Transferring Junior - Can I still join a sorority?

[WCsweet<3]

Originally Posted by FutureODUGirl

Hey guys! Mini update

Me and my mom are gonna get a college game plan together! Probably gonna do it tomorrow so I'll let you guys know. I'm gonna sign up to take the SAT in Dec (closest date) and we are gonna discuss how I'll pay for college, where I'll go and when, etc.

She's definitely more accepting of what I would like to do. Still gonna be hard to convince her to let me go to ODU as a freshmen, but I may be able to convince her to let me go as a sophomore still not telling her I plan on trying to join a sorority because she would probably freak. She has a negative opinion of sororities and thinks they are only for clingy, lonely kids looking for a "clique" to join. Needless to say I don't agree at all lol.

Also, is living in a dorm good for meeting people? She's obsessed with this idea that you don't meet anybody or have a social life at college unless you party. I'm not a partier, and I think I'll make friends just fine. I think she sometimes tries to divert me from ODU because she says I may be dissapointed in living with a roommate, they will steal my stuff, I'll find it hard to keep good grades, etc. Wish she would realize college has changed a ton since she went 25+ years ago -.-

Sorry for the rant lol! Just wanted to update you all

I met some of my best friends in the dorms. I still am great friends with two of them and we visit each other even though we were only in school together for a year and live in three different states. Some people do have horrible roommates. Some people are horrible roommates even if they were friends before hand.

No offense, but your mom seems a little helicopter ish. Telling you that you won't make friends unless you change your interests (partying), saying if you leave her home that you won't do well in school and talking down something you are interested in. It just is a little overbearing in my opinion. Are you the youngest/only daughter/only child?

[FutureODUGirl]

Originally Posted by WCsweet<3

I met some of my best friends in the dorms. I still am great friends with two of them and we visit each other even though we were only in school together for a year and live in three different states. Some people do have horrible roommates. Some people are horrible roommates even if they were friends before hand.

No offense, but your mom seems a little helicopter ish. Telling you that you won't make friends unless you change your interests (partying), saying if you leave her home that you won't do well in school and talking down something you are interested in. It just is a little overbearing in my opinion. Are you the youngest/only daughter/only child?

I have friends who live in dorms and have tons of friends in college, so I don't believe her there lol. I do agree that she is a little helicopter-ish (my uncle agrees with me lol) but I assume it's cause she is worried. I am the youngest & her last kid at home lol. I wish she would just let me spread my wings =\ I'm not some crazy partier who doesn't do their homework. I have a 3.5 GPA AND I work. She needs to understand that I'm responsible & basically an adult (18 on November 15! Woohoo!)

I'm gonna talk with her more. I hope to schedule a visit to Norfolk soon cause I wanna see the campus.