<p>Lots of money and lots of time? For time let's say like daily or weekly.</p>
<p>A few hundred a term. Time-wise, a spectrum: from every waking minute of your life to no influence over your affairs whatsoever. That’s largely up to you. Meetings are a couple hours on Wednesday nights.</p>
<p>It depends a lot on the person and the fraternity. During your pledge term, expect to spend a few hours every day at the house but of course it varies. As a brother, you’re expected to show up to meetings which is about an hour on wed nights, but if you’re living in the house, you’ll always be around your brothers and even if you aren’t, you’ll want to hang out there anyway a couple of times a week. If you’re an officer especially the key positions-president, vice, house manager, social chair-expect to spend a minimum of 5-10 hours a week planning activities, going to meetings, etc. It’s kinda like a fourth class except a lot more fun.</p>
<p>That sounds great. Is pledge week bad? For ex. do you just do really embarassing things or do they actually put your through pain (mental/physical)?</p>
<p>When you get to Dartmouth, you’ll get a much better sense of which house is right for you (or if going Greek is even for you) and what the different places’ pledge term entails. Some are harder than others but the goal of a pledge term (not week) is for you to bond as a pledge class, get to know all of the members really well and the traditions of the house. There will be drinking and you will have to do stupid things on occasion but for the average Greek house that will never be the focus.</p>
<p>I just finished my pledge term. I probably spent an average of 2-4 hours at the house per week this past term (and would have spent more there if I had had the time). There was no humiliation, and I was not forced to do anything that made me uncomfortable (didn’t drink, either). I did form friendships with many of the members of the house and had quite a bit of fun. As for the cost, I am only paying the amount that I am able to afford (and my house offers financial aid to cover the rest).</p>
<p>At the same time, pledges I know at other fraternities had far different experiences. It all depends on the house. Feel free to p-m me if you have further questions.</p>
<p>It all depends on the frat but overall Dartmouth frats are relatively laid-back. Even the most hard-core houses are nothing like some of the more intense frats you see around the country.</p>