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Originally Posted by bizarrebunny

Is it impossible?

Currently I attend a small school in upstate NY that isn't right for me. This is my first semester and I am a freshmen. I plan to transfer back to a school near my home (perhaps a CC) and finish my gen ed classes there so I can save money, etc. Then I plan to transfer to either Syracuse, IowaSU, or KSU. I thought about this for a very long time and I no longer want to waste any more time + money at my current university so after a lot of thinking, reflecting, and discussions this is what I'm planning to do. At those uni's I want to pledge for a sorority. At this point, you're putting the cart before the horse, especially since you haven't transferred (or know where you are transferring to), however it's never too early to be thinking about recruitment.

Problems:
- I will probably be a sophomore or junior by the time I transfer to the listed uni's. It depends on the university you transfer to and the chapter.

- I'm not sure if this is a factor but I am a minority (Asian) and I'm sort of worried about that. This shouldn't be an issue.

- None of my family members were Greeks. This shouldn't be an issue either.

- I can't really get recs if I have no prior connection with said chapter. You CAN get rec's. You just have to do your homework and network. Find sorority alumna in your community. Rec's do not need to come from that particular chapter.

- Currently, I have a low GPA since I have physics and I'm struggling so it's pulling it down. I do aim for a 4.0 next semester (wherever I end up going to whether it be staying or transferring back home), taking summer courses, volunteer and participate in a lot of extracurricular. THIS is what you have to work on.

In my current school the chapters are local sororities... and I feel like it wouldn't be worth the effort to join them as they do nothing but partypartyparty which is something I'm not that interested in.

Do I have any sort of chance? I feel like joining a national sorority at a bigger school would help with my personal development and will be a chance to network and participate in a lot of things that will help me in the future.

Dunno.

There are a lot of factors that can cut me out almost immediately I think. The only factor that can cut you out immediately without question are your grades.

Should I be worried?

Hope this helps!