Joining a new sorority on campus (Advice)

[shirellestar]

Hi! So here's my story (Sorry for Length, lol, if you want you can just skip to the questions):

I'm a freshman at UNLV and I recently went through formal recruitment at my university. however my story as to why I'm not in sorority right now is a little different. There are 6 (soon to be 7) sororities at UNLV and because of work, I had to miss some of recruitment. On the first day I only got to see 4 of the 7 sororities. I still ranked the 4 I saw but I was kinda hesitant because I knew I was missing some.

The next day of recruitment, I only got called back to 2 sororities. Ironically, one of the 2 I got called back for was one I didn't get to go to the first night, but I thought whatever and just went with it. The other one I got called back for was one I really liked and was my favorite.

Preference day, I only got called back to one and ironically it wasn't the one I wanted. I still went to the other sororities ceremony but I felt deep down that I knew this group wasn't right for me. So with that in mind, I made the hard decision to drop out right before Bid Day. I don't know if this should be noted but the sorority did offer me a bid after I dropped out, but I still politely declined the bid (No point in taking away something from another girl who may really want it)

I really wanted to be in a sorority but it just didn't feel right to kinda settle and just join one so I could be in a sorority. I felt bad that I missed the other 3 because of work, and just thought I should wait until sophomore year.

However, I found another option: Tri- Sigma is coming to my campus this fall and I was thinking maybe this is the right path for me. I read the history of the chapter and it seems really interesting. I like what the group stands for and think it might be kinda cool to be one of the first tri- sigma women on my campus.

So with that I have a few questions:

- What's it like to be in a brand new sorority? How does it usually work?
- Should I wait until sophomore year and give the other sororities another chance? (But with this I'm kinda thinking: If the sororities I went to didn't want me as I am now what's gonna change their minds about me in the future?)
-What are the basic pro's and con's about joining a new sorority?
- When I went to their booth to get more information they told me they want to get about 150 women: How are they planning on doing this? It seems like a lot of girls, imo?

Thank you so much for answering! I really appreciate it!