PLEASE HELP! I am so stuck at my school!

HS5331
Wed, 07 Oct 2015 05:36:24 +0000

Have you read the 7 Habits by Stephen Covey or Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill? There are many similar books out there. Read them and see if it will cause you to reconsider your mindset. Books like these talk about how successful people don’t sit around whining - they find a way to push through to success and achieve their goals. That in fact is the defining characteristic between successful and unsuccessful people. Certainly there are practically limitless and unique opportunities at a university like yours to join clubs, take classes and pursue internships with people who can become your close friends? At a top university the world should be at your fingertips. The people here now are the contacts (students and professors) you will use throughout your career. These are the people you need to get to know. Many are probably pretty damn amazing. They are the movers and shakers of the future of this country. Don’t be short-sighted. Think of the long-term. When you read the alumni magazine 10 and 20 years from now, how do you want to be portrayed? Do you want to look though those pages and realize you never took the time to get involved, meet your peers and take advantage of the opportunities you were given?

I am curious as to what you think you are missing at a fraternity. In my view it is essentially: dangerous drinking to excess, taking drugs, watching porn and screwing around. Insert joke here - yes that’s what you’re looking for! Ha ha ha. Seriously though, greek life is nothing but extreme peer pressure, wasting lots of money, obnoxious rules to follow, stupid risky behavior that can get you an STD, disciplined, arrested, or worse, and a major time suck. Of course they are going to project the image that it’s fun but many probably just want out. Do you really see that many seniors hanging out with the pledges unless they have to? No, because they are sick of that crap.

And all of them will have to clean up their social media before applying for jobs.