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One thing sororities say is they have a higher 4 year graduation percentage along with higher GPA's. (Most parents say it's now 5 years) Add to that all the explanations about dues, I can see both sides. Your example is universal. When I was in Jr. League, all of us complained about the amount of time we had to spend. It really was like going through pledgeship again. I remember being pregnant, as were others, at the time and we had to be very careful selecting the meetings we might miss. Some of the girls were as young as 22. I was 29. All of us felt the League should have looked more to older women. By the time you had the freedom to go to all the meetings, you hit alum status.
We lost so many-I was one-because we felt if we were going to give our time as volunteers, we would do it for projects our kids were in, like helping their teachers,school carnivals or the team sports. I think priorities are different for many young people and the cost of college is increaing every year. Time really is a commodity.
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