I'm an older student, can I still join/pledge?

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I echo everything that AlphaFrog and adpiucf said. I'm pretty much going to say the same thing I've said on this topic before, but even on top of the age difference being a huge automatic barrier (at least at most schools -- there are some out there that wouldn't mind) a sorority can be a taxing time commitment.

At most schools, sorority new member periods require a set number of hours a week (I averaged about 15 hours a week with mandatory/"pretty much" mandatory activities when I was a new member) and I'd imagine that would be a huge strain on top of being a full time student and mother of two young kids. At least with NPC sororities, the new member timeframe isn't really all that flexible, unless you have a *very* small new member class. Even if the sorority was completely willing to work around your schedule, you'd still have fit in all those hours a week somewhere.

To cut to the chase, all this is really neither here nor there -- I'm pretty much going to say that there aren't really too many traditional Greek systems that would bid a woman of your status. It all depends on your school but an NPC sorority system that bid a woman of your status would be an anomaly.

That's not to say that you can't try to find a sisterhood. In fact, there are many community/non-collegiate sororities whose members come from all walks of life and that may be better tailored to your schedule/mommy duties. Beta Sigma Phi is one and you can go to betasigmaphi.org for information. Good luck.