Pre-med and Fraternities?

[ctaborda]

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I know it sounds weird, but do these things go along? Anyone here from any fraternities?...

I want to be involved in school activities and considered a fraternity :S but I am a fulltime BioChem student so I dont think I have the time and wont have ANY time whatsoever later on... But are these Frats good for medschool? or so?

How about clubs, etc? I wanna be part of our Pre-medical society and some cultural-Colombian club (im colombian but am a USA resident).

Tell me aboout your college life! how was it?

Thanks
Carlos.

 

[Law2Doc]

I know it sounds weird, but do these things go along? Anyone here from any fraternities?...

I want to be involved in school activities and considered a fraternity :S but I am a fulltime BioChem student so I dont think I have the time and wont have ANY time whatsoever later on... But are these Frats good for medschool? or so?

How about clubs, etc? I wanna be part of our Pre-medical society and some cultural-Colombian club (im colombian but am a USA resident).

Tell me aboout your college life! how was it?

Thanks
Carlos.

Do a search -- you'll find a thread bashing fraternities -- already extensively covered a few months back. To rehash, if you are an officer it can count as an EC, but some people have extremely strong and bitter opinions against such organizations, so there is a mix of opinion as to whether it's even smart to put this down on your application.

 

[VFrank]

I'm in a sorority and I must say it's one of the best decisions I ever made (especially being a premed). Through my sorority I was able to get involved in organizations such as Peer Health Education, CASA, and tutoring. There's more to a Greek organization than parties and hookups if you actually use those other resources.

BTW -- the premed society at most schools is a joke. I would suggest doing something more creative than that.

 

[rayzer]

I agree with vfrank, joining a greek organization, i.e. fraternity, was one of the best decisions i made during my college life. it's a good way to balance schoolwork and social life. if you can hold a high position such as president, secretary, etc. in the fraternity, it will probably be looked well upon by adcoms. i don't really have anything bad to say about the premed society if that's what u want to do. personally, that wasn't really my thing and many people i knew agree with this. basically, if you want to be in a fraternity, you should step up and take a couple positions each year. you could also join a club or two along with the fraternity if you really want to. also, fraternities do alot of things with sororities 🙂

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

Don't worry too much about how much time it takes to be in a fraternity. Unlike sororities, which often have mandatory meetings, most fraternities don't require a certain amount of time commitment. Pledge period, however, is a diferrent story - be prepared to have a very busy semester when you choose to pledge. The President of my fraternity three years ago was an Bioengineering major at a top 3 Bioengineering school, and he graduated with honors - goes to show that when you work hard, you get to play hard. I say go for it!

 

[SanDiegoSOD]

On another note - if you have no time later on in college entirely due to school work/studying, then you are not working efficiently. Even the busiest of us pre-meds have time for other things than school.

 

[swifteagle43]

DON'T Think of a frat as an ends but a means to get other things.

 

[Doc.Holliday]

not knowing what shool you this guy goes to should keep all of us from giving very good advice on whether or not its beneficial. I know at my school id surely say its a bad idea, but at some others it would be OK.

ask yourself what your looking for in a frat and also consider honor fraternities. most are coed, so thats nice, and social activities are far from the main aspect. also most are pretty leanient when it comes to missing meetings or events and such. all arent just resume padders, im very active in mine, and it takes up a considerable amount of time, though it doesnt have to if you cant devote so much towards it.

 

[doc05]

have fun in college. don't work too hard. join the frat if you think it'll be fun, not because of med school issues.