btw, nj, I had another kid who was a Greek throughout college and obtained very valuable contacts for internships, their first job and good friends/colleagues for life!
Many college freshman NEED the influence of Greek organizations. Let loose on a large public college campus by themselves, they flounder and get lost in the shuffle and bureaucracy. I think they’re wonderful organizations who do a lot of good and open doors for a lot of young men and women who may not have had those doors opened for them otherwise.
So many kids come out of public HS today very rough around the edges in their demeanor, dress and speech. Especially in CA because of the omnipresent influence of “popular culture.” Rushing Greek organizations, getting chosen and choosing one is an excellent way to move on with one’s life after HS and mature into a college graduate who can walk it, talk it and groom it enough to get hired. You must know that the competition for jobs among recent college grads is fierce.
Going to a 4-year college as a freshman, majoring in an employable field and knowing how to sell oneself to employers (those who are offering living-wage, FT jobs) is the goal by the 2nd half of senior year. As for the thousands of millenials sitting in mom and/or dad’s back bdrm after HS and working at Pep Boys part time while taking 1-2 community college classes at a time, well, that is a slow-motion time bomb that isn’t going to end well, imho.
