Alabama Rush

[HQWest]

Originally Posted by elballz12

I am currently at a Community College in Alabama and plan on attending the U of A in fall of 13. I will be 20 and plan on rushing. Could this hurt my chances of getting a bid? I go to most of the home games and know a lot of people already down there just most of the guys didn't pledge. I know the fraternity chooses you but just want some suggestion on what the upper tier fraternities are. I want to pledge in somewhat of a big house but not just have house dues out the @$$. Please give me some suggestions and if you know how much some of the dues are let me know

I think you already know the answer to your own question. If you know a lot of people at Alabama, but just most of them didn't pledge, then you need to be talking to the ones that DID pledge. They are the best people to help you. Since they are the ones you know, those are the chapters that are really your options. If you don't know them well enough to ask them what they pay in dues a semester - then they don't you well enough to want to invite you to move into their house. If you don't know them at all, why would they want to ask you to pledge? So if you don't like your current options, you will have to get on out there and meet some people - but it is a lot less likely to be a real possibility.

[elballz12]

Originally Posted by HQWest

I think you already know the answer to your own question. If you know a lot of people at Alabama, but just most of them didn't pledge, then you need to be talking to the ones that DID pledge. They are the best people to help you. Since they are the ones you know, those are the chapters that are really your options. If you don't know them well enough to ask them what they pay in dues a semester - then they don't you well enough to want to invite you to move into their house. If you don't know them at all, why would they want to ask you to pledge? So if you don't like your current options, you will have to get on out there and meet some people - but it is a lot less likely to be a real possibility.

The one that did pledge isn't a a very good fraternity. they don't have big parties, not a big house, not my kind of people. The times I have tried to go to the parties with some friends they wouldn't let me in because I didn't go to Bama and wasn't in a fraternity. I thought it was kinda stupid... They just told me that they can't tell me to join the fraternity it has to be my choice

[DZsis&mom]

Originally Posted by elballz12

The one that did pledge isn't a a very good fraternity. they don't have big parties, not a big house, not my kind of people. The times I have tried to go to the parties with some friends they wouldn't let me in because I didn't go to Bama and wasn't in a fraternity. I thought it was kinda stupid... They just told me that they can't tell me to join the fraternity it has to be my choice

My Best advise to you at this point would be to:

[33girl]

Originally Posted by elballz12

They just told me that they can't tell me to join the fraternity it has to be my choice

Translation: They do not want you to join.

If as you've said, this is one of the "lower tier" fraternities, I think your shot at Greek life at Bama is very small.

[AnchorAlumna]

Not letting you into their party might also have been due to the restrictions of their insurance policy, university regulations, policies and restrictions of their national...you don't know.
Neither do we.
Point is...with fraternities, you can't pledge where they don't know you. Get out there and meet some people.
That is all.

[itb2a]

1. Seeing 'Elba' in your username combined with 'community college' and 'Alabama' gives away a lot of info you might not want to have in a forum, particularly if you are slamming on someone's fraternity and asking who are the 'top tier' ones. Might not be a good idea...if I can figure this out, so can anyone at Alabama.

2. Perhaps you should check with any male relatives to see if they have any fraternal connection...if not, then look at Alabama's IFC website for more info.

[LXA SE285]

Seeing 'Elba' in your username combined with 'community college' and 'Alabama' gives away a lot of info you might not want to have in a forum

I read it as "El Ballz 12."