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Originally posted by Betarulz!:
So I don't think that she is worried about not getting in the house, but she may be worried about the fact that the houses influence will be lessened if she's not living there.
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Hi Betarulz,
I understand what you mean. Like I said before, I don't know how other sororities do it so I won't try to speak for them. BUT, in Delta Zeta, we have set study hours for all sisters. In my day, we had to do at least 5 hours in the library each week with the academics chairman there to sign us in and make sure that we actually studied during our sessions. We also had 5 hours (on the honor system of course) required that we could do on our own time. I don't know if that has changed in the past few years or not.
Delta Zeta, like all other sororities, has a minimum GPA that members must keep in order to be active (able to participate in the social aspects of sorority life like intramurals, formals, mixers, etc). To me, the sorority was a big help with my studies. I learned time management skills VERY quickly and so did my pledge sisters because no one wanted to miss out on socials or formals because of academic probation.
Something else you might want to tell your girlfriend: If a sister is not meeting her academic obligations to the sorority, then this brings the whole chapter's average down, something that our National Headquarters looks at very closely. So you can imagine how important academics is to us! We do everything possible to make sure that sisters stay on track.
Personally, I have found that the ones who want to study do, and the ones who don't just won't --- no matter where they live or how many study hours we impose. College is all about growing up and learning how to do things on your own. Your sisters can be there to support you - but they can't MAKE you get those good grades. That's why I don't feel that living in the house (or NOT living in the house) makes a big difference in how well a sister does in college.
I know this rambled a bit - I apologize!
Hope I got my point across! Your girlfriend sounds like she is concerned about academics, and that's great. I think she'll be a good asset to whatever house she chooses.
In the Greek bond,
Carrie
Delta Zeta '93