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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]It is very hard to assess without up to date and specific knowledge of how Greek life is handled at a specific school.  What goes on at Alabama will be different than Florida and Minnesota and Maryland.  What goes on at a big school will be very different than what goes on at a small school.  What goes on at a city/urban school will be different than what goes on at a college town school.

The questions really come down to what else is going on socially around the school and for your kid specifically.  A big school (25,000 plus) is going to have tons of stuff happening socially -- athletics, clubs, theater etc -- so kids are not at all at a social disadvantage if they do not join up.  On the other hand -- these big schools will also have a strong Greek life for those who want to join.  There are also small schools where student social life is very centered on Greek life simply do to a lack of organized other alternative social activities.  I will say that at least in some of those schools there is little exclusion of non-members from many of the social activities.

Do be careful of the time commitment involved.  It can be significant.  Time management will be necessary.

There is excessive drinking going on all over every college campus.  Always has been. [b] It is not unique to the Greek system and they are not immune[/b].  Oddly -- based on some of the comments in this thread -- I would say that my kid's frat experience is that drinking is monitored.  They had designated sober party attendees who looked out for drunks, prevented fights, kept an eye on girls attending to make sure they were not harassed and drove people back to dorms/home.

On the other hand -- if your kid is already involved in something time consuming at the school then finding the time to also do Greek may be a real problem.  My daughter played soccer.  No one on the team was in a Sorority because there was no time to join.  Practice and travel prevented that.  They went to lots of Greek parties, but really could not join.  You really do have to have the time.

Yet, I know the two young men who died during hazing while being forced to drink and drive at my slac.  11 young men died just last year at another college.  go google "Deaths 
Fraterterniy Sorority Greek hazing alcohol" and you will find a plethora of stories like this:

Which fraternity has the most deaths?

Sigma Alpha Epsilon has had nine deaths linked to drinking, drugs and hazing since 2006, more than any other Greek organization, according to data compiled by Bloomberg in 2013. More than 100 chapters have been disciplined since 2007, with at least fifteen suspended or closed since 2010.

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