<p>How will Greek life affect your academic life? How much time will it take? Time consuming?</p>
<p>Well, you're a female I'm guessing, so pledging and rushing won't be all that hellish. It can definitely be distracting though, with social stuff like parties and mixers and stuff. I wouldn't say not to do it, but you need to manage your time really well.</p>
<p>I just finished my first semester in college, and also finished pledging a few weeks ago(fraternity).</p>
<p>Yes, rush during the set rush period is brutal on "rushies." (I got dirty rushed over summer, and found there's a TON of politics, sterotypes, and lying that goes on during set rush for top fraternities on campus)
Yes, it takes a lot of your free time.
Yes, more than once you'll have to chose; study for the test you have later in the week or go out and get trashed.
Yes, there are times you "have" to go out, events you have to attend.
Yes, there's going to be times that suck.
Yes, said times are far outweighed by all the amazing memories you have(and those you can't remember)
Yes, you can still do well in all your classes. I went out to all our events, socials, and went out ~3 additional times a week with brothers, and still pulled a 3.7.
Yes, it should be the best decesion you make in college, and life.</p>
<p>At my school, sororities have set hours every week (study hours) where they have to be signed in at the library or chapter room. They also have to maintain a certain GPA (it's not THAT high, but IIRC it's about a 2.7 and then they can kick you out). It can be time consuming, but it's not THAT hard to balance. I know tons of girls in sororities and none of them have that hard of time finding time to do other things. No sorority I've ever seen does the crazy sh_t fraternities do to their pledges so you should be alright in that respect. Some of them can be judgemental, but others are very accepting. If they don't like you, you don't want to be in that one anyway.</p>
<p>The #1 rule of greek life is that it varies from campus to campus. So if you know where you're going, I might be able to give you a better picture.</p>
<p>But in general, sororities are less hectic than fraternities, but the best pledge programs for both encourage and facilitate success for their new members - helping to ease the transition to college, providing mentoring/academic help, and getting you involved in other things on campus (other orgs, community service, leadership opportunities, etc).</p>
<p>At many schools, the average GPA's for the Greeks is above the all campus average. So whatever they're doing, they're outperforming the rest of the students. At my alma mater, it the all campus GPA was typically around 2.95, the All-Fraternity usually around a 3.15, and the all sorority near 3.3, so there was some pretty significant differences.</p>