Question about grades and greek

fa-la-la-lena
Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:29:03 +0000

@brad, I wasn’t in greek life at MSU (just graduated) but like Humanoid says, I’d recommend you to hold off until spring rush (or rush the fall of your sophomore year). Rush really takes up a lot of time and greek life does have quite a few mandatory events that you have to commit yourself to, which might get in the way of getting down the routine of college. And there definitely is no shortage of a social life for non-greek students, with tons of house and apt parties to go to. Plus, if you rush right away, you might miss out on some of the friends you would make otherwise in the dorms etc. because you are generally going to be busy hanging out at the fraternity. As a non-greek, you can still go to most greek events/parties. You can befriend some brothers/go to the greek fall welcome/even rush right away (but you don’t have to choose a house) to get an idea of the scene, and then decide to join in the spring or later to see if you like unaffiliated life or really are still interested in joining greek life.

In terms of the math placement, it really doesn’t matter. Just do well enough on the online placement exam to avoid remedial math (MTH 1875) and you’ll be fine. You also have the option of retaking it I think at your AOP.