<p>My friend wants me to pledge to Pi Kappa Phi. But being a biology major in pre med, i don't think i'm gonna have the time to be making obligations to a fraternity. Yes it would be great for me socially. But i gave up my social life when i decided to be a biology major. I want to be attending med school in 4 years, and joining a frat will destroy that dream right???</p>
<p>Depends on your school. If you go to a big state school then it is pointless. Some schools have huge Greek life where a huge percentage of the student body is in frats and sororities, so at these schools it could be fun.</p>
<p>I was a bio/chem double major, joined a fraternity, and played a sport in college, and I’m in med school now. If it’s important to you, you’ll be able to find the time.</p>
<p>Yes, but did you join the frat your freshmen year of undergrad?</p>
<p>It is best joining fraternities your freshmen year compared to any other year imo. There are people in my fraternity who are majoring in Physics and Engineering. The brother thats majoring in Physics is a senior and has a 3.8 GPA at Purdue which is really tough. As long as you manage your time well, you should be fine with pledgeship, socials, etc. After your freshmen year and when you become a brother, your time management skills would just be between studying and socializing. The Pi Kapps chapter at Purdue is well respected also.</p>
<p>There’s also a fair point that while you might be getting used to stuff during Freshman year, the workload is only going to get harder as you go on. So it’s better to use your time Freshman year to pledge if you can, since it might be a hell of a lot harder to manage when you’ve got real work.</p>
<p>Learn attic greek instead of being a tool~</p>
<p>^ Don’t listen to GDIs like him.</p>
<p>roff</p>
<p>you amuse me kudos</p>
<p>well I ended up not pledging all the way through. I got my bid a few weeks ago and started the pledging process. But, seeing that I don’t have the money (and really doesn’t seem worth the money), my parent’s wouldn’t let me join anyways, and fully realizing the time commitment that it would take, I decided to withdraw from the pledging process. I guess if i didn’t want to be a doctor so badly then I would have fully committed. And a premed student, especially one like me who actually has to sit down and study for hours just to make a descent grade on an exam, doesn’t have the time to be socially active in a fraternity. I guess I will look into joining the biology club here on campus, or something along the same lines.</p>
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<p>So wrong. So, so wrong.</p>
<p>I find the frats and soros to have immature people since my expectation recorded from hearing what other people have told me, although I haven’t been to college yet.</p>
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<p>Then to be honest, your opinion means nothing.</p>
<p>That was one messed up post, he86. Most people here are pretty ignorant about fraternities/sororities.</p>
<p>Knights09 maybe you could elaborate on your OPINION a little more.</p>
<p>You really gave up your social life by being a bio major? I think that calls for better time management.</p>
<p>^I still have a social life. But being in a fraternity would have really amplified it, and allowed me to have access to a lot of fun parties and events. But really my decision came down to how much the fraternity would have cost me (I am broke), my parents disapproval, and the time constraints and amount of drinking the pledging process entails.</p>
<p>^Then don’t join one.</p>
<p>There are way too many people who bash the Greek system on CC. It’s not really worth talking about it.</p>
<p>I took organic chemistry, biology, and 3 other classes as a second semester pre-med student involved in a varsity sport and student government, and still managed to pledge a fraternity and go out all the time. I had to cut back on sleep majorly, but I got through it and it was one of the most rewarding experiences to pledge a fraternity. I just made sure to get all my work done in any spare moment, with any extra time devoted to exercise. You will learn time management skills that will be irreplaceable.</p>