Greek life may seem complicated to someone on the outside, but once you are in, you understand how much it actually shapes us.

You value friendships much more.

When you are in Greek life, you may have many friends in other sororities or fraternities. This makes it much more difficult to spend time with them, due to the different schedules and friends. This teaches you to value your friendship much more and to make time for the other person.

Prepares you for your career.

Being in a sorority or fraternity, you can take on many different positions, including being in charge of small things, or even taking on an executive position. These positions can honestly prepare you a lot for the real world and can look very good on resumes in the future.

Builds character.

There are many things that we go through in greek life, including some very stressful occasions. Recruitment is a very stressful time of the year. Four days of countless, stressful hours of hard work and concentration all to recruit girls and guys for the following year. During these times, we build character, and learn how to stay strong even when things do get very tough.

You learn how to time-manage.

In the future, we need to learn how to manage important topics like work, bills, stress,and other things. So many things are going on in college that time managing is not an option. We learn to balance it all without even noticing it, and being involved in so much helps us in the long run.

Creates unforgettable memories.

When the going gets tough in a few years, we will all have something to look back on and smile. We even have a ton of people that we could call if we needed someone as well. Connections, friends, and old memories are right there for you, always.