Fraternities still beneficial?

i_wanna_be_Brown
Wed, 04 Jan 2012 23:59:35 +0000

OP, provide you with ANY evidence? Is that a joke?

I’ll be the first to admit that some chapters of some fraternities are complete wastes of space but there are still many chapters where GPAs are valued (the all greek GPA is still higher than the average GPA at many schools [Greek GPA’s Are Higher At Top Party Schools | The WebGreek Blog](http://www.blog.webgreek.com/2010/09/greek-gpas-are-higher-at-top-party-schools/)) and where you can reach out to other members from your own chapter and others for help with jobs or getting acquainted to a new area (at least I’m constantly seeing these in my fraternity’s LinkedIn group). Literally my first day at medical school, a guy a year ahead of me saw me in one of my rush shirts and immediately introduced himself and has helped me whenever I’ve asked.

HarryJones,
Your statement could apply to 95% of the people I knew in college regardless of whether they were greek. Save yourself the typing though, the “buy your friends” argument is so old, tired, and inaccurate it’s not even worth hearing your response.