Is 40 to old to join a sorority?

[puddintane]

Originally Posted by 33girl

It all depends what kind of sorority, and what the campus is like. If 3/4 of the campus is returning students, obviously everyone else is going to be "old" also.

Not only that....not all sororities have fraternity mixers.

You are very, very correct. We have a nearby school that does have alot of returning students and there is a mix of age ranges in their Greek system. You see more older students in the fraternities rather than sororities.

I don't think it's a matter of wanting to "hang out" with women who are not just 18 and 19-year olds, but with more and more seniors delaying college or taking longer to graduate, most of the seniors that graduate from here are 23 and 24 years old.

While I can understand if your particular school has only a younger crowd, fully dismissing what an older student has to offer is the same thing as saying as your advisors have nothing to offer the sorority either...and we all know that isn't true.

Keep in mind that GPA to GPA, adult students usually outperform, younger students, and to be able to tap into that life experience, in my opinon, is valuable.

Sororities are for the promotion of women, younger women as a tradition, but I just think it's important to be open minded.