Third time's the charm: Colony?

[coveredinpaint]

I posted earlier about rushing twice, so you can guess by the title I wasn't able to join a sorority.

Now, it isn't necessarily to say I went through the whole thing. I found out the second day of events that both my parents and my cousin were having two separate weddings (weddings which I would be highly involved in and would be required to travel the entirety of the summer.) So in the grand scheme of things, my parents' needs trumped my wanting to be in a sorority. Plus, I also was surprised with a puppy so that took up all of my time.

Afterwards, I tried to tell myself that maybe sorority life wasn't for me--life certainly didn't stop getting in the way--but I'm sure you ladies could understand how it felt for me. However, recently, I found out that a sorority is colonizing at my school next fall, and all the feelings I was repressing came back.

Now I'm back where I started: pining to be part of sisterhood and also fearing missing out on my youth.

I know I should probably actually try out formal, but with the increasing popularity of rush at my school, they're taking less and less upperclassmen (Some sororities on campus allegedly don't take juniors and up during formal, and I'm already "technically" at senior standing, though with two years to go.) I don't know if I should just cut my losses and go for the colony since I've read here they tend to want upperclassmen girls just as much as underclassmen. I've also technically been through recruitment twice (albeit both were crapshoots) so I imagine I have that against me as well. (Heaven knows the fact I'm an art student is already one factor against me.)

In addition, I read up on the colonizing sorority and absolutely agreed with everything they believed in and loved everything about it. I also like the idea of having more leadership opportunities from the get-go (I'm already a VP of a fairly successful club on campus but I like being involved.)

I know it's a mutual-selection, and they have to like me as much as I like them, but I adore what they stand for and that resonated with me enough that I'm this willing to look like a "dingus" in front of my peers for trying Greek life a third time. (Peer pressure is real, y'all.) All I can hope for is that the sorority would like me as much as I like them.

So as a person trying to be a part of Greek Life for the third time, should I check out the colony and give one last go?

(Clarification: I'm not checking it out because I think rushing a colony is easier, I'm checking it out because I have always wanted to be a part of a sisterhood and this seems like it could be what I've been waiting for.)