Greek life

DmitriR
Fri, 03 Apr 2015 14:55:35 +0000

My question is, what’s a parent to say? Don’t go to the school with Frats because of drinking and drugs or go to the “safe” schools like Bryn Mawr or Randolph?

One exercise that might help is that she should try to list out all of the things that she likes about each school. If she objects to Greek life (which is apparently 85% of the student body at Washington & Lee), there has to be some compelling reasons (academics? location? cost?) why she applied, right? If she can remind herself what those reasons were, she can probably evaluate them to see if they outweigh the downside of feeling socially out of place at that college.

I agree with the person who said that it’s implausible that one person could be a great fit for two wildly different schools like that. I don’t think that you necessarily have to tell her which school to pick; it sounds like she is being cautious and thoughtful already, but actually listing out why she applied to each school might help her organize her priorities and decide what she really wants.