Funky-colored hair: Bad idea for rush?

[icelandelf]

Originally Posted by cuserushgirl

Ideally, my appearance shouldn't affect my admission into a sorority- but will it? Will some houses not want a "weird" looking girl in their house? How do most sororities look upon girls with alternative looking styles?

I'm treading lightly here, but I think you've almost answered your own question. I do not know what rush is like at Syracuse but I agree with the others have said above. Truly, what is your purpose for getting an alternative hair color and then going through rush? You are a sophomore so you may have had an opportunity to observe some of the girls that are active in their respective sororities. What have you observed in terms of their appearances? If you've observed that some of them have Betsey Johnson-like hair and dress, then I'd say go for it Otherwise, I'd err on the side of conservative caution.

[Zeta13Girl]

I think it depends upon the sorority and how openminded the sisters are to it. One of my pledge sisters had some streaks of hot pink in her hair and while that was a hot topic her big later told us when voting she still got a bid and pledged.