Did you pledge in college?

[WompuM]

Seems like there's a lot of guys on campus with shaved mullets and wearing stupi costumes everyday because they are pledging to a frarternity. Anybody do this? What's the point? I dont think there is a lack of booze on campus that you need to be made a group of seniors' ***** to drink a lot. Whats the point?

 

[Erzengel]

I didn't want to have to pay to have friends.

 

[blind_fury]

You'll get to bang sorority ****s.

 

[Erzengel]

I got to do that without the help of a fraternity.

 

[Milkman95]

Yes, I pledged and it was one of the best things I ever did when I was in college. It was also one of the toughest things I ever had to do. Paying had nothing to do with it, it was about being a part of tradition, having a great place to go to, to live there, and to have life long friendships - not to mention the unlimited potential with the amount of sorority chicks available to you. Very nice.

Those that say they didn't want to pay to have friends probably weren't good enough to get invited to pledge anyway.

 

[Erzengel]

Actually I was invited.

 

[terry78]

Just basically a way to belong and get some pull on campus, that's basically it. I have three cousins that all did the frat thing, and they still keep in touch with the dudes and all, but it was never really my thing. I was asked to do so, but just was never interested in it. I was more into the indie underground afro-centric stuff on campus, basically a militant/hippie black guy. I didn't drink, and basically hit coffeehouses, jazz clubs and underground hip hop spots around the city, so not really my crowd.

 

[the_ultimate_evil]

thankfully we dont have this bulls**t stuff in the uk colleges

 

[Milkman95]

To be honest, the whole organization of fraternities and sororities are becoming less and less popular because of Universities clamping down on every single thing they do now - it's almost to the point where fraternities and sororities can't have parties anymore - especially with a common source of alcohol at them.

 

[Dorian Gray]

I'm not the type degrade myself to make friends

 

[Milkman95]

I'm not the type degrade myself to make friends

It's not about making friends, it's about being part of something. I guess athlete's that make millions of dollars that are on the same team degrade themselves because they happen to be friends as well.

Typical response from someone that probably couldn't hack it anyway.

 

[Ronny Shade]

I didn't want friends anyway.

 

[Erzengel]

It's not about making friends, it's about being part of something. I guess athlete's that make millions of dollars that are on the same team degrade themselves because they happen to be friends as well.

Typical response from someone that probably couldn't hack it anyway.

I remember watching an episode of Blind Date where this dude was SO into the fraternity he was in. He kept relating every story back to his frat and even had a tattoo of his frat completely boring the girl he was set up with. He later went home dejected.

 

[Dorian Gray]

It's not about making friends, it's about being part of something. I guess athlete's that make millions of dollars that are on the same team degrade themselves because they happen to be friends as well.

Typical response from someone that probably couldn't hack it anyway.

LOL, whatever bunky
I should have added it wasn't the ideal thing for me..I was more of the bust his ass to graduate earlier type of person.

 

[Milkman95]

LOL, whatever bunky
I should have added it wasn't the ideal thing for me..I was more of the bust his ass to graduate earlier type of person.

Relax, I'm a smart ass and didn't mean anything personal by it. Just giving you a hard time on purpose.

Fraternities aren't for everyone, and the only reason I joined one was because mine is the oldest LOCAL fraternity in the United States - meaning it's not greek, we don't have National rules to follow, and we don't follow the University's greek rules - we do what we want since we're local. Our location is the only one, so it's a little different.

 

[Milkman95]

I remember watching an episode of Blind Date where this dude was SO into the fraternity he was in. He kept relating every story back to his frat and even had a tattoo of his frat completely boring the girl he was set up with. He later went home dejected.

Sounds like a complete clown. Good stuff.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Relax, I'm a smart ass and didn't mean anything personal by it. Just giving you a hard time on purpose.

Fraternities aren't for everyone, and the only reason I joined one was because mine is the oldest LOCAL fraternity in the United States - meaning it's not greek, we don't have National rules to follow, and we don't follow the University's greek rules - we do what we want since we're local. Our location is the only one, so it's a little different.

so you get to be an unregulated *****ebag instead of a regulated one?

 

[Spider-X]

some frat tried to recruit me once because my of my lady friends got drunk and was talking about how "great i am" at a house party...i basically told them to try calling someone stupider to be their stud, i'm not gonna help a bunch of *****e bags get *****.

...f#ck frats...

 

[terry78]

Geeks have their own frats, also. They're called guilds and LAN parties.

 

[Milkman95]

so you get to be an unregulated *****ebag instead of a regulated one?

Yes, now you've got it little one.

 

[blind_fury]

fratboys are social climbers and mega-conformist.

 

[SentinelMind]

I never joined in college. However, I understand being in a fraternity provides a good job network after college. However, it was never really my thing because harassing women on campus, hazing, massive drinking isn't my view of having fun. It's fine that those who pledged are a part of something, but there are other organizations on-campus you can be a part of..honor societies, professoinal organizations, social community service organizations, music groups, political groups, student government, athletic teams, academic teams, campus event programs....there's more to college than just fraternities..you just have to look for it.

 

[amazingfantasy15]

I never joined in college. However, I understand being in a fraternity provides a good job network after college. However, it was never really my thing because harassing women on campus, hazing, massive drinking isn't my view of having fun. It's fine that those who pledged are a part of something, but there are other organizations on-campus you can be a part of..honor societies, professoinal organizations, social community service organizations, music groups, political groups, student government, athletic teams, academic teams, campus event programs....there's more to college than just fraternities..you just have to look for it.

Yup, that's all fraternities do... Actually the people in my house were also part of the other organizations you listed. Keep up the sterotypes moron, it seems to be going very well for you. I know it's easy to watch Animal House and think that's all fraternities are about. Joining a fraternity is one of the best decision I made, I joined my sophmore year when I already had a bunch of friends outside of the fraternity house. Talk to one of those people now, opposed to 20-25 from my fraternity house (I've been out of school for 6 years). It's also nice to have still have a connection to my college more than just a piece of paper. It's more than paying for friends, boozing it up (which I would hope non-fraternity people did as well), hitting on girls (again hope you non-fraternity people did that as well) and hazing, which most fraternities don't even do anymore, I was never hazed.