Rushing as a senior

No chapter would waste a bid on someone who will initiate and then leave. Maybe APhi because they will need founding members. Ask them.

you would be counted as a quota addition and would not hurt a freshman's chance of receiving a bid. but, unless you already know a lot of older members, why would you want to join? your pledge class will be girls all younger than you.

The likelihood of a senior getting a bid from any house is very small. Chapters want members for four years preferably. Most seniors are checked out and/or doing internships, student teaching, etc getting ready to graduate. They don’t have much time to offer a chapter honestly.

I could possibly see APhi taking some seniors who are extremely connected and involved. Those women would be great bigs next semester, good ambassadors on campus, mature enough to not need a ton of babysitting and almost-instant alum support in a year or two. But there are also good arguments against it and only A Phi knows their strategy

Your best option is to go through the APhi recruitment.

When a sorority takes their first set of new members (charter members) they will take a mix of freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and even seniors (so I was told by someone who was a charter member at another sorority at another school). This is so that they will not have everyone graduate at once.

I would stress to them you are looking for the "lifetime" experience of the other sorority.

The only girl I knew at UA who pledged as a senior did COB to a house where a lot if her friends were members. She was also a transfer her junior year from a smaller school in state.