pledging as a varsity athlete

[vis_katie]

Hello all,

I want to rush and hopefully pledge a chapter at the school I am transferring to. I am also going to be in the cheerleading squad and I was wondering if juggling between these two time consuming activities might be too hard to handle.

Any varsity athelets who pledged a sorority here?

[alum]

All the members of my daughter's intercollegiate team are GLO members. I would say that is the case with nearly all the athletes at her school. Of course it is Division 3...

[Sister Havana]

A lot of cheerleaders at IU are in sororities.

[ISUKappa]

When I was an active, we had over half the women's tennis team, a soccer player, a cheerleader, a pom and a swimmer in my chapter (DI school). Three members of the tennis team also held a position on chapter council (one was President!). They were expected to put forth the same effort as all other members, but were obviously excused when athletics coincided with mandatory events.

[KSUViolet06]

We've had althletes in our chapter. They were expected to attend events just like everyone else but were excused if they had a mandatory althetic event.

[AngelPhiSig]

I always looked at women who were involved in other activites as a great addition to the chapter! A great resource for recruiting as well!!

I was on the dance team my first two semesters as a collegian and I had a hard time juggling my schedule during my pledge period. I joined in the Spring, so we were in the middle of basketball season -- which meant games on weeknights and on weekends.

I really wanted to be a part of that chapter and for a while I felt like I was missing out on a lot because of practice and games, but my sister-mom and Frat Ed Advisor reassured me I was still part of the chapter. Even though I couldn't attend all the pledge events, I could still try to enjoy my time 200% more at the ones I could go to. We've had cheerleaders and x-c members in my chapter before and it's never been a problem.

[carnation]

My daughter cheered varsity at her university while Greek and if anything, it taught her time management. Her grades were great but her squad only went out of town 3 times. I cheered university before I was Greek...it almost ruined my grades because we would frequently have to leave for out-of-state football games on Thursday morning.

At many schools, cheerleading can get really social with alums inviting you to parties, the school wanting you to do extra pep rallies aorund the state, high schools wanting you to judge their competition, etc. If you want to be Greek and a cheerleader, be strong! Remember you're at school for the education and not the parties!

[speedsters]

at my D3 school a large percent of girls in sororities are athletes and on our crew team of 35 women there are about 15 girls in 3 sororities. so it depends on your school and how you manage your time. i am captain this year as well on the exec board of my sorority, and my co-captain is the president of her sorority, so its do able