{"id":16211,"date":"2015-11-12T15:01:24","date_gmt":"2015-11-12T20:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=16211"},"modified":"2019-07-20T21:43:23","modified_gmt":"2019-07-21T01:43:23","slug":"sports-sisters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/?p=16211","title":{"rendered":"sports &#038; sisters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hey,<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m coming in as an exchange for 2nd semester (winter) and was wondering if I can join a sports team as a beginner during this term? can you join a sorority if your coming into the 2nd semester as an exchange?<\/p>\n<p>Thanks!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014<\/p>\n<p>hey there,<\/p>\n<p>varsity is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.varsityblues.ca\/sports\/2015\/4\/7\/GEN_0301152432.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">finished tryouts for the year<\/a> (though i doubt you would want to join varsity as an exchange student anyway).<\/p>\n<p>however, intramurals &#8211; from what i understand &#8211; can be joined on a rolling basis. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uoftintramurals.ca\/sports\/2011\/7\/5\/GEN_0705111531.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here&#8217;s how to do it<\/a>. (keep in mind that as an exchange student you will likely be a woodsworth college student, so you would want to be contacting the woodsworth intramurals representative).<\/p>\n<p>as for sororities: you can <a href=\"http:\/\/www.uoftsororities.org\/#!recruitment-information\/cy6p\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">e-mail them to ask<\/a>, but it seems like recruitment typically happens in september, and i&#8217;m not sure if you would be able to join when half the year&#8217;s already gone by. also, i don&#8217;t know if it would be worth it &#8211; sorority fees ain&#8217;t cheap, you know.<\/p>\n<p>hope that helps, and i hope you enjoy toronto! (it&#8217;s gonna be absolutely frigid when you get here. i hope you&#8217;re prepared).<\/p>\n<p>cheers,<\/p>\n<p>aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey, I&#8217;m coming in as an exchange for 2nd semester (winter) and was wondering if I can join a sports team as a beginner during this term? can you join a sorority if your coming into the 2nd semester as an exchange? Thanks! \u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014\u2014 hey there, varsity is finished tryouts for the year (though i doubt you would want to join varsity as an exchange student anyway). however, intramurals &#8211; from what i understand &#8211; can be joined on a rolling basis. here&#8217;s how to do it. (keep in mind that as an exchange student you will likely be a woodsworth college student, so you would want to be contacting the woodsworth intramurals representative). as for sororities: you can e-mail them to ask, but it seems like recruitment typically happens in september, and i&#8217;m not sure if you would be able to join when half the year&#8217;s already gone by. also, i don&#8217;t know if it would be worth it &#8211; sorority fees ain&#8217;t cheap, you know. hope that helps, and i hope you enjoy toronto! (it&#8217;s gonna be absolutely frigid when you get here. i hope you&#8217;re prepared). cheers, aska<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[83,81],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16211","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-athletics","category-fraternities-sororities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16211","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16211"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16211\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16211"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16211"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/askastudent.utoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16211"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}