<p>i kno all the premeds work really hard, and i also know that greek life takes a lot of time.</p>
<p>but greek life can give us more friends, opportunities to do community services, and happy time to socialize. if we become the leader of greek life, that will be much useful in the future.</p>
<p>so, is that still worthy to join greek life?</p>
<p>By greek life do you mean join a frat?
Also just curious but why is it called Greek Life @_@?</p>
<p>of course it is</p>
<p>dont belive the stereotypes about frats. go to your college, ask around, learn about the frats, then join if you want. it's not like youre gonna be double majoring in Greek (Life) and Pre-med haha...although with many frats, you will be taking a crash course - Getting Drunk 101</p>
<p>haha=D
thanks</p>
<p>you know there are frats that are like academic based and don't have the typical party it up and get drunk atmosphere</p>
<p>what do you mean by academic based?</p>
<p>Honorary (academic) fraternities are not real fraternities.</p>
<p>I joined a fraternity and it was the best decision I ever made. I honestly could not tell you where I would be if not for my chapter. It wouldn't be medical school that's for sure. </p>
<p>It's called Greek Life b/c almost all the chapters have Greek letters for names.</p>
<p>The greek communities vary widely from campus to campus, and so I cannot reccomend joining a fraternity for everyone simply b/c at some places it is hard to be successful and in a house. However, the best fraternities are ones that make you a better person, and mine certainly did that. Like I said I would not be in medical school now with having joined my chapter. The support, motivation, and guidance I recieved from my pledge brothers, older guys in the house and alumni cannot be measured. The amount of fun I had during my four years and the friendships I formed are priceless. My fraternity experience was amazing and the fact that my little brother has joined my house makes me very proud. From the very first day, I had 80 guys who cared about me, who cared about how I was doing, and who were in positions to hold me accountable to all facets of college life - they pushed me to get good grades, pushed me to be involved, pushed me to volunteer, and pushed me to go out and have a good time too. It completely enhanced my college experience.</p>
<p>But like I said, greek life is different at different places. The best advice I can give you is to look at the chapters, go through rush and see if it is for you. you don't have to join if you don't want to. While you are looking, look for houses that do well in academics, b/c they will value that you want to be successful and study. But make sure they are balanced too - remember what they say about all work and no play. And then once you have found the handful of chapters that seem to value the same things you do, then see how you fit in with them. Are these guys that you can see yourself being surrounded by in 2,3,4 years down the line? If yes, then join, if not, move on. Don't just join to join.</p>
<p>Also, there are a lot of people in my medical school class who were in fraternities and sororities during undergrad. There are at least 23 people that I know immediately off the top of my head in my M1 class who were in a fraternity or sorority. Most are from the same university I was from so their chapters were similar to mine, but there were other people from Creighton, Michigan - Ann Arbor, Pepperdine, SLU, and WashU, who were in chapters.</p>