-- Posted by Blueballs82 at 5:37 pm on July 14, 2008 Okay, so I'm a sophomore and my last chance to join a frat is this semester.  I'm thinking it would be good for me, but my schedule is already pretty demanding.   I have 17 hours of classes set up and, because I waited this late in the summer to make this decision, I haven't saved the money I would need to pay dues and will probably have to get a part time job to pay them.   Is it advisable for me to go through with this? Do the positives outweigh the insane amount of work this would entail? -- Posted by bloodhunter at 5:38 pm on July 14, 2008 No -- Posted by HXC at 5:38 pm on July 14, 2008 his name is BlueBalls82. amazing. -- Posted by King Chaos at 5:40 pm on July 14, 2008 pfft 17 hrs is nothing, join up... i have 28 and im in something LIKE a frat cause thye illegal in canada, proud member of the engineering society ehhe -- Posted by lostwitness at 5:40 pm on July 14, 2008 Quote: from HXC at 6:38 pm on July 14, 2008 his name is BlueBalls82. amazing. His username tells me he would fit right in with the frat boys. -- Posted by Amin mele lle at 5:42 pm on July 14, 2008 Go for it. -- Posted by Blueballs82 at 6:21 pm on July 14, 2008 17 hours is a good bit of work, thank you very much.  Also, I'm an A student so I'm expecting to be able to dedicate plenty of time to studying, etc.  I'd probably work three shifts  week or so.  It's a big school so I'd probably have plenty of job opportunities.  Does anyone know exactly how much time I should expect to have to dedicate to the frat? -- Posted by chinaman at 4:14 pm on July 15, 2008 blueballz.... it depends on wat frat u wanna join... 1. if its social, then prepare to be destroyed and fail some classes 2. it its professional/community service, then it depends on whether you are gonna get anything out of it.... I'm in a professional frat and i've have to admit that my grades went a little down but not failing... but throughout rushing, i learned how to manage my time and stuff like that... so i feel better off now... All Frats are gonna tell you: don't join just for the connections, join because you want to join and you believe in the frat...