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@Ty:
No worries ...Like I said, the freshman year is about having fun and getting your sea legs...

You have plenty of time

Most important decision you have is the best frat to pledge

Originally posted by Scayde
@Ty:
No worries ...Like I said, the freshman year is about having fun and getting your sea legs...

You have plenty of time

Most important decision you have is the best frat to pledge

By that, she means drinking and raiding the womans dorms

Originally posted by Aegis
*Tosses Scayde an Alexander Keiths IPA* If I'm buying, your drinking the good stuff

Mmmmmmm, This is sure better than Lonestar...

Originally posted by Scayde



Mmmmmmm, This is sure better than Lonestar...

Canadian stuff always is.

Originally posted by Aegis
By that, she means drinking and raiding the womans dorms

Just trying to instill in a young man a love of higher education...

Originally posted by Scayde
You know, a lot of the girls in school are only out for one thing...

Say, Scayde, you dropped this teaser about two pages back and never let us in on the scoop. What gives?

Originally posted by HighLordDave

Say, Scayde, you dropped this teaser about two pages back and never let us in on the scoop. What gives?

Don't question, just accept.

Originally posted by HighLordDave

Say, Scayde, you dropped this teaser about two pages back and never let us in on the scoop. What gives?

LOL...

Originally posted by Scayde
@Ty:
No worries ...Like I said, the freshman year is about having fun and getting your sea legs...

You have plenty of time

Most important decision you have is the best frat to pledge

Oh yeah Im a real party animal!
*gets out the pointy hats*
Im not sure whether Id fit into a frat....

Originally posted by Tybaltus

Oh yeah Im a real party animal!
*gets out the pointy hats*
Im not sure whether Id fit into a frat....

The great thing about being a Frosh is when you pledge you get a "Big Sis" an upper classman from your sister sorority to help you "Learn the Ropes" so to speak. She in turn will introduce you to the Frosh's in her Sorority. Wala...Tybaltus=Party Animal...

I'm not sure if I'd want to join a frat, or if they are even existant in Canadian Universities.

I would have said that I wouldnt plan on joining a frat, but as of late, hell knows what Ive been talking about. I mean, might aswell be spontanious, right?

Originally posted by Aegis
I'm not sure if I'd want to join a frat, or if they are even existant in Canadian Universities.

When you leave home for the first time, and go to a new place ie: College, it can be intimidating and lonesome for some people. Fraternities are like a ready made peer network that help establish you socially as an "Insider" making the transition less lonely and more secure. You really are afforded a certain level of acceptance simply by being part of the group.

Originally posted by Tybaltus
I would have said that I wouldnt plan on joining a frat, but as of late, hell knows what Ive been talking about. I mean, might aswell be spontanious, right?

You seem to be a very social and friendly person. I would highly recomend it. You can always drop the scene if it isn't your style, but it would be a bummer to miss out on your chance to pledge.
Some of my brother's best clients and business contacts are people he was in DE with.

Originally posted by Scayde


You seem to be a very social and friendly person. I would highly recomend it. You can always drop the scene if it isn't your style, but it would be a bummer to miss out on your chance to pledge.
Some of my brother's best clients and business contacts are people he was in DE with.

Thanks

As I said, nothing is out of the question, so I have no idea what Im going to do once I get there. Its all up in the air.

I have a generally low opinion of social/service fraternities because I went to a smaller school and the only difference between me and the other guys in my dorm is that they paid money to hang out together and I freeloaded. The only downside was that I couldn't go to the weekly chapter meetings (no big loss, as far as I am concerned).

However, our friend Scayde is right that at larger schools (such as the U. of Texas, Florida State U. or the U. of Michigan), where plugging into the social scene may be intimidating, fraternities provide a nice group to introduce you to the scene and a built-in network of friends.

I also recommend joining an academic fraternity once you declare a major because this provides you with study partners and networking opportunities for future employment.

Originally posted by HighLordDave

I also recommend joining an academic fraternity once you declare a major because this provides you with study partners and networking opportunities for future employment.

Big Dito!!!

Also Honors Societies in your respective field will sometimes offer you an edge in the post grad job market.

Yes, this is a relatively small school that Im going to. Not THAT small, but small comparitively.

@HLD Academic Fraternity, eh? You have got my attention. I shall look into it.

@HLD Academic Fraternity, eh? You have got my attention. I shall look into it.

*Sniff*, Oh Dave, listen to him...I'm so proud...

I propose a round of drinks to celebrate Ty's launch into his College career...