<p>Wow, give you guys a few days and you really take off. Well, of course, I would not automatically exclude anyone but I have advised my son not to put his frat membership on his resume. I doubt that I am the only person who feels this way - think of the all the people who were cut from rush. I have had two very bad experiences with sorority women from the midwest, one a former president of her sorority, the other just a member. It is a subject size of 2 so it’s a skewed research study, still, the problems I had were highly consistent with the image one might have of a sorority woman and that’s all I can say. I do live in a suburb of Boston and I can assure you that frat membership is not viewed positively by many people around here. I know someone else will write in and say that isn’t true but overall, across the US, Boston would not be a big proponent of frats or sororities. BTW, I would like to stress that, while I don’t like either frats or sororities, I think frats are far more concerning than sororities.</p>
<p>I stand by my opinion that frats and sororities do not belong on college campuses. When they stop assessing people on looks, as admitted in the Northwestern movie, I’ll take a second look. To those with kids in Greek life, of course you should support your child. </p>
<p>To the person who noted my displeasure with Greek life and WM, I am no fan of either. However, my son is very, very happy at WM. His grades are much better, he is a junior and doing very well. I would not choose WM for him again - I wouldn’t let him near it - but that is because it is not a diverse population of students and because Greek life is a big part of the social life at WM. Also, it’s just too far. Plus, Southern Virginia has a very different culture that doesn’t mesh with my POV. The plethora of gunracks, the Bush/Cheney stickers, the bible study classes in the dorms and coffee shops that surround the school, and the astonishment of people who have never met a Jew - it is like another world and sadly, not one I wanted my child to live with. BTW, we are not Jewish.</p>