[DubaiSis]

The good news about informal rush is you get a more personal experience and you can get started with your sorority life sooner than if you wait until the fall. The bad news is you don't get to see all of the sororities (and that's not necessarily bad, especially if you are at a school with a lot of sororities). But if you are interested in joining a sisterhood and status is not your top concern, informal rush can be great. I would recommend you put your interest out there to the Greek Life office and to the sorority women you know. Depending on your school, some sororities will actively advertise to get girls to come to their events, and some will keep it way on the down low, so you need to let people know you're interested, not just respond to advertisements, emails, facebook posts, etc. Just be aware, there is a difference between letting your friends or reasonable acquaintances know you are interested in hearing about rush opportunities, and stalking them or asking them 40 times a day about it or becoming besties just so you can get invited to the right parties.

And if informal doesn't go as you'd like it to, you can always try again in the fall. Just remember that more choices doesn't necessarily improve your outcome or your feelings about your outcome. You'll see from reading threads here that girls go through rush, get their first choice and 2 weeks later are talking about dropping because they made the wrong choice. Or worse, they go through formal and get their 2nd choice. So don't assume that by going through formal and being placed that you will feel any more certain about your decision than if you informal rush one chapter.

Good luck!