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[QUOTE="mark79, post: 1524578, member: 421"]
One more thing about fraternities and sororities that I think hasn't been covered in this discussion is that I believe the friendships that are formed are deeper than most friendships. Why? Because most of the time you all eat dinner together, you attend (in my case I had to run them) weekly meetings together, you hang out together, and you do this for multiple years (in my case it was 2.5 years).  Even if you stayed in the same dorm for 2.5 years it would probably not be the same, as most times in a dorm a whole group of the same people would not eat together or attend parties together every single day as is the case in a fraternity or sorority. By doing that you become more like a family than friends. And the fact that you become a family of many diverse people and backgrounds is what I believe may be most valuable of all.

That said, I'm not advocating that it's right for everyone.  Just pointing out that it truly does become more like a family than just "friends".  Obviously in families you very intimately share both the good and bad, and that sure was the case in my fraternity, but that also helps prepare you for life.
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