The semester I pledged, I didn't live on my sorority's hall (we have a sorority dorms because the sororities don't have houses here). It really wasn't much of a problem, I mean sometimes it's annoying to walk over for meetings but other than that it's not bad. She won't be at some horrible disadvantage either because most of the girls pledging with her will probably also be freshmen. For me, one advantage to not living on the hall was being able to get away when I needed to