NALFO/NPC

[DrPhil]

Whether there is a stigma varies by campus and by circumstances.

It can vary by GLO practices. It can also vary by the racial climate of the campus. And it can vary by how you, yourself, have expressed your racial and ethnic identity while on campus.

[33girl]

If you tell, the worst thing that can happen is you don't get a bid.

If you don't tell, the worst thing that can happen is you become ostracized from your new group because they don't know what else you lied about.

Unless you want to spend your entire college career waiting for the other shoe to drop, I would come clean. Colonizing rush often involves older volunteers from the national sorority. You may find it easier to discuss your situation with one of these ladies than someone your own age.