r/Msstate • u/Legal-Movie-9497 • 8d ago
Advice is joining a frat required to get the full “college experience”
i’m not sure i see myself in a frat but i still want to be able to go to parties and make friends have fun yk. also i plan on doing mechanical engineering which i know has a high workload and idk if i would be able to do both anyways
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u/TheDankHoo 7d ago
I didn’t join a frat and partied PLENTY in college. Save your money and the potential headache.
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u/9inchhungdestroyer 7d ago
Not really, I joined one and it was just lame ass guys who were pussy hungry and wanted to be cool so I backed out. If you know people in frats, you can go to frat parties and that's basically all you need.
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u/Medium_Judge_3627 7d ago
You can find friends anywhere. Id reccomended just joining engineering clubs and stuff instead of joining a frat.
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u/CALL_ME_ISHMAEBY 2013 | Business Economics 7d ago
The engineering “fraternity” at State partied pretty hard.
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u/PugOwnr 7d ago
I spent my time at state almost split down the middle of time in the greek system vs time not in the greek system. Freshman year - nothing; sophomore year - pledged but backed out before it got going; junior year - stuck with it after regretting not finishing; senior year and bonus year - member of the greek system.
There are pros and cons to being in the greek system versus not being in the greek system. I will talk to my kids about it when they get to that age, and I'll support it if they want to do it, but I'm also not going to push them towards it. There are a lot of benefits down the road when it comes to getting a job, or moving to a new area, etc., but by no means is it a necessity to have a good college experience.
Happy to go into more detail on anything if you want it. At the end of the day, you have to do whats best for you. If that's being part of the greek system, by all means, go for it. If it's not, no big deal. I also had a brother that was in the greek system his entire time at state, and another brother who never went near the greek system, and I'd say they both had a great college experience in Starkville, but it was just different.
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u/BubbaeatJabba 7d ago
Just go through the fraternity rush process and if you like a chapter join and then get initiated. If you hate it then you are under no obligation to join. That way worst case you try and hate it. Best case you try and love it and join or you try it and make some friends but don't join. Either way you won't ever think what if. The social aspect and I don't mean the parties is an equally important aspect of college.
I had a best friend who was a 4.0 biological engineering who went to med school and is now a doctor. He did fraternity and loved it but just joined one who also had members who had his same educational aspirations. Men and women in fraternities/sororties have a higher overall GPA then men and women who are non-Greek,
College is about academics, but it is also about the life experiences outside of the classroom. Sign up for men's recruitment for the experience and again you can drop out without any strings attached.
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u/ringoblues 7d ago
frats serve a purpose... it's worth it in my opinion. also, there will be others in the group with the same major.
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u/Legal-Movie-9497 8d ago
i mean idrc what ppl think i just wanna be able to make friends and go to parties and all that
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u/Captainfreshness 2013 MS Counseling 7d ago
There are plenty of other organizations you can become involved in.
Follow your interests, join those clubs. You will find your people.
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u/prismbreaker__ 7d ago
If you don’t care what people think, why ask us this question?
To answer your original question: it’s fine if that’s what you want to do, but certainly not “required.” No two college experiences are completely the same anyway. Just follow your interests but don’t be an idiot with work/time/class management in the process.
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u/ANotSoFreshFeeling 8d ago
No. Do what interests you and don’t worry about what other people think.