<p>So word on the street is that going Greek makes things a lot easier at Tech when it comes to schoolwork. Anyone have any first-hand experience with which Greek organizations at Tech are known for keeping past homeworks and tests and whatnot?</p>
<p>In most classes where “word” is useful, professors provide old tests to all students, because they are aware that certain groups have collected old materials anyway. Personally, I have never been in a class where word that a fraternity had (I have studied with friends in a fraternity as I am not affiliated) was any better at preparing my than what the professor had already provided in his practice tests and/or study guides to the entire class.</p>
<p>I would also discourage you from choosing a fraternity because of your perceptions of how much word they have collected. The average GPA of those who go Greek is only marginally higher than that of those who don’t go Greek (certain houses are an exception, but that is because of the brothers/sisters, not their collection of word, so I would dispute your perception that going Greek makes things “a lot easier.” </p>
<p>There are tons of resources for students, both Greek and otherwise, on campus. You have recitations for many classes, office hours, 1-on-1 tutoring, reviews sessions for many intro classes in the basements/bottom floors of almost all freshman dorms, study groups, etc, etc…</p>
<p>I see! Thank you for your insight, InPursuit.</p>
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<p>Are you aware of which houses are “an exception” and more studious?</p>
<p>I wouldn’t even look for that. For example, we at Emory have ATO which has the highest of the frats at around a 3.5 average ( a bit above average at Emory), but at the same time, it is well known that many of them are in the business school for example. Business school has a soft curve that results in inflated grades even when compared to “easier”/moderate classes in the college. On the opposite end, you have the Asian frat which has high science major/pre-med penetration (and their average is apparently less than 3.1). So sometimes it depends on the academic make-up of the frats moreso than studiousness, though I would imagine that some frats are more oriented toward academics than others, but in that case, you should honestly just aim for an honors society or a culture/academic house (we for example, have things like the Spanish house, the German house, Black student alliance house, asbury house, etc). If we have them, I know Tech should have plenty more of such non-greek living/learning communities because it is much larger. You should look into it, seriously. I guess you can start investigating by looking at the housing options. I know for a fact that there are many honor societies because my friend recently gained admission into the mechanical engineering honor society. And from what he told me, there are many counterparts corresponding to other majors. So if you want to join a social organization, but surround yourself with very academically seriously peers, think about such options. Greek is not the end all social option at medium/large top universities. Schools with more academically oriented environments tend to have other outlets as well.</p>
<p>All Greek organizations have word, and they’re very similar. A few years back the fraternities opened their word directories on the GT network for sharing, so pretty much all fraternities have the same word collection now.</p>
<p>Happy reading: Here is a greek grade report link: [Georgia</a> Institute of Technology :: Greek Affairs](<a href=“http://www.greek.gatech.edu/plugins/content/index.php?id=4]Georgia”>http://www.greek.gatech.edu/plugins/content/index.php?id=4)</p>
<p>Very informative!! Thank you guys so much! :D</p>
<p>If all the fraternities have them, do all non-Greek students have any way to access them too?</p>
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<p>Short answer: Know a greek. </p>
<p>Long answer: Most professors know word exists, and some try to thwart it by giving you past exams to study. But a significant portion (a majority in the engineering, science, and computing colleges) simply don’t care. To get to the old tests, make friends with people, particularly with greeks who can give you access to their information.</p>