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Originally posted by Blue Violet
At least in my experience, most of the greeks do not have to hold jobs while in college. Most of the people I know who are greek are in school full time and while they are really busy, they don't have to work a real job unless it's summer or spring break or something. I think at a lot of big schools, that has a lot to do with it. Especially if you consider the cost of belonging to a group-you have to be pretty well off initially or have mad loans to even be greek at most schools. Now I know it is not like this at EVERY school, and I know every chapter has people who work. But seriously, there's something to the stereotype that rich kids get to be greek more often than the ones who are wokring full time. I know girls who can't even take off a week to rush even if they could afford it afterwards. Just something to think about before we all think we are so much smarter
Good to hear that grades are important though!
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As an advisor to the DZ chapter at UGA, I can tell you that most of my girls have part-time jobs -- some even have full-time jobs. The same was true at my chapter. During my senior year, I was president of the sorority, took an overload of courses, and still worked 20-25 hours a week at a retail store. And most of my sisters held offices, jobs, and participated in extracurricular activities, too -- all while maintaining high GPA's. I think a lot of it has to do with the fact that being Greek means that you have to be able to manage your time efficiently. If you can do this, then you can successfully juggle a multitude of things during college.