Question For Med School, Law School People (and others!)

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I wouldn't have made it into med school if I hadn't been in my fraternity. It honestly was that important. Yes it took time, but the support, encouragement, mentoring, and academic help I received was absolutely vital. If I had been in the dorms, I might have had a higher GPA (though that's an extremely questionable assertion) but I wouldn't have been so involved on campus and developed the skills I did that I think were very helpful in me getting accepted. I certainly wouldn't have had as much fun or made the friends that I did.

I did a ton of University recruitment and admissions work, a lot directed towards getting students to look at Greek life and when I got this question, I always told students and parents that great chapters develop and support you (or your child) as a person and that includes professionally. The great chapters make it easier for you to tap your potential. This was absolutely the case with my chapter - I had several older members in the house (two in particular - one who is a resident in anesthesiology, the other is a corporate lawyer who graduated from a top 10 law school) who, practically from day 1 of my pledge semester, were handing me applications and telling me about campus organizations they thought I should get involved with. Other guys in the house were great for telling me which profs to avoid, and my pledge brothers were great for built in study groups...everything built on top of each other to make my goals reality.