The rest of my college expenses are basically paid for, so  would this be a good investment or a waste of money?

It would be costing me about $15k by the end of my senior year but I'm not that big on money anywayz.

What are your opinions, is it worth it?

P.S. Anti-greek people please don't answer.

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I speak in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

Half of the freshmen I've talked to hate their frat anyway. Plus, you're not exempt from frat parties by any means if you don't join one, so it's really just a waste of money.

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Dear World,
You need me.

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Hell no. Don't do it.

Half of the freshmen I've talked to hate their frat anyway. Plus, you're not exempt from frat parties by any means if you don't join one, so it's really just a waste of money.

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Exactly. People join Frats and Sorority houses for all the wrong reasons. It's just a huge waste of money in the end. They're the type of boys and girls that love to flaunt egos and drinking abilities. Go to the parties anyways without joining. All you'd be doing by joining is selling yourself to something you may not be deep down. The "frats and sororities" I support generally are the honor society ones that are purely academic and community serviced based...at least those ones are proving some sort of care or purpose.

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MiNNiCK: September 2003 - May 2009

And that could cost me 300/month and that's not including food.

With the frat board and food is covered.

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I speak in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

Nobody is actually in frats for the community service or whatever. Guys do it for girls, beer, and friends. You can get that without spending that much money.

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"A wise girl kisses but doesn't love,
listens but doesn't believe,
and leaves before she is left"
-Marilyn Monroe

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Quote: from White Ninja at 3:04 pm on Nov. 29, 2007

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Hell no. Don't do it.  

 Half of the freshmen I've talked to hate their frat anyway. Plus, you're not exempt from frat parties by any means if you don't join one, so it's really just a waste of money.

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Exactly. People join Frats and Sorority houses for all the wrong reasons. It's just a huge waste of money in the end. They're the type of boys and girls that love to flaunt egos and drinking abilities. Go to the parties anyways without joining. All you'd be doing by joining is selling yourself to something you may not be deep down. The "frats and sororities" I support generally are the honor society ones that are purely academic and community serviced based...at least those ones are proving some sort of care or purpose.

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But I actually want to join a frat to make life-long brothers and all that morally good bullshit.

Plus the Greek System plays a huge role in Student Government.  

My motives in joining a fraternity is good I just wanna know if it's worth it at the price of taking out and repaying the loans.

Post edited at 12:12 pm on Nov. 29, 2007 by jamestown

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I speak in a tongue-in-cheek manner.

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Quote: from Minnick at 12:06 pm on Nov. 29, 2007

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Quote: from White Ninja at 3:04 pm on Nov. 29, 2007

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Hell no. Don't do it.  

  Half of the freshmen I've talked to hate their frat anyway. Plus, you're not exempt from frat parties by any means if you don't join one, so it's really just a waste of money.

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 Exactly. People join Frats and Sorority houses for all the wrong reasons. It's just a huge waste of money in the end. They're the type of boys and girls that love to flaunt egos and drinking abilities. Go to the parties anyways without joining. All you'd be doing by joining is selling yourself to something you may not be deep down. The "frats and sororities" I support generally are the honor society ones that are purely academic and community serviced based...at least those ones are proving some sort of care or purpose.

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But I actually want to join a frat to make life-long brothers and all that morally good bullshit.

Plus the Greek System plays a huge role in Student Government.  

My motives in joining a fraternity is good I just wanna know if it's worth it.

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No. If you want to do something as drastic enough to pay for this "brotherly love" go right ahead. There's just other ways of doing it rather than feeling the need to "belong to the Greek system"

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MiNNiCK: September 2003 - May 2009

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Quote: from Minnick at 12:06 pm on Nov. 29, 2007

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Quote: from White Ninja at 3:04 pm on Nov. 29, 2007

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Hell no. Don't do it.  

 Half of the freshmen I've talked to hate their frat anyway. Plus, you're not exempt from frat parties by any means if you don't join one, so it's really just a waste of money.

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Exactly. People join Frats and Sorority houses for all the wrong reasons. It's just a huge waste of money in the end. They're the type of boys and girls that love to flaunt egos and drinking abilities. Go to the parties anyways without joining. All you'd be doing by joining is selling yourself to something you may not be deep down. The "frats and sororities" I support generally are the honor society ones that are purely academic and community serviced based...at least those ones are proving some sort of care or purpose.

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But I actually want to join a frat to make life-long brothers and all that morally good bullshit.

Plus the Greek System plays a huge role in Student Government.  

My motives in joining a fraternity is good I just wanna know if it's worth it at the price of taking out and repaying the loans.

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Ah, then I suggest finding a "non-party" frat, like one that is dedicated specifically to something. I know there's houses out there that are for academics, sports, etc.

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Dear World,
You need me.

I think the biggest question is the way Greek life is handled where you go. I rushed a frat at my college, and would have joined, had I not elected to withdraw two days prior to initiations. Why did I make that decision? The Greek Life Office was generally tyrannical and unfair, and had a particular issue with the fraternity I was joining. Never mind that we were one of the most responsible, most academically powerful, and least wild fraternities on campus. We were still subject to relentless harassment, with massive punishment for even the smallest infraction. And no matter what it was, everybody was punished. For me the final straw was when they made all brothers and pledges attend a three hour sensitivity seminar as punishment, because one of the 27 people used the word "retarded" within earshot of a GLO staffer.

If that isn't the situation on your campus, and everything else looks good, then join up. But, if your school is anti-Greek, it may be worth depledging before you've got to come up with your first set of dues.

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When the state is most corrupt, then the laws are most multiplied.
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