Dorm selection??? Greek House???

lovemykids2
Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:28:34 +0000

insightgirl - You’re absolutely right, my comments were a bit superficial.

Now that a full academic semester has passed my daughter doesn’t even think about Greek life. She has made some amazing friends, her grades are great, and she is very happy.

She realizes that her major is so demanding that if she had selected the sorority that would have pledged her she would have had to drop out. Her roommate is in a sorority and is always attending social events during the week and all weekend. She would have had to split her time studying and socializing, which wouldn’t have worked. She spends eighty percent of her time studying and twenty percent socializing. Thankfully, she doesn’t mind.

I agree with you that in her case she probably didn’t bond with the girls during rush. She isn’t one of the rah-rah types and she’s not good at hiding her feelings. If she didn’t like the girls who interviewed her it would have shown, and it probably did. :)

Like your daughter, mine has friends who are in sororities and they say the same thing about finding their closest friends outside of sororities.

In hindsight I think that Greek life works well for those who want to be identified by a group. My son is looking forward to going Greek. But, for more independent people who prefer to schedule their social time as they see fit, Greek life isn’t a good idea.