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<p>I actually joined a fraternity last year and ended up disassociating this year. Quitting a fraternity is not the same as quitting a club. Some brothers will literally view it as disowning your family. It’s a bit awkward running into my previous brothers around campus (luckily it’s a very small frat.) Some of them ignore me or are rude to me when I see them around. I know people who have de-pledged (started to pledge but decided not to actually join) who have experienced the same thing. Before I quit the brothers would bad mouth people who had quit before me.</p>
<p>This is just a heads up; you can definitely get sucked into Greek life and feel obligated to stick with it and pay dues. You could try rushing and decide not to interview/pledge, but once you’re a pledge they expect you to stick around.</p>
<p>Keep in mind that this was all just my experience with one fraternity at one school. I’m sure it’s not like this everywhere, but everything I’ve said has been completely honest.</p>
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<p>Haha. Yeah right. I was in a “dry fraternity”. People drank at the frat house literally every day. Dues were spent on alcohol, which our president had to hide from nationals. My pledge master showed up to pledge class high. I felt very pressured to drink at every social event. I had brothers trick me into drinking things I thought were non-alcoholic or even shove alcohol in my mouth without my permission.</p>
<p>Again, this isn’t to say that all dry fraternities are like this, but just because they call themselves “dry” doesn’t mean it’s actually enforced.</p>