Is hazing the best way?

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Originally Posted by 33girl

Too often (esp if other Greeks are doing them) study hours at the library or other campus buildings turn into social hours. There isn't always a place conducive to studying in the house.

AGDee, what 33girl says is exactly the trouble I encountered. We always did study hours at the house- which has obvious problems. At one point, my chapter starting using a classroom after hours- but with just pledges and a couple of actives in there, it quickly devolved into "social time".

If we had been at the library- different story potentially.

My issue with study hours in general, however, was something that is core to my personality- as long as I am getting the job done I absolutely resist any effort by others to force me into some kind of management of my time etc. It is more genuinely problematic for science or engineering majors who may do all of their studying in labs where they have instant access to classmates or to online systems to facilitate their work.

I do agree however with the mentoring idea- be it actives or alumni. When I was an advisor, we had an alumnus who was a college professor and served as the academic advisor. He made a huge difference for the chapter- presentations once a semester on tips for studying, career advice and also general academic mentoring. It had a profound impact on the chapter's GPA.

To the OP- hope we have not scared you off. I am being aggressive with my questions because what you want to do is something that someone in every chapter wants to do every year. It is a common, and noble goal. But most of the time it never gets anywhere because the person taking the initiative is not considering some of the factors already discussed here and ends up discouraged- which is bad for that person and a loss for the chapter.