what exactly is the point of joining a sorority or fraternity?

lol I'm in a sorority. And there are lots of reasons to join and things you can get out of it. You have a new group of sisters who you can get to know and love. You'll form really close friendships and have a whole new set of sisters you can do everything with. :) There are a lot of social events, like formals. We have philanthropies, which raise money for our foundation. You can gain good experiences that will help you in the future. Like taking a position in the house. You'll meet so many people, girls and guys. You get to get close to your sisters and then youll have a big sis who will take care of you. And then once your a member you can take a little sis. It's a really great experience. So far for me, I've loved it. :D It's also great for connections too. [jobs, finding a place to live, like you can get a apartment with your sisters]

I joined a sorority and it was the best decision of my life. No its not a place for rich kids to get together and waste money. I know no sorority at my school that is at all rich. Neither is it to get drunk and party all the time.

The girls that i met are my best friends and they will be my sisters forever. The bonds that develop when you join a sorority are nothing like a normal friendship, these people become your family. Its an awesome experience and i'd recommend it to anyone.

The only problem is finding the right sorority to join,if the college or university has the RUSH program i highly recommend you sign up. During Rush you have th opportunity to visit and meet with ever house on campus and you can better choose which institution is best for you

I was in a fraternity in college. A couple of my buddies on the football team were talking about rushing a few fraternities, and I just kind of went along with them because they asked. Well, I happened to join one, and it was one of the best decisions I've ever made.

Basically I met some of the brothers there, and they seemed like they were pretty cool guys who valued a lot of the same things that I did. When I returned for a couple more rush events, we discussed things further, but they basically held the same ideals that I did that came from greek philosophy - my fraternity preached building balanced men. Sound Mind. Sound Body.

This has been my philosophy my entire life as a well balanced person can adapt and be incorporated well into any environment. During the pledging process, you are broken down, and rebuilt stronger. You learn how to battle through adversity, how to gameplan, management skills, how to conduct business meetings, successful time management.... basically my fraternity taught me every skill I would need in order to successfully enter the business world. It even taught me things such as dining etiquette and how to properly select an engagement ring.

In doing all this, it brought me closer with my pledgeclass, and other guys in the fraternity as well. Being through the thick and thin of it with those guys, supporting one another, not leaving anyone behind.... doing that creates a bond that isn't easily explained. I'm still great friends with them, even though we are scattered across the earth.

I got all of that, and that was just going through the BAD part of it!

On top of that, you get great parties, formals, alumni events (they buy the booze!), and just a million fun events ranging from paintball teambuilding to case races to date parties.... oh, and my fraternity has a ridiculously large network. When I wanted to switch jobs this fall, I made 1 call, and within 3 days, I had 10 emails from fraternity alumni who were interested in me.

Of course, each fraternity is different, and mine happened to be a great one. I joined because I was looking for a constructive outlet that I could spend time with while building myself and having fun along the way. Some people just join to drink and hang out - not to better themselves, but if that's what they want, there are frats that can help them out. My frat's philosophy was always work hard, play hard. During the week, we worked our asses off, but on the weekends, we always had great parties.

There are going to be your "meathead" frats, and there are ones who will give the rest of them bad names. As long as you choose carefully, I think you will be able to weed them out.

haha It's funny because I am a freshman in college. From what I have found out, frats and soritys were origionally designed to further help students become more active socially as well as to help enhance their academic skills and grades overal. They had a positive meaning. But as time has went on, they have garnered a negative stigma. Now frats and soroities all all about parting and getting wasted unfortunatlly. Not all of them though. Some still have positive things that they do, but I am talking on an overal scale. Not an exceptional scale. I see peopl all of the time on my floor coming back really wasted and drunk. would never join one of those thigs because bad things tend to happen at those things as well. Like ridiculuos rituals in stuff.And a lot of what I am telling you is actually going to make a lot of members of frats and sorities mad because the things I am saying are things they want to keep hidden to people who don't know what "really" happens in those societies. Trust me, anyone can have a fun and successful college carrer with "OR WITH OUT" those frats and sorities.

(Even though I would never join one, I wouldn't stop others from doing what they want. I have some friends in frats. It's just a matter of finding the good ones which is very hard to do now a days as oppose to back then from what I hear because of the increase in wanting to drink and have sex.)

It's kinda like a cult where u meet new friends with same interests and are able to party even though you're underage

I'd just rather join some clubs

Its a way for people who have money to waste to pay for friends and do gay rituals and stuff, to feel important. The only benefit would be social networking which could help in finding a career.

Lifelong friendships, "connections for life",it's a private club, community service and lots of parties.

Connections to help you get a job and reputation ater you graduate

For friendship.

To get to know more people.

To do activities within a group.

It can be a good way to meet new people at school.