<p>Is is not for you? Is it for you? Why or why not?</p>
<p>Personally for me I want to wait until I actually get on campus and observe the atmosphere before I dig a hole I cannot climb of.</p>
<p>Not for me, I have too much work and I require silence/good music. Also the fact that I cannot stand dumbasses/****** bags and tryhards doesnt help.</p>
<p>lol but they know how to party! That's a mostly what I care about(kinda)</p>
<p>I guarantee you high schoolers that you have no idea what Greek life is actually like unless your siblings or friends form HS have been a part of it, and even then, its different at every school. Ditch your preconceived notions at the door- you can't know if its for you or not until you experience it first hand (and yes, tacit knowledge is a real thing, and this is a case of it).</p>
<p>Agreed with arbiter. At least look into it at your specific school, go through rush/recruitment, and if it works for you - great, if not - well at least you know for sure and have specific knowledge of why it didn't rather than hearsay. Don't base your judgment on Greek life on any school other than your own.</p>
<p>I've never met a Greek who didn't enjoy their experience. But I know a lot of people who say that they would have never gone greek at some other school. I have several fraternity brothers who have transferred to other schools, met the guys in our chapter there, and promptly decided not reaffiliate, because the new chapter (or even whole greek system) wasn't a good fit for them.</p>
<p>I was basing my judgement on my experiences...</p>
<p>if you think you might be interested, do to rush, see what it's like on your campus. at worst, you'll lose a few hours...</p>
<p>anything you see in the Hollywood movies is the complete p[[osite of what really happens in college.</p>
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<p>Good idea. As others have said, you won’t know what it’s like unless you go check it out. I had no intentions of joining before my freshman year, but I rushed a few fraternities anyway in both Fall and Spring semesters. After a year of experience, I’m confident in saying that I won’t join any fraternity. But, if I did not see for myself, I would have known nothing.</p>
<p>All depends on the particular campus and frat/sorority. I'm in a fraternity with people who have that work hard play hard mentality which is exactly what I was looking for. I love to party as much as the next guy, but I also realize that you are in college for an education, so I like being around people who are not only driven to have fun, but also looking towards their future.</p>
<p>It is an excellent idea to leave any opinions or assumptions you have on greek life at the door, because many parents and their children fail to do this on this forum, which results in threads such as "which schools don't have a huge greek impact?", etc. I'm not going to lie, when I first got on campus I judged the whole greek system off of one fraternity that I met. Great parties, but academic morons. That kind of drove me away, but luckily I was able to meet all of them and found one that fit me.</p>
<p>I think fraternities can be a very good thing in terms of meeting people, potentially providing job connections, and so on. That said, nothing is more annoying than the people who insist on embodying the "fraternity lifestyle". </p>
<p>I'd check them out though - what do you have to lose?</p>
<p>Yeah, I think it's important to keep an open mind. I didn't plan on joining a fraternity when I went to college but I went through rush and liked the guys so I decided to do it. I can't picture my college experience without it now. Definitely a great decision to be open minded.</p>
<p>I am not into the whole "fake tan-plastic barbie" type stereotypical sorority, but I definitely plan on rushing so I can see what it's all about. But I'm unsure whether I should rush this fall (freshman year), spring, or fall of sophomore year. I definitely do not want to join a sorority starting off college as I want to meet a whole variety of people beforehand and scope out the atmosphere...eh I'll just play it by ear</p>
<p>if you're serious about joining, fall of freshman year. most top sororities take very few nm's(new members_) in spring, if any.</p>
<p>and rushing as a sophomore is harder in general everywhere</p>
<p>the Greek scene isn't very big at my school, but I might look into it.</p>
<p>Though I never officially joined, I'm pretty familiar with the Greek scene. I rushed, and then pledged a frat my first semester. Only withdrew a couple of days before initiation. And even after that, I was in on most of the internal politics of that particular house because I was good friends with a few exec board members. The reason I chose not to join ultimately had more to do with the particulars of said chapter than the Greek system all together. But, if for no other reason than financial considerations, I don't care to join in the future.</p>