Should I go through Formal Recruitment?

[MusicIsLifeMD]

Hi GC,

Obviously, I'm new and trying to figure out if rushing is even something I should think about right now.

About me: I'll be 20 this year. I'm planning on transferring to Delta State University this coming fall (Fall 2013) and have been thinking of going through recruitment.

My problem, however, is my GPA. I've never been good in school (my freshman year of high school ended with a 0.90 GPA... but that was due to personal reasons), partly due to being an outsider. I'm a very introverted person (though I'm less so now, than I was) and I'm very conscious of not doing something that could possibly offend people. I've never had a group of people to study with, and that has led to me having horrible study habits.

This looks extremely horrible (and it is) but I am also a 4th semester freshman. Since starting at community college, I've only been taking 12 hour course loads... and for the past 3 semesters, 3 of those credit hours were for a non-credit, remedial math class that a good 3/4ths of the local public school system students are placed in to. It's also an online-only course. I have also dropped two 3-credit hour courses since starting and I've failed 3 courses. My first semester I failed EN101 due to the teacher being foreign. This past semester I failed my last two remaining classes, after dropping my third credit class (due to not paying attention/being able to focus in one and the teacher being a crazy old loon in the second).

When I transfer, I may or may not still be a freshman due to how credits transfer.

My current cumulative GPA is 1.90 down from a 2.67 my first year. I'm hoping to raise it to a 2.4 (or higher!) this semester.

I know the chapters and the NPC look at high school/college transcripts, and I know I don't look good as an PNM.

Joining a sorority is something that I never used to see myself even thinking about doing and it still seems weird that I'm looking into it. I just love the whole sisterhood "thing" (I don't know what else to call it), and I've always known that if I had a group of people to study with... that could keep me focused, I would be a lot better off school wise.

Sorry for the wall of text, if you are still reading this I applaud you!

I have a few questions:

1) Would I possibly get a bid (or even get through day 1) at the DSU chapters of Phi Mu (Kappa Epsilon), TriDelta (Phi Phi) and/or Kappa Delta (Gamma Psi) with a 2.3-2.5?

2) Knowing that there's a slim-to-none chance that I'll get through the week due to my GPA, should I bother doing formal recruitment this year and do it next year (or try to come through spring semester?). I know the older you get (and higher up on the academic food chain) it's harder to get in, and that is a worry as well.

3) When I transfer, I will most likely still be classed as a freshman due to certain credits not transferring and whatnot. How are transfer students that are new to the Greek system treated in terms of recruitment?

Thank you!