In terms of GPA, it’s 2.9 whether one is in a fraternity or not (.02 is NOT a statistically significant difference :p, nothing to be proud of, nothing to be ashamed of). Since some fraternities require a 3.0 it means some fraternities don’t, and since “all male” includes athletes, same thing.
If instructors use the same tests year after year, while those are kept in test banks, then yes it’s cheating. On the other hand, instructors who do that are kind of asking for it… I realize that in some cases it’s because TAs are given the textbook’s exams and use those, not realizing there are test banks, but still not okay for the students to do (taking a test where one has been provided the questions ahead of time is cheating.)
I totally agree that using old tests as a way to prepare better for a new test is not cheating.
The best way to avoid this type of cheating is to create new tests each semester but of course it’s labor-intensive so some instructors may not want to/not have time to do it/may not be allowed to do it (TAs, or as per course provider/textbook specification if purchased in a university-specific bundle.)
Some young men will choose a university based on whether there are universities and how good/wild their parties are. Films tend to popularize college as “party time”, too (think of the film “bad neighbors”, with a 30-something couple in a residential neigborhood where a fraternity moves in - for high school kids, that’s what “fraternities” mean, creating a loop of bad beavior even if some/most fraternities don’t behave like in films. It’s like watching Friend from abroad and thinking it depicts life in NYC, you know, lots of friends, friendly neighborhood coffee shop, large airy apartments, very little rain or snow…). How many people watched “American Pie” vs. “Liberal Arts”? probably the same ratio as the number of students attending ASU and Kenyon. 