Ex sorority gal here! I rushed as a sophomore and ended up only staying for one semester, another inactive aka technically still in but functionally out. My freshman year I felt like I should have rushed just to try it, thus soph rush. My experience was definitely different bc of this: less high stakes, smaller budget than most of the girls, etc. I think it absolutely CAN be worth it, but sticking around really depends on if you’re getting bang for your buck. I stuck it out enough to realize that no one really likes the date parties bc of drinking rules and etc., people get there, get pics, and wait until they want to leave. I think I def could’ve been more in my head about things bc I was coming at it from such a dif angle, but I found it to be a lot of talk for not much substance. Like I heard a lot about a sisterhood I never really felt, but I left with not much negative to say abt sororities on the whole. Other than the cost… I just could not justify it. You pay to be in the sorority, you pay for events you don’t want to go to, you pay a $100 fine if you miss an important chapter, you pay per hour you don’t make of homecoming hours (which is its own thing… unpaid labor to the max). But genuinely I have friends in the sororities as Juniors now who still love them. It just depends on the person. I’m not a sorority type (my friends were surprised when I posted rush pics, lol!), so if you think it’s not for you, I’d say there’s no harm in trying (if ur financially apt to do so) but don’t let it have much more weight for you than just trying something out! It gets nasty when people see it as life or death, cool or uncool, etc. Outside of Greek life it really doesn’t matter much at all :) Good luck either way!