<p>Does being greek play a typical role in med school admission? or it doesn't matter at all?</p>
<p>do med school admission officers like to see we are greek?</p>
<p>what about the leadership in greek organizations? does it look better if we are the top officers in greek org. or mayb the same as the leaderships in other orgs.</p>
<p>thanks!</p>
<p>Like all things not MCAT and GPA, a lot of it is how you sell it. However, unlike most other organizations, you may run the risk of coming across someone in your interviews that is very anti-greek, and who will hold your membership against you. The only other typical organizations I can think of that might inspire a similar response are political in nature.</p>
<p>As a Greek alumnus and someone who spent a lot of time in undergrad talking to soon-to-be freshmen about the positives of going greek, I can sell being greek and/or my greek experience to just about any type of audience...</p>
<p>Obviously, being a leader in a Greek house is better than just being a rank-and-filer, but that's true in any organization. </p>
<p>One thing to remember though about being greek is that it varies on every campus, and so you really have to make sure that on your campus, being a greek is a good thing. It also means that some of the benefits I might have found during my four years as a pledge/active might be impossible to gain at another school. For example, I can talk about how being Greek helped learn to deal with people who I may not have necessarily liked, but had to work with because of our common affiliation and goal. That's the sort of skill that's important for anyone taking any job. But where I can really sell why being Greek was a step above just being a part of any organization is that my campus has big chapter houses holding between 46 and 88 guys, my own house having room for 64 people to live in, and thus, not only did I have to learn to work with people I didn't like but also how to live with them in close quarters...</p>
<p>That's just one example, but of course it doesn't work if you go to a campus with no greek chapter houses. </p>
<p>Finally, I'd like to say that joining a fraternity, for me, was (and continues to be) one of the best decisions I've made in my entire life. Most fraternity and sorority members would agree. I'd also say that I would not be in medical school had I not joined my fraternity. That said, this is far and away a decision that needs to be made irrespective of the impact it has on medical school admissions. Don't join b/c you think it looks good, and don't miss an opportunity for a lot of great aspects b/c you think it looks bad.</p>
<p>Some negative stereotypes. Some positive chances for leadership. Often a good thing to write about.</p>