This may be a stupid question...

[kayfaith]

Okay first of all, hi GreekChat!

I just started my sophomore year this summer semester. Between high school and college I took a year off (if anyone wants to know why I don't have a problem with sharing, but yeah) so I'm 20. After this year I'll be able to transfer from my small college with no greek life to a bigger university with strong greek involvement. Being in a sorority is something I've wanted since middle school. Now that I'm facing transfer application deadlines, this whole process has me kind of freaked.

When I transfer schools, I realize that it won't be easy no matter how I get involved. The thing that has been worrying me lately (and like I said, this will probably sound so stupid) is if my race will be an issue? My mom is black and my dad is white. The only people in my family that went greek are divine 9 (so on my mom's side) members. My dad's family all seem to think that being in a sorority would be stupid etc.

Since I'll be a transfer student, I really want my two years to count. I'm looking at Big 10 and Southern schools, and a few Cali ones as well. Panhels always seem to be so involved on campus, and that's really important to me! I want to have at least a few girls that feel like sisters/friends for life. And I want to be social!

Do any of you all think that me being two races is going to be a problem? I have friends of all races, and I swear this has never been something that's worried me until now. I'm really hoping the people in my family that are against me going through formal recruitment are just biased and uninformed. Other than being 21 when I go through the process, I'd like to think that everything else about me will be normal! My GPA should be between a 3.67-3.8 when I transfer, and I'm definitely not going to a school with a preference for one sorority over another or anything like that.

Wow, okay, if you read all of this then thanks!