Is 22 TOO OLD to RUSH an old south SEC frat?

[southernkid]

Thank you for y'alls time. I was just looking for more than one opinion. I was looking for an opinion based on experience of the situation at hand. Being that my high school sends almost all of its college attending graduate to this well known SEC school, I know members very well from all the top tier frats at my school. I just don't know the specifics fraternity system, and they're likeliness and ability to give bids to the guy my age. Being that I have 3 years of school left, I figured I'd have a chance.

[WCsweet<3]

Originally Posted by southernkid

Thank you for y'alls time. I was just looking for more than one opinion. I was looking for an opinion based on experience of the situation at hand. Being that my high school sends almost all of its college attending graduate to this well known SEC school, I know members very well from all the top tier frats at my school. I just don't know the specifics fraternity system, and they're likeliness and ability to give bids to the guy my age. Being that I have 3 years of school left, I figured I'd have a chance.

"I was just looking for more than one opinion." Translated: I wanted to be told I was a special snowflake instead of just being told no.

"I know members very well from all the top tier frats at my school" If you know so many guys then why are you asking us?

[FSUZeta]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

"I was just looking for more than one opinion." Translated: I wanted to be told I was a special snowflake instead of just being told no.

"I know members very well from all the top tier frats at my school" If you know so many guys then why are you asking us?

Precisely!

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by southernkid

Thank you for y'alls time. I was just looking for more than one opinion. I was looking for an opinion based on experience of the situation at hand. Being that my high school sends almost all of its college attending graduate to this well known SEC school, I know members very well from all the top tier frats at my school. I just don't know the specifics fraternity system, and they're likeliness and ability to give bids to the guy my age. Being that I have 3 years of school left, I figured I'd have a chance.

As for the “specifics of the fraternity system” and you receiving a bid, you do have a chance. Now how good of a chance will depend on the school and the chapter.

Knowing members in a chapter is a good start. And hopefully, they remember you well enough (in a good way) to vouch for you. And if need be, they should be able to expel any concerns of the other members – those who are younger than you, who may not know you at all, who may not remember you - about pledging a 22 year old sophomore.

Now perhaps your age will not be a deal breaker. But the reason why you did not attend college right after high school could be. And even if you have a good reason as to why you waited to go to college, they will want to know why you waited to rush as a sophomore. They are going to wonder – especially if you already knew members in the chapter “well” – why you did not rush when you were a (21 year old) freshman.

One other thing to consider, depending on the chapter, it may take only one “no vote” to keep you from receiving a bid. And no one can tell you how everyone in a chapter might feel and vote. Some members may not want to be known as the chapter that pledges 22 year old sophomores.

So yes, you have a chance. But simply understand that while 22 year olds may receive bids, it is rare that it happens at an SEC school.

By the way, most members of SEC (IFC) fraternities do not use the word “frat”. Just saying.

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

If you know so many guys then why are you asking us?

Originally Posted by Old_Row

If they were your friends and were interested in you, they would already have invited you to rush events.

Co-sign to both.

[Old_Row]

Originally Posted by southernkid

Thank you for y'alls time. I was just looking for more than one opinion. I was looking for an opinion based on experience of the situation at hand. Being that my high school sends almost all of its college attending graduate to this well known SEC school, I know members very well from all the top tier frats at my school. I just don't know the specifics fraternity system, and they're likeliness and ability to give bids to the guy my age. Being that I have 3 years of school left, I figured I'd have a chance.

If they were your friends and were interested in you, they would already have invited you to rush events.