Well I'm in my senior of college and I've been thinking to myself, should I have rushed?
I had a blast Freshman year all the parties, friends, everything. I did rush and pledge a fraternity but it wasn't for me. I found my own crowd and never really attended anything. I didn't really connect well with the brothers and was probably not going to initiate. I didn't really get the whole concept of a fraternity at first. Long story short they did the hard work and balled me.
My roommate was part of another fraternity, I got along well with his pledge class and some of the brothers. I partied with them a few times, but didn't attend everything, after all I wasn't in the fraternity. I was invited to rush them but never did. I felt it would be awkward and I had a negative experience with my previous fraternity. I thought it would have been "weird" to rush as a sophmore. What if I got balled and not accepted by the other brothers? I was a little scared of getting close to new people and didn't like the thought of my "brothers" grilling me about my past. Plus I really don't like commitment and think back to my past decisions as you can tell by the demeanor of this post.
I had the money for college and even a fraternity but I didnt want to waste it all so I worked. Long story short is my friends drop out, move, join the military, graduate. It's now me and my girlfriend and a small group of friends. I'm ready for my career but now that I look back I kind of wish I didn't spend my whole college life working. A fraternity would have been fun and I would have met many of good people.
There are a lot of fraternity douchebags, but I also met a lot of smart genuine people. I kind of regret not rushing, but I'm too old now
. Maybe I should get involved on campus but I don't know, after all I got one semester left. I feel like I've made my bed and hit the point of no return. I don't mind being a GDI but just wish I hadn't cut away my options.
My advice is don't worry about what the people think and have fun! Rush, try it and meet new people. Don't worry about the money! Even if you have to take a loan what's the additional $500 a semester. That's $4000, not much to have a great experience and meet many good people. There's power in networking and you will make that money back!
Just thought i'de sign up here and get that out. I've been dwelling on the thought for a while.
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