Unhappy in my fraternity

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I went to a community college for two years, then transferred to a 4 year school as a junior. I decided because I missed out on the "college life" for two years, and because I never got an opportunity to live in the freshman dorms, I'd rush a fraternity as a way to make new friends and try to make the most out of my college experience in two years.

Well, I rushed, and got into a fraternity. One thing that was understandably hidden by the fraternity during rush was that they were in a major rebuilding stage. I don't know all the details but I understand there were some disputes between the leadership and some actives and a good portion of actives ended up quitting. At the time I rushed, most of the active members were seniors. Anyway, my pledge class was huge (about the size of the active class) in order to regain membership. The pledge class was mostly freshmen.

This year, I'm a senior and I'm living in the house, but I don't feel like I'm really a part of the fraternity. The house consists almost entirely of my pledge class. However, I'm a senior, while almost everyone else is a sophomore. Because of my being older, I just don't feel like I have a lot in common. There are only a couple of people who share my major, but they're all taking lower division classes while I'm taking upper division, so I can never schedule classes with my brothers. I'm one of the few 21 year olds in the house, but since mostly everyone else is younger, I can't go out to any clubs with my brothers. It kind of saddens me when I go downtown and see huge groups from other fraternities there.

Anyway, I'm graduating this year, but so I kind of feel like just sticking it out for another year, but it's hard. I guess there's always going to be inherent problems when rushing as a junior, but because most of the older active class graduated now that I've moved into the house, I don't feel like I have a lot of older guys to hang out with who I think I'd have more in common with. My best friends, who I tend to party with and go on trips like camping, are not in the fraternity. I'd talk to my chapter president, but I honestly don't think he's the kind of guy who I could talk about issues like this to. Should I seek out an adviser or something?