<p>Is it worth joining a fraternity? My son is not interested in an "Animal House" environment, but feels joining one might be an easy way to make more friends. Is there a fraternity that is made up of "sporty," but not wild 'n crazy kids? He's worried that being in the honors program, and living in IV, might isolate him a bit from the majority of his classmates.</p>
<p>Any advice?</p>
<p>Jumpstart, I have a daughter in a sorority at NEU. I am not sure about the rules for frat houses in Boston , but I know the girls can’t have them…different in Cambridge. She has made a lot of friends and close connections, but I think she would have anyway…I am not going to say they don’t party , but maintaining a high GPA is mandatory in hers. She is very happy with being part of the greek life there.</p>
<p>lje62 - Thanks for your input. As I understand it there’s no housing for the fraternities either. (Although the NEU fraternity webpage makes mention of one house that is still functioning somewhere.) Do the frats and sororities do a lot of combined events? Does your daughter think highly of any one particular frat? :)</p>
<p>Greek life is very involved around campus as far as community service events and being involved in other student organizations. Only one fraternity has a house (on Comm Ave). Its a nice way to meet friends, but its a great way to network when you are looking for jobs after graduation. This is especially true when you are in business or engineering fields. There has also been expansion of the Greek community from about 5% when I started here to 12% next year due to high demand.</p>
<p>They definitely aren’t annoyingly powerful though like at some schools. It isn’t like if you AREN’T in greek life, you won’t be able to do anything social. I agree on the jobs thing-- a bunch of times I hear of co-op students recommending people in their frat/sorority for the future co-op position when/if their boss asks for their advice.</p>