is the ratio that bad at georgia tech

BanjoHitter
Wed, 07 Dec 2011 09:11:47 +0000

soccermaster25,

Here’s the difference: it isn’t either/or. It’s not a case of internship or fraternity, or research or fraternity. So there’s no reason to compare them.

Most students choose a fraternity and internships, or a fraternity and research, or a fraternity and internships and research. While a good GPA and good internship experience will give you many opportunities, throwing a fraternity affiliation on top of that tends to expand those opportunities. I’ve never seen a case where the fraternity affiliation closes doors. So from that perspective, the subset of outcomes from joining a fraternity is at least a supremum of the subset of outcomes from not joining (and that statement should validate my GT credentials).

As far as SAA, again you can join a fraternity and SAA and network with different individuals in each. And I wouldn’t say that it as a track record. It was founded last year and may or may not continue next year or the year after.