[quote]Aggv wrote:
That sounds like an awful experience and fits right in with the douche stereotype. [/quote]
I hope you had fun in college and wasn’t jealous of others who did. I’m fairly outgoing, so I ended up hooking up with sorority girls constantly. I don’t know if that qualifies as being a “douche”. It was just one avenue (of many) to meet new people and to have fun on campus. Again, I would only suggest it for a year or two (like most). For every bad Fraternity experience, there are 3-4 horrible dorm ones.
I imagine it beats sitting in your dorm room playing Xbox or reading MotorTrend, but who am I to judge?
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It seems the people who hate frats the most were never a part of them. Like I said, I’ll just have to wait and see if it’s for me.
[quote]Aggv wrote:
That sounds like an awful experience and fits right in with the douche stereotype. [/quote]
I hope you had fun in college and wasn’t jealous of others who did. I’m fairly outgoing, so I ended up hooking up with sorority girls constantly. I don’t know if that qualifies as being a “douche”. It was just one avenue (of many) to meet new people and to have fun on campus. Again, I would only suggest it for a year or two (like most). For every bad Fraternity experience, there are 3-4 horrible dorm ones.
I imagine it beats sitting in your dorm room playing Xbox or reading MotorTrend, but who am I to judge?
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To piggyback on the pretentious post above this…
You’ve now twice, outlined perfectly, the very complaints people have made about the “typical frat boy”.
Well done.
Reinforcing negative stereotypes one post at a time…
I’ve never been in one nor did my undergraduate institution allow them (my school banned them in the late 80’s due to the property damage they incurred on school buildings…they destroyed school property such as dorms, classroom buildings and dining halls for shits and giggles).
I am currently at a major state univeristy for graduate school and the frat scene here is alive and kicking. I’ve always had a bit of negative attitude toward frats due to the media as well as some personal interactions with frat bros.
But in the interest of discussion, I will say that not all frats are necessarily comprised of douches. There are “service” or “professional” frats that are founded to promote certain interests (outside of general rowdiness and partying) such as AXE, which is a professional frat for those interested in Chemistry-oriented careers. I was never in this frat, but I am a chemistry PhD student and I’ve been to a few gatherings and these people are genuinely interested in chemistry and are for the most part like anyone else.
“Social” frats are a different story. They comprise the larger part of most greek scenes on college campuses and have devolved over the decades into what many of you have come to hate: paid social circles of immature, irresponsible, and privileged douches. A housemate my first year was in a social frat, and I went with him to a party and immediately disliked just about every guy I met (total stereotypes come to life; collared shirts, salmon shorts, wayfarers, bro tanks, and saying things you’d expect them to say about girls).
I generally choose not to judge a frat bro before knowing what kind of frat he belongs to. The same can be said for sorority girls. The greek system is definitely broken, but not all of it’s participants are as misguided and delusional as you might think.
Just randomness, but I was an SAE at MIT. Joined because it had a lot of Israelis in it, which is odd for a “southern” fraternity and I was a little homesick. Didn’t live in the house because I lived with my wife at Hillel house.
I believe my chapter got kicked off campus a couple decades after I left and merged with BU and Harvard – because they hazed and drank to excess. I was difficult to haze because I had just come off a combat tour and was not particularly scared of 19 year olds.
For MIT geeks, we had some fun, but we did not let it ruin our education.
Find the right house is my recommendation. Perhaps join as a sophomore so you can get the lay of the land and focus on your studies as a freshman.
[quote]Aggv wrote:
That sounds like an awful experience and fits right in with the douche stereotype. [/quote]
I hope you had fun in college and wasn’t jealous of others who did. I’m fairly outgoing, so I ended up hooking up with sorority girls constantly. I don’t know if that qualifies as being a “douche”. It was just one avenue (of many) to meet new people and to have fun on campus. Again, I would only suggest it for a year or two (like most). For every bad Fraternity experience, there are 3-4 horrible dorm ones.
I imagine it beats sitting in your dorm room playing Xbox or reading MotorTrend, but who am I to judge?
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To piggyback on the pretentious post above this…
You’ve now twice, outlined perfectly, the very complaints people have made about the “typical frat boy”.
Well done.
Reinforcing negative stereotypes one post at a time…[/quote]
Haha. You guys have got to lighten up.
When I plunged into this thread with my “Ok I’ll bite”, I knew the flak I was going to get since I had a great time in my fraternity. So I decided to play right into it. Sorry guys…
Yes, understand why many have the opinion they do of the Greek students. Some are merited, some or not.
But the OP was asking about GIRLS and a SOCIAL LIFE. And from personal experience, I’m telling the kid to look into it if that’s what he is looking for. Like I said, there are other ways to have a great time on campus. This is just one of many.