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I was a theatre major while in school. I guess a lot of it depends on the climate of your school's greek system and theatre departments. I won't lie, I had a very tough time balancing the two and unfortunately, it came to a point where I was forced to focus on one over the other. When I got to be an upperclassman, my efforts were concentrated on my major instead of my sorority, as I felt academics should come first.
I found that both the theatre department and my sorority were pretty accepting of me being involved in both, but when I tried to balance the two, I felt like I was giving neither my full commitment or potential. I had a sorority sister who was also a theatre major and had the same problem, we both ended up gravitating to our theatre department.
There were other girls in our theatre program who rushed and or/pledged, but ultimately never joined an organization because of the conflicting commitments. It is POSSIBLE to do both, but be advised that it is very difficult. I've seen girls not get offered parts solely for the fact that they had too many sorority events that conflicted with the rehearsal schedule. I also know of another girl who wasn't offered a role because she was going through rush, which would have forced her to miss a week of rehearsal. She got a bid, but decided not to pledge.
Really think about this decision. When I joined my sorority, I wasn't very active at all in my theatre department. By the time I graduated, however, it was the exact opposite.
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