a sorority. A couple of people I worked with had been telling horror stories, including one girl who had to completely re-do her schedule for some reason. Some other people I had talked to said that it completely took over your life and you didn't do anything that wasn't for the sorority (no other clubs, no friends that weren't Greek, etc.). I don't know if any of these people had any experience with this or not, but they were pretty much telling me I shouldn't do it. So, I dropped out. Fast forward a semester and I dropped out of the club team - they wanted more commitment than I was willing and able to give, and I kept getting sick from our practice space.
It’s a year later and I really think I made a mistake dropping out when I did. I know girls from highs school who rushed at their schools and love it. I want to try again. But I'm a little scared. Will the fact that I dropped out last fall make a difference? And then there's the other club I'm in. It’s a performance based club (Musical Theater!) with weekly meetings and extra rehearsals during tech/show week and sometimes trips to see shows downtown and stuff (big city and all  ). Will that hurt my chances?
I'm probably overreacting to everything (I have a tendency to do that), but a little help maybe?
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Your campus culture will dictate whether being a sophomore will hurt your chances or not (and the fact that you dropped out). On mine (small school, non competitive recruitment) it wouldn't, but that just depends. If they ask why you dropped out, be honest and say as a freshman you were worried about time commitments and keeping up in school, but now that you've learned time commitment from list-a-couple-of-activities-here you feel that you're ready.
Understand that there will be certain things that you will probably not be able to miss to attend your club meetings, like chapter and certain required sisterhood or philanthropy events. But many, many people are in a sorority, make good grades in school, and are also involved in other activities or have a job. It will be about time management.
I say go through recruitment and ask questions during the week about activities to get an idea of the time involved, but keep an open mind and if you're good at time management and get a bid, go for it. You should be fine.