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Originally Posted by Fratlete
The point is that I want to be a part of a brotherhood that is based on something other than being an athlete. I think having a balanced life is helpful to keep my sanity. In high school I had things other than being an athlete. There are very few crossovers between athletes and frats at my school. Normally an athlete will quit/be cut from a team and then join a fraternity, which just plays into the stereotype that they are lazy, so athletes then then being to think all fraternity members must be lazy and must only care about partying.
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HS and college athletics (even if you are at a higher level of HS athletics) is SO different - even if you know that it's hard to realize how much until you're actually in it. Not to mention people who were super involved w/ athletics at their HS and then completely drop it in college.
Our school was D2 except swimming (both sexes) and wrestling were D1. The swimmer (that is singular) who was in a sorority I rarely if EVER saw at Greek events - except for Greek swim - IMO the group took her for the prestige. The guy swimmers and wrestlers, I can't think of any who were Greek. The way you described your teammates is really sounding familiar, I'll put it that way.
You sound like you have a really good head on your shoulders and know how to balance your life, so do what you want to do and don't let anyone put you down.