Rush at OU

[srmom]

The kids who usually fail are girls from Dallas/Fort Worth who come into his office hours and cry because they've never really been forced to do their own work before and skated by as student council president or head cheerleader or whatever. And the guys who go Greek.

I just have to do a quick shout out for the guys who are Greek at UT.

Every one I know, or know of, is doing extremely well - the cumulative GPA for my son's pledge class was around 3.4, with many pulling 4.0's. Most of the guys that my son hangs with in his fraternity are in the business school, and are either in business honors or are applying/accepted into the MPA program - so no dummies there.

I'm not arguing that going Greek won't be a detriment to some, but it isn't always the case. Kids who know how to manage their time and take care of business will be fine, those who don't will struggle (whether they are Greek or not).

Work hard/Party hard is the tried and true method for success!

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by srmom

I just have to do a quick shout out for the guys who are Greek at UT.

Every one I know, or know of, is doing extremely well - the cumulative GPA for my son's pledge class was around 3.4, with many pulling 4.0's. Most of the guys that my son hangs with in his fraternity are in the business school, and are either in business honors or are applying/accepted into the MPA program - so no dummies there.

I'm not arguing that going Greek won't be a detriment to some, but it isn't always the case. Kids who know how to manage their time and take care of business will be fine, those who don't will struggle (whether they are Greek or not).

Work hard/Party hard is the tried and true method for success!

I don't mean to diss all UT Greeks. I have had some outstanding Greek students and plenty who fell in the middle. I've also had some who were total screwups. The major thing that annoys me about Greeks who are screwups in my class is that they seem to be more likely to think that pulling connections/threatening me with Mommy and Daddy's wrath is going to make me magically change my grade.

I also think the difficulty of being a business major is way overrated, but that's an entirely different conversation I guess.

[Elephant Walk]

Originally Posted by srmom

Work hard/Party hard is the tried and true method for success!

I would enjoy you as a mom.