why are fraternities and sororities a good thing?
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First I'll start off by telling disspelling the myths some uneducated people said!\n\nThey are a great thing if you make the best out of it and use every possible advantage it can give you! doent listen to 'sweetbeanie' i doubt she knows squat about greek life\n\nThe greek system DOES NOT glorify conformity and discourage individuality. Many people think that simply because they usually see fraternity borthers or sorority sisters always hangout together. Guess what though pledging is where you become extremely close to your pledge brothers and the brothers or sisters in the house. I never realized how close I would be to these people just through becoming their brother. I never new how much i had in common with the brothers until I got to talking to them. I was in many of the same other clubs as my brothers and the brothers in the fraternity house, I knew them through the many clubs I was involved with and I still wasn't that close. If you want to meet a variety of people join a fraternity or sorority or just go around campus and talk to a variety people. In the clubs i am a member of I don't see much variety. In the glass blowing club see a bunch of stoners and it the frisbee club I see a bunch of lazy people that couldn't make it on the sports teams. In my fraternity I am now hanging out with people i never knew or would think about talking to until i joined. Current greek houses do not have a imposed standards to be a brother.\n\nNow let me explain to you why i joined a fraternity!\n\nI join to meet new people and make new friends. Before the fraternity I was involved with 3 major clubs on my college campus and one I help start from scratch, so my reason was that i didn't have any friends, I wanted more. Also the opprotunities of brotherhood and business connections. I would be lying if the social scene didn't cross my mind as well. Academics were a big part alot of my borthers are economic majors like myself and I can ask them for help when ever. Finally I love the community service, I am my fraternities community service chair.\n\nmy college allows you to pledge as a sophmore so this is away to make sure you don't rely on a fraternity for friends. I am guessing you are in your second semester of your freshman year so you probably already have your friends. My fraternity doesn't keep me from hanging with my friends i made before them as some will say they do.\n\nI picked this house simply cause the great community serivice I heard of. Also I met some of the brothers my freshman year. Also my friends from freshman year all liked this fraternity so that is why we decided to rush this one.\n------------------------------\nIf you are worried about if it is for you talk to the brothers in the house and ask them questions they will answer them. I know before I pledged I talk to the current president of my house multiple times as well as some of the brothers before I knew it was for me.
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No, we haven't been properly introduced.  What a strange name for someone.\n\nOf course, if you are wondering if I have ever heard about the fraternal organization Alpha Phi Omega, that is a different matter.\n\nIt is a national service organization with many chapters across the US, like the Mu Alpha Chapter at Georgetown.  Please see their description below...and a word to the wise...people who belong to fraternities don't like the word "frat".\n\n Alpha Phi Omega is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization. The purpose of this fraternity is to assemble college students in a national service fraternity in the fellowship of principles derived from the Scout Oath and Law of the Boy Scouts of America; to develop leadership, to promote friendship and to provide service to humanity; and to further freedom that is our national, educational and intellectual heritage.\n\nAlpha Phi Omega is the single most representative undergraduate intercollegiate organization in the United States of America. We take pride in this and want to be even larger. We determine to be larger only because, if what we are and what we represent are important and useful to students, then we should share what we have in order to further our common goals more effectively. We want to share with colleges and universities all across this great land the benefits that Alpha Phi Omega gives to students, their campuses and their communities.
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does your college have a system of greek life? i went on to the website and it doenst seem that they do however you might be able to join one at a school your college is affilated with or if you are plaining on going to another college later...
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It is best not to join a fraternity. You should be able to figure out the world without someone guiding you. After all you are out of the kindergarden now in college.
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Fraternities were created by students as a way to relax and make friendships and make college life bearable as well as learn things not taught in the classroom. These groups of friends created literary societies:meeting to debate the current issue/ early campus politics. These students met secretly to discuss issues of the time and met secretly mainly cause the college wouldn't approve...Greek letters were used for the name simply because greek and latin were the major forms of studies when fraternities started the First secret society was the Flat hat Club, in 1750 the first greek letter society was Phi Beta Kappa. Fraternities usually met to discus certain issues. My fraternity was stated as a legal fraternity so the orignal members got together to discuss law. \n-------------------------------------\nI will add more later i have a paper to write. Give me more exact questions and I'll answer them the best i can
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It means the different fraternities and sororities on that campus, the people in them, the events, etc. They're usually all governed by a Greek Council, and sororities are under the Pan-Hellenic Council.
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Phys. Ed. and Sports build up character, team work, leaders and so on. It is also good, because many students do not get exercise at home. This will give them some kind of introduction to it. Also, many student that play on teams in school, enjoy it and follow up on it in future careers.
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even if you aren't sure if you want to join, you could always go through formal recruitmetn at your school (aka rush). its a great way to get to know people in the sororities and see what they are about. it isn;t mandantory that you join a sorority if you rush, so you could just go and check it out, and if you get into something you really want to be a part of go for it! bottom line, learn about rush and stuff through your school website and there are tons of good sites online (greekchat.com -check it out) this will give you a better idea about joining. about being shy- rush tends to push the shy-ness out of you, tons of little convos with a million people.... its a good experience in talking to people if nothing else. anyway do your homework and good luck!!
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It depends on what you mean by a good university.  There are a lot of good academic schools, but dont just focus on the ivy league.  Small private schools are often very good and have smaller classes and more personal attention. Big state schools can be really good academically but there are a ton of people. There are also good party schools like Wisconsin at Madison, athletic schools, etc.
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I was a councilor at the Boys and Girls Club. I liked helping out there because it gives kids a place to feel like they can be themselves without being judged. They have contests and your kid can win prizes and the councilors play games and interact with the kids. It helps develop really good communication skills and teaches kids how to let out aggression the healthy way. I would seriously recommend this group to anyone.
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I am a current member in a fraternity at my college. I never thought I was "buying" friends! If anything I was brought closer to my current friends. My college does not allow freshman to join a fraternity and this is a great way to allow you to express yourself at college freshman year. As a freshman at my college I got very involved with many different clubs.\n\nI join to meet new people and make new friends. Before the fraternity I was involved with 3 major clubs on my college campus and one I help start from scratch, so my reason was that i didn't have any friends, I wanted more. Also the opprotunities of brotherhood and business connections. I would be lying if the social scene didn't cross my mind as well. Academics were a big part alot of my borthers are economic majors like myself and I can ask them for help when ever. Finally I love the community service, I am my fraternities community service chair.\n\nI don't see myself not being in a fraternity currently. My borthers were my best friends before pledging and are even stonger now. I didn't see any hazing, my fraternity has strict rules against it. As for "black-balling"(not giving a potential rushee a bid) I have yet to see that take place my fraternity only rushes in the fall, when I rushed! There is some talks of people black balling some in the fall with the upcoming rush. I know the kids that people don't like and for the most part they aren't like the rest of our brothers(womanizers, drug problems, etc.) When thinking about a possible brother you need to think of the worst and what could happen if a problem like that was brought into the house. My brothers do not want our house to go on probation due to someone doing something stupid.\n\nI picked this house simply cause the great community serivice I heard of. Also I met some of the brothers my freshman year. Also my friends from freshman year all liked this fraternity so that is why we decided to rush this one.
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If you're a good all-around student, yes, it helps, because competing consistently in sports of any kind, and doing well shows that you not only have other interests but also the discipline to pursue them. But it helps only if you are a good student as well.
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First learn how to spell it - fraternities.  Next try site below.
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because it's a good school.
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Probably what you refer to is a pledge name. Usually that only happens in fraternities, but I guess some girls might do it. I have yet to encounter that in any of the campuses i've been to (I know greeks from sfsu, sjsu, csu:sac, berkeley, uc davis, ucla, stanford, usc, ucsd, and one from when ucsc had a greek system).
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Well, I just stood up in a wedding of a guy I pledged with 25 years ago.  There were 17 of us from 3 pledge classes that attended.  \n\nAlso, we were all business majors, so we help each other out when we can.  2 in real estate, one in mortgages, 3 of us are business owners, 2 in manufacturing, one in payroll services, 2 in insurance, one in the music business, 2 in education and 3 in banking.  \n\nI found it worth it.  It taught me how to interact with different people whom you live with and the traits to watch out for in my career that I saw in the Fraternity (it's like a little business).  \n\nThere'
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It depends on the school/chapter. Most fraternities have the same core values, but you have to investigate the local chapter to see how they operate, and if they really live up to those values and standards. Sig Ep is a strong fraternity nationally, but that doesn't guarantee you will find a decent local chapter.