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Originally Posted by mourinho
I am transferring to an SEC school in the fall as a junior (barely.) I had basically given up hope of becoming greek because of my classification, but when I went on a campus tour a few months ago, I found out that a new sorority would be colonizing in the fall. I talked to some greek friends at the school I'm transferring from, and they encouraged me to sign up for the new colony's recruitment.
After looking into the sorority a bit, I found out that their philanthropy is a cause that I feel very strongly about because it has affected many people dear to me. After learning this, I was even more excited about the prospect of recruitment.
However, I am now undecided about recruitment because the one time I brought it up to my mom, she flat out told me that I would have to fund the membership fees and everything myself. That is totally understandable, being that my mom pays my rent, tuition and other bills. I have money saved up that was to be used for post-college expenses when I'm on the hunt for a job, but I'm weary about tapping into that.
I'm not sure how much the fees and everything would be, since it's a colony. I'm not even sure if they have a house. I'm guessing they do have one, though, because there are a couple of vacant houses on fraternity row (I wouldn't be living in the house either way because I just signed a 12 month lease.) They supposedly had a meeting during the spring semester to discuss all of that, but of course I wasn't on campus. I have enough money saved right now to afford living unemployed for a year after college (worst case scenario.) I'm estimating I have 3 years left of college because I'm changing my major, so depending on how much the fees are, that could be a sizable chunk of my savings gone...not to mention mixers, football games etc.
Am I freaking out over nothing? Is the greek experience worth tapping into my savings? I will not be working in the fall so that I can get acclimated to a new campus and city, but I plan on getting a part time job at the start of the year.
And what are the chances of an upperclassman transfer student being recruited? I was involved at the school I'm transferring from and I have an excellent GPA.
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Keep in mind that if this colony goes to the expense of establishing a chapter house, you may be required to live in pretty early on. Make sure you understand what might be required of you before going through recruitment.
And please look up the meaning of the word "weary".... sorry to be fussy about things like grammar, but it counts.