Is there an age limit?

[Adelphean]

You're a man. Maturity levels in men from 18-23 don't fluctuate as much as women in the same age range.

[Akkus]

Ummmm maybe you are right.

[shinerbock]

I've seen quite a lot of maturity change from 18 to now (22). Same goes for just about all of my friends.

[Akkus]

Currently I feel a lot more mature than i was when i was 18 but i still wouldn't mind hanging out with an 18 year old.

[AOIIalum]

Originally Posted by Akkus

Would you consider SDSU a commuter or urban school?

I do not know enough about SDSU to answer, but there are plenty of folks from California around here who might know.

[jadis96]

I do not know of any sorority that has an age limit to join. One of my lil' sisters joined Sigma at 22 years old. She was a junior and decided that she was finally comfortable enough with her academics that she didn't need to study as much so she finally had time to join a sorority. She loved it and had two great years. She even held several chairs. She never once had a problem with someone younger then her having more authority then she did. She did often laugh though that her big sis was 2 years younger then her. She always felt comfortable coming to me with problems.

That being said there was a 47 year old non-traditional student who went through recruitment one year at my college. No sororities offered her a bid. I spoke with several women I knew in other sororities the general reason for not offering her a bid were that most sisters felt like she would never be someone who we would feel comfortable with competely being as some of parents were her age. I don't see that being a problem in this case.... 24 is not that big a difference.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by adpiucf

And there is the age factor... If I were 24, I would not want to be taking my marching orders from a 19 year old who was preaching sorority etiquette at me in new member education, and then that same person hypothetically asking me to go on a beer run with her for my super over-the-hill ID. It's a bit different to be older in the workplace and taking similar direction from a superior who is a bit younger-- the age lines blur as you get older, but the young adult years are still a little too close for comfort.

I think you have to learn to separate that. Yeah, maybe I'm 24 and Patti's 19 and she's telling me my rush outfit isn't right, but I'm not going to let that come between a friendship (or a beer run). She's doing her job, not getting on me personally. If you get all hung up on little things like that it doesn't really matter who is what age.

For the (ahem) older posters...was this stuff as big of a deal when the drinking age was 18?

[Little E]

We had a guy who returned to college after being out of school for twenty some years. He had attended Beloit for one semester and then dropped out. He decided that he wanted to complete is college education and so he came back - mind you Beloit is 99% residential. He lived on campus and got involved in the fraternity he pledged his first semester twenty some years ago. It ended up being a great situation. Beloit was 1200 people, so some weren't really sure about his presence, but by the end of the semester he had found his place and the age thing was as noticeable as it had been those first couple of weeks.

He was a great influence on his group. They were a little...unrefined... before he got there and by the time I left, the house was cleaner, they were more active in the greek community, they really essentially came around a lot and I think in large part it was due to someone who knew how to make decisions.

Granted he was 40 something and the OP is 24 but it can be a great experience. You will have to put up with crap that is annoying but 24 year olds are not THAT different. If you want to do it, go for it and have fun. You might regret it if you never try.