sororityseeker,
it's hard managing your time, and you might want to consider rushing and pledging in teh SPRING so you can get your schedule sort of worked out and know what you will and won't have time for. i've found it to be difficult to juggle everything, but as any greek will tell you: grades come FIRST! that's your primary reason for being there. last year, i had a total of 40 credits for both semesters (20 each semester) and was president of my sorority at the same time. it wasn't easy, but i saw a lot of my greek and non greek friends between classes if i had a 15 or 20 minute break here or there. i also saw them on weekends or when we had classes together. it's all about time management. i always told myself i could only go out if all my homework was done (or most of it, depending on what was happening elsewhere!). i strongly recommend freshmen to rush in the spring versus the fall just to get an idea of what college life is all about before jumping into anything so time-consuming. granted, virtually any greek organization you join will have mandatory study hours, but a lot of the time, that's not enough. if you're good at time management you'll be fine. either way, whether you are or not...GET A PLANNER!!!
etienne
sigma alpha iota-the hartt school of music
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"red is the color of music and has been since the very earliest of times. the caps of faeries and musicians are well-nigh always red."~*~w.b.yeats
"I think that happiness is when you can let yourself feel every emotion you want at any time instead of being a lying little fuck." - Tori Amos
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