Am I the only one here where the university made mandatory study hours for new members? I thought this was common thing...maybe I am wrong

Well, I've gotten this cleared up with my chapter. My absences have been excused.
Our study halls are Sunday from 1:30 PM - 3:00 PM. It was not a unanimous decision to make it this time and I voiced strong objections and voted against it. We also have chapter Sunday evening, so Sundays have become big fraternity commitments.

Sometimes it is scheduled for others days and times, and I have no say in those decisions either.

Now, after speaking with my fraternity president and scholarship chair, I have confidence that when I have to miss it, I will be excused and not fined.

Thanks for all of the advice and I love hearing about how other fraternities and chapters run study hall.

At USF, all greeks have a minimum GPA requirement. So IMO, it only makes sense that orgs would impose study hours. My sorority has a minimum set of "sister study hours" that we complete each month but we dont have a set schedule, we just have to get them done. Our interests also have mandatory study hours.

i totally still understand the needing to have study hall hours for new members and members with lower gpas, but i used to get really annoyed when i was trying to have a study group of people that were not in chi o (because i didnt really have any classes with my sisters for my major) and the people in my group wanted to go somewhere other than the library. i wasnt annoyed at them i just knew wed be studying for about 3-4 hours if it was a big test and that i wouldnt get credit for any of those hours at all that week. i also dont really agree with by studying in the library all together you prove that you can be smart and in a glo. you shouldnt have to prove it to anyone. people are going to think what they want to think. and since most of the time we were all goofing off it makes us look like stereotypical greeks not smart ones!

I think this would really improve the study hours idea, if there was someone at the front desk to make sure people are actually coming to the library and staying in the library, not signing in for others, verifying times, etc. At my school (with over 40 chapters) it's possible that this could be a job opportunity for a student. On the other hand, with new technology, study logs could be done by swiping our student IDs at the entrance to the library... just an idea!

I remember how annoyed I was with the way our study hours were structured when I joined - I was a computer science major and we had to be in the library or at the house to do our hours. All my work was in a lab on campus - I literally would sit there and stare at the wall sometimes because I had NOTHING to do. When I became scholarship chair I said you could do work in a lab if you had a study buddy there to certify your hours.