Feeling left out not joining a sorority: Need advice

See how the semester goes, sometimes your friends stay your friends, sometimes the don't. Look if any seats still want to add members who didn't hit numbers or do rush next year.

Same thing happened to me last year. Try to go out as much as you can and meet new girls when you do. Met some of my best friends while i was at parties and now i have them for when my sorority friends are busy

It’s fine. You will be fine. This isn’t that type of school. Lots rush as sophomores if you decide to. Or don’t and it’s all good. Plenty of other stuff to do. No worries.

joining a sorority is the best way to make long-lasting friendships and you'll have even more opportunities to go out when non-greek life people can't because some parties are just for frats and sororities.

No, u don’t need a sorority at UM to get into parties AT ALL. And if people don’t want to be friends with you because you’re not in one, they aren’t good friends. Plenty of girls here never join a sorority and have a great social life, with friends in and out of greek life. Don’t feel sad just because you’re worried you won’t be able to make friends otherwise. With that being said if you are feeling left out because you are going to miss out on the experiences they have, that’s a better reason to think about joining. You can always still do informal, pi phi did it all last semester and will likely do it all this semester too, they’re quiet about it but the link is in their insta bio. You could email panhel, someone said total got raised this year so even smaller chapters that made quota (chio and tridelt, potentially zeta or ADPI) may still do informal

joining a sorority is up to you, however, if you don’t join one that’s okay too. There is plenty of ways to make friends without being in Greek life. Look into joining some clubs on campus. Either way, you have nothing to worry about and have plenty of time to rush in the future if you choose too. Just know Greek life is different here compared to more traditional universities.