Hey girls (or guys),
Just thought i'd tell you a bit about myself before I ask the questions. I went to an all girls boarding school for high school so I've always had a group of close girl friends to hang out with and talk to about everything everyday..and I thought that college was going to be the same, so I never thought of rushing and I joined a professional student group instead. Although the group I'm pretty involved in claims that there is a social aspect, it really is mostly academic and I realize how much I miss having a close group of girl friends that I can always dress up and go out with, go to the beach with, etc. So after learning about what sororities are really about (and that sororities aren't what people stereotype them to be), I realized that i actually really want to be part of a sorority!!
I'm wondering if it is too late to join as a 3rd year? Would it lower my chances? Also, I've heard that in general, it is harder for an asian to get into a panhellenic sorority. I would rush for an asian one, but the asian ones at my school have a reputation of being slutty (and i personally know friends who are in it, who told me about how bitchy and messy things get), so I don't want to be associated with that name. How much of that statement that "you have to try harder as an asian" is true? And if so, what would I need to do to distinguish myself?
Thanks so much for your time!