| Fraternities take up a LOT of time. A fraternity is the equivalent of another three hour course. And I'm not talking about the parties, I'm talking about the meetings, the community service, the intramurals, the weekend retreats, the weekend formals, the weekend leadership summits, responsibilities of holding office...
How many classes did he take per semester? If someone is considering a fraternity, I would take the "three hour" thing into account when preparing a schedule.
And don't get me started on the pledgeship semester of fraternity life. Whatever they say, it's a lot more time-involvement than they tell you. Fraternities do hold nightly mandatory study halls for pledges, but that is offset by all the other responsibilities involved. Pledges are expected to be at the house every night, at dinner every night, meeting attendance, learn all the history, lore, songs, interview all the upperclassmen, etc. Whereas a brother can get away with skipping the weekend Habitat project, the house cleanup, or doing DD, the pledge cannot. Lots of kids go off to school, don't realize how much of a time commitment fraternity life is going to be, and take a full courseload (15-18 hours), which is a big mistake during pledge semester. A disaster in the making. Estimate fraternity life as an additional class every semester, if the brother is heavily involved (participating in all activities, holding office, etc.) |