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Originally Posted by pieceofpaper
I do appreciate your honest opinions and it gives me things to think about.
By social, I mean they don't just do service things together and go home - they hang out, etc. many even date. I didn't mean that they have parties with other greeks - pretty sure that they don't.
If I really and truly felt that my NIC group sucked, I think that I would try to join APO as quickly as I could. A great organization, a brotherhood, but different from NIC fraternities. If I hated my NIC, that might just be what I needed.
I know plenty of people, that while they enjoy service, a main reason for joining APO was to make friends. Is this so wrong?
Once again, I really apprecaite your honest answers 33girl.
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Oh, yeah, they date. Guilty as charged :P . That's what I meant about it not being just service, but brotherhood also. My chapter had brothers who lived together, we threw parties regularly etc. I pledged because my friends were already members, but I wouldn't have joined if I didn't also really like the concept of doing service.
Like I said, I don't mean to come off as mean or discouraging, just that I've seen a lot of people who only joined 1) to put it on the resume 2) to meet people, and didn't give a crap about the service component and did everything to avoid it.
I think joining APO would be fine, but I would also see if you can correct some of the things you see that are wrong with your NIC group (size, lack of philanthropy) - you may find that what you're looking for has been in your own backyard all along.