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04-21-2009, 09:28 PM
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Whats Greek life really like?
Ok, so im from NZ, a long long way away from the US, and what i see of the Frat/Soro life is partying...partying....lots of girls with no morales...oh and more partying.
What is life REALLY like for you guys? seriously i have no idea other than the many american pies, or shows like 'greek'
someone enlighten me!!!
whats a normal day...wake up...sleep, for you guys??
let me know!!!  very interested
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04-21-2009, 09:32 PM
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04-21-2009, 09:43 PM
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Originally Posted by NzER
whats a normal day...wake up...sleep, for you guys??
let me know!!! very interested |
Really interested? Here's my typical day:
Wake up at 6 AM; go running and lift weights; shower; study over breakfast; go to 8 AM Medical Microbiology and Immunology Class for an hour and a half; work in my lab at the hospital on mutating a gene implicated in pediatric leukemia; More Class, during which I eat lunch; study in the gross anatomy lab; library for more studying; More Class; volunteering at the hospital; meet boyfriend for dinner; executive board meeting; chapter; work on my clinical diabetes research project; PHA/IFC roundtables; study until I go to bed at 12 AM.
If I'm lucky, I have additional required meetings, philanthropies, study tables, lab projects, exams, assignments, etc. You get the picture.
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04-21-2009, 09:56 PM
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wow........busy!!!! US uni's are full on !!!
certainly puts to bed the stereotypes we see over here, i do hope you have some down time for yourself though
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04-21-2009, 10:03 PM
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Originally Posted by NzER
wow........busy!!!! US uni's are full on !!!
certainly puts to bed the stereotypes we see over here, i do hope you have some down time for yourself though
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Ah, I'll have time for myself when I'm dead..... 
I do try.... you have to take a breather otherwise you'll never get through this mess!
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04-21-2009, 11:43 PM
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Originally Posted by NzER
wow........busy!!!! US uni's are full on !!!
certainly puts to bed the stereotypes we see over here, i do hope you have some down time for yourself though
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Shes not normal.
Fraternity at Smaller University (18k people)
Wake up still shitfaced, partied because of last nights results. Make it to the only class for the day at 12:30. Play frisbee or volleyball. Go to that stupid Greekman thing for KD. Be bored, leave early. Begin drinking with the guys casually. Pass out at three/four. Rinse, wash, repeat.
That's all I had to do for the day. Thursday will certainly be a different day.
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04-22-2009, 12:39 AM
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
Shes not normal.
Fraternity at Smaller University (18k people)
Wake up still shitfaced, partied because of last nights results. Make it to the only class for the day at 12:30. Play frisbee or volleyball. Go to that stupid Greekman thing for KD. Be bored, leave early. Begin drinking with the guys casually. Pass out at three/four. Rinse, wash, repeat.
That's all I had to do for the day. Thursday will certainly be a different day.
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He's not normal. Seriously!
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04-22-2009, 12:41 AM
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Wake up still shitfaced, partied because of last nights results.
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HAHA nice, see now that sounds more like what i was expecting having just watched American Pie Beta House, so which is more common>??
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04-22-2009, 12:44 AM
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Which is more common? I'd say it's a combination of both. It really depends on the individual. There are those who spend the whole time partying and those who don't even drink...and everything in between.
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04-22-2009, 12:46 AM
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busy, i'm from syd so the us uni thing was weird for me. but they keep you busy here. i have loads more coursework than my mates back home. add to that clubs, orginizations, and fraternity work and there is not as much time for drinking as you would think. then agian i go to a very small private college (1200 students) so the professors expect a lot of you and know when you are behind.
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04-22-2009, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by NzER
wow........busy!!!! US uni's are full on !!!
certainly puts to bed the stereotypes we see over here, i do hope you have some down time for yourself though
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No one should take TV/movies so seriously. While there may be some truth in there, remember that they are meant to entertain. As for college/greek life in the U.S., everyone's experience is different and will depend on many things such as the campus culture, the size of the university, whether the university is private or public, etc. As for greek life, each organization is different and the many chapters at different colleges are different. One chapter at one school might be full of book worms and another chapter at another school might be more into partying. It's different everywhere you go so please don't rely heavily on stereotypes and hearsay.
Overall, the U.S. is full of great universities and students work hard to graduate.
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04-22-2009, 01:38 PM
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There are as many different answers as there are universities and students. I know that sounds like a cheeseball answer, but it really is the truth.
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04-22-2009, 05:24 PM
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04-22-2009, 06:06 PM
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Oh sometimes we skip class and go to the beach and drink; but not many universities are located in cities where you can do this.
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We got lakes up here.
Skippin class to golf is clutch.
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Overall, though, it's the bigness of the car that counts the most. Because when something bad happens in a really big car accidentally speeding through the middle of a gang of unruly young people who have been taunting you in a drive-in restaurant, for instance it happens very far away way out at the end of your fenders. It's like a civil war in Africa; you know, it doesn't really concern you too much. - P.J. O'Rourke
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04-22-2009, 06:31 PM
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Greek life is like heaven...but you don't die first.
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