Fraternity, worth it?
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A fraternity can be an outstanding way to really enjoy your college life. Depending on the university, they usually try to be competitive regarding cost, so no, they really aren't more expensive.
The most important thing is to choose the right one. They are all very different, so when you go through rush, try to meet as many of the members in each house as you can, not just the rush chairmen. As important as each houses overall philosophy is, remember that each is still a group of individuals, so you want to find a group that you connect with very well.
It's not always possible at universities with "formal" rush, but do try to go to the houses you are interested at least once when they are not having a staged rush event. It will give you a better idea of what the people are really like and if you are going to fit in.
Ask about their alumni support...the best run, and most successful houses generally have a very good relationship and a lot of support from their alumni. If they don't, it's a sign that either the current membership has done something to alienate their alumni or that the members just don't get enough out of the experience to bother with keeping their connection.
Just like so many things in life, a Fraternity experience is one of those things that you can get out of it what you put in. So find one that suits you and have a great time.
Always expensive, fun at first then it sucks after two or three years. You can have just as much fun being independent.
fraternity as what they call, brotherhood is good per se when it comes to being able to meet new friends, gain confidence, joining some group activities, socializations and the likes. this brotherhood also has its own goals to achieve, such as having activities that could benefit the community while others are doing the other way around, quite just for fun, and companionship, which we can consider waste of time and worthless... the problems arise if the members of the frat are of bad influence (making you do deviant things, into drugs, sex, stealing), which is rampant now adays. before you will decide to join such group, try to have some background check of the mission-vision of the fraternity you want to join, weigh things if it can make you a better person of the other way around, doing more harm than good. if it is so, then better not to get involve with this. it is better to be alone, than to have with a bad companion
I'm currently a sophmore at college and in a fraternity. They are a lot of fun, they always have something fun going on. If not you can always go to the house and find someone who wants to hang out. Its also a brotherhood, which means that theres always someone who will watch your back. One thing that our fraternity does is help each other pick out teachers and classes to take. That way you never get the bad teachers. We also help each other as far as tutoring. For example we have a Mexican brother in our fraternity and he helped two of the people in my fraternity with spanish class.
Also if you join a fraternity you'll definitely have some of the best times in your life. There were counltess time some of the pledges and brothers would just sit down and spend hours talking about memories in the fraternity.
Also most fraternities wave the first semesters dues, so if you don't like the fraternity you could just stop paying and going to meetings and stuff. But I garantee that you will have the time of your life. The only way you shouldn't pledge is if your the type of person who likes to sit at home playing video games and watching TV, because fraternites are made for people who want to hang out.
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