<p>I'm sorry...What is it?</p>
<p>Rush is the first month of school where fraternities have parties and rush events (like bbqs, bball, pizza, etc). you go hang out and meet the guys in the fraternity, and if they like you enough to want you to join the house, they will give you a bid, or an offer to pledge. If you get a bid, you have no obligation to say yes. I think I read that the name comes from way back when freshmen would show up to college and rush (hurry) to find a place to live, like a frat house.</p>
<p>pledging means different things depending on the fraternity you accept a bid to. the bigger/better frats have pledgeship where you will spend a lot of time at the house showing you want to be in the house, having quizzes, and getting to know your pledge bros pretty well. you will be considered a pledge for the rest of the semester, and will not actually be a member of the house. for the last week of winter break (or summer break if you pledge in the fall) you might have initiation week, where its a week at the house, and the experience differs with each house. the less popular frats will just have meetings once a week for an hour or two, and call you a member of their house after a month. I'd suggest avoiding wasting money on the latter.</p>
<p>for sororities, its very different. it is organized and you actually have to pay like $40 to rush. they go around to like every house, and then put down the ones they like, and then the sororities pick who they like, etc. dramahhhh.</p>
<p>show up to quad day, walk around the frat area, pick up a bunch of fliers, talk to the rush chairs that are handing them out, maybe ask around for upperclassmen's opinions on the frats you spoke with, pick out a few that interest you, go to the rush events, meet the guys, then decide if its for you.</p>
<p>So it's basically to join sororities or fraternities? Wouldn't you know where you'll be living? Like in a dorm or wherever?</p>
<p>yes it is basically to find a fraternity or sorority that you want to join, but lots of people rush and dont join a house. I'd suggest going and checking it out, even if you don't want to join a fraternity, so after rush you won't wonder what-if, but instead you will know that you made the right, educated choice.</p>
<p>yes you already know where you are living, and pledges dont normally live in the house. At a lot of the frats, the semester after pledge semester you can move into the house. I know of about 4 freshman guys on my floor that are moving out of the six pack and into their fraternity house for this spring semester.</p>
<p>What is a fraternity or sorority? I'm a girl so I would be in the sorority, right? I have no idea about any of this stuff.</p>