<p>Freshman Daughter has decided to Pledge a Sorority. Anyone know what type of time commitment this entails?</p>
<p>Is it that Denison has only a few followers on CC or is it that no one has experience with the Greek System that no one has responded to this thread?</p>
<p>This is odd …I’m sure a number would have responded to this, but somehow it was not on my cc …unless I simply missed it. </p>
<p>Our dd is in a sorority and has found it to be a very satisfying, pleasant engagement. Has met many new folks via this, social engagements she enjoys, etc. Let me quickly add, we are not strong proponents of Greek, especially on small campuses like DU. Students can and do inevitably get to know a significant portion of the student body, IF they want to. Greek is not necessary. And ours is no wall flower! She makes friends in a clothes closet. And btw, has MANY pals, girls and boys, who are either non-Greek or not in hers. But it’s been very positive for her. And she’s been (in the past) involved in athletics, several other student group/activities, and spends ample time …AMPLE time …studying. DU is academically demanding but not impossible for her. </p>
<p>So, not trying to sell the experience. Greek stats can be very misleading or non-edifying (many deactivate in later terms, 1st term frosh are not involved, etc. …so % figures can be grossly inaccurate and/or not fully informing.) </p>
<p>Short answer seems to be: It’s as much as she wants or needs it to be. But it is not all-consuming or requiring exclusivity in any way that we’ve seen. And absent of the residential factors, I’ve NEVER heard anyone alluding or suggesting that Greek involvement there leads to chronic intox or debauchery (altho, knowing college scenarios, I’d not rule out its occasional possibilities :eek:). </p>
<p>So …much to our pleasant surprise, ours has found it to be what appears to be exclusively positive, and we’ve never heard her bemoaning the need to do this or that w/ the sorority. We’re not aware that it’s EVER conflicted w/ her academic or institutional needs.</p>
<p>I trust you’ve read my freshman essay on the history of the DU, at least anecdotally and how the Greek system has morphed dramatically over the past generation. All because of DU’s desire to be …and be recognized as a place where serious students could be and are serious w/o sacrificing the positive possibilities for a rich, full overall campus community experience. I don’t know that it has any merit for insight and assessment, but absent others, sadly it’s all you’ve got for now. 
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<p>My son also has had an extremely positive experience with his fraternity. Coming from home he had daily interactions with brothers and teammates, so it’s no surprise to us that he has really enjoyed the same type of interactions with his frat brothers. If friends are the family we get to choose, then has has a strong family at Denison, both within his frat and outside, with many diverse friends, some of whom are Greek and some of whom are not. It’s my impression that pledging is significantly different for men and women though so I do not have any sense of the time commitment for sororities.</p>