<p>I'm now in my junior year at the University of Arizona and I'm debating whether or not to take part in "rush" next week. Through my first two years of college I haven't really been able to create that close group of friends like I had in high school and I don't feel like I'm having as much fun as I should be. I tried rushing last spring, but it kind of turned into a disaster because I had class and intramurals when all the events were taking place. I'm just a little worried that I might be poorly received because I'm a junior now and I know that mostly the people who are rushing are freshmen. Should I still go for it or am I probably not going to fit in with the whole process because of how old I am? Anyone have any stories or experiences with rushing as a junior? Thanks.</p>
<p>Go for it, joining a fraternity was one of the best decisions I have ever made. When we give bids we aren’t looking at your age or what year you are, we are looking at what type of person you are. Bids are given when the brothers feel that you would be a good addition to the fraternity and help make it stronger. Here’s an example that looks at both sides of the story. In my fraternity we have a member who is 24 now, he will be a senior and he rushed as a junior after serving in the army. He was given the bid because he was a cool guy that everybody liked. </p>
<p>On the other hand in my pledge class we had a junior rush, who was given a bid but later dropped because he wasn’t fitting in with the brothers whatsoever. </p>
<p>The thing with college is that ages don’t stick out as much as in high school, it’s really easy to separate the freshman and seniors in high school but much harder in college. I would certainly recommend that you rush a fraternity regardless of your age.</p>
<p>U of A has a pretty competitive Greek system (BF is from Arizona and all his friends are at U of A), so I can’t say you’d have a ton of chapters to choose from. Give it a shot, but don’t be terribly upset if you don’t get a bid.</p>
<p>The main question to ask yourself is what has changed since you rushed and it was a ‘disaster’? If nothing has changed, the result has no chance in changing</p>
<p>People still do rush as juniors, it’s ok. My boyfriend didn’t join until last year when he was a junior (he’s a senior now).</p>
<p>Thanks for the responses. Rush starts tomorrow so I’m going to give it a go and see what happens. Do you think it’d be awkward or pointless if I visited one of the houses that turned me down last time? I liked this fraternity, and when I visited during spring rush I pretty much just took the tour of the house and then left because I had an intramural game I had to go to. Still, they called me back two days later to come for a dodgeball tournament, except since I had class late by the time I got there it was over and everyone was just kind of sitting around. I didn’t do a good job of trying to introduce myself to too many people that night and then I didn’t hear from them anymore. This time around I’m confident I’ll have more time to try and get to know more people so do you think it’d be worth a shot?</p>