I'm 26. Am I too old to rush at LSU?

[MysticCat]

Originally Posted by TSUFH

His age should not be a discriminating factor just because "that is how it is at LSU."

But he didn't ask whether it should be a discriminating factor or not. He asked whether it will be.

I'm all aboard the "you'll never know unless you give it a try" train. But a person should get on that train with realistic expectations and take it from there. What matters is how active fraternity members at LSU will view his age. What happens elsewhere, or what should happen, is irrelevant to what he wants and needs to know. At worst, examples from elsewhere of it being no problem at all could generate false hopes.

Encourage someone to try? Sure! Encourage false hopes? No.

[deepsouth]

Honestly, as someone who is moderately familiar with the LSU system (I didn't personally go there, but I have a number of friends who did and I spent several weekends a year there) I would say that your chances are limited drastically by being 26. If you are a cool enough guy that they can relate to and want to hang out with, you should be fine, but I don't know that a fraternity is what I would want at age 26. I had a guy in my pledge class who was 21 and we thought that was kind of old.

I would advise you to try it out, meet some guys this summer and see what they think.

P.S. everyone in your pledge class will love having a pledge brother who is that old- that is if you are cool with going to the liquor store everyday.