ROTC and fraternities

[EE-BO]

Don't be disappointed. This is not impossible.

If you were to go into formal rush at the start of your freshman without having made any former contact with any fraternities, they would say "24 year old?!" and that would be the end of it with at least 50-60% of the chapters on that campus. All the good things you have done with your life would not help you since that late in the game there is just not time for people to hear your story and see that your age should not be hurting your chances to pledge.

But, if as I have suggested, you take steps 6-12 months before the start of school to get in touch with some chapters (starting with the two good contact points you have- Kevin plus your relative who is a Sig Ep), then you go into rush as a 24 year old- but everyone knows your story and realizes that you are not some nut job, but in fact someone who has made life decisions that any real American would admire, and you are coming to college at the right time for you.

As I said, I think you have an opportunity to join the Greek Community. I am just trying to offer thoughts on how you can best do that. And in doing that I have to be honest in saying that yes- on age alone you will hit some walls at some chapters (not all- but some) you might not have otherwise hit.