@Jpgranier My son is thinking about attending UA next year and he is a reasonably good student; if he attends he will be a Presidential Scholar. He intends to rush.
From my experience at Ole Miss, the Greek system is full of people who aren’t that into academics. But it also has a tremendous number of high achievers. In my opinion, members of Greek organizations are much more well rounded; they learn the skills to work well with others in a mid-size organization and they just meet and interact with lots of people.
It’s certainly possible for Greek obligations to interfere with your school work. Far more likely is that you will benefit from having some people looking over your shoulder your freshman year. Just do it.