Joining a fraternity your junior year.

<p>My first 2 years here at Cal weren't anything special. They weren't boring but they weren't exciting or had that college feel to them.</p>

<p>I just pretty much hang out with friends. But the thing is my friends don't really like to do much. I do have fun hanging out with them since we do have a lot in common, but the majority of the time we sit around and talk. My friends don't want to party or really experience the college life. So tbh I haven't been to a single party at my time here at Cal. </p>

<p>I think joining a fraternity would fix all this and make college more exciting for the remainder of my time at Cal.</p>

<p>The thing is, do fraternities allow juniors to pledge? </p>

<p>I will have plenty of time. I'm not majoring in anything that's too time consuming (poli sci), and I can be really social.</p>

<p>Some fraternities will and others won’t. I encourage you to visit lots of fraternities during rush week and mention that you are a junior. Those who are not interested will quickly give you the message. Then you can focus on places that want you.</p>

<p>Yeah, it depends on the fraternity. Your best bet is to just find out about the general culture of several fraternities just to see how they respond.</p>

<p>For example, my fraternity strongly prefers to bid freshmen/sophomores, but if a compatible junior (or even senior) comes along, he’ll likely get a bid.</p>

<p>I know junior transfers who joined fraternities. I don’t see why fraternities should limit junior students, though it would be understandable for the case of seniors. I think it is just rare to see juniors pledge because most juniors/seniors aren’t interested in the frat scene anymore…correct me if I’m wrong.</p>

<p>I kind of feel the same way. I dont know if I should join though. I have rushed before…but never joined. Sometimes I feel like it would be good to be in it so I can meet people and have people to go out as well but then I think about WHY these people would want to join in the first place and i think of a bunch of insecure people basically. I’ve also seen people in them doing things that are pretty immoral, AND i like to be independent at times so this would just make me known by a lot of people. I also wouldn’t want to live there so would it even be worth it? </p>

<p>My freshman year was fun but then now it’s boring again and i dont really have people to party with.</p>