Originally posted by: LS20
i dont know if what you're talkinb about apply to any campuses. never have i heard of a fraternity inwhich only athletes are a member of..or even associated with... nor have i known any singular athlete to be a member of a fraternity.
further, most of the athletes are bs Communications/Kinesiology/Education majors... meaning no jobs after graduation and no pro draft. in fact, at my school, 95% of the big-time athletes (bball & football) are under 'Education - Community and Youth Studies'... not only that.. its a NON-certification track (which all but officially disqualifies the degree)... conveniently, this degree plan is under "Frozen" status for the general academe... ie its only allowed for athletes
and all that other stuff relating to old tests... sure some frats have test banks... lots of professors also make old tests available for studying purposes.
basically everything just stems from the assumption that athletes are members of fraternities, with access to huge test archives, do well in school, and pretty much have a secured future....
all of which are wholly untrue
Uhh...wholly untrue? Man, get over yourself. I specifically said I don't know about all Campuses but on my campus it's 100% true. No, NOT all the frats are sports frats, but there are two football frats in my school(each composed largely of players of specific positions...weird), and originally they were the same frat like 100 years ago, and apparently there was a disagreement that split the frats. Kinda funny that they're both made up of football players though.
And how do I know this is true? Cuz someone I knew joined the freakin' frat and I headed over there regularly Freshman year, and all the brothers were just his teammates. Sheesh. There's also a frat composed largely of swim team members, and of course the other football frat.
Out of curiosity, what school do you go to? I go to the University of Rochester, and I'm sure anybody else who goes there can attest to this too. If you're curious DKE and PsiYu(no I'm not gonna go type out the greek symbols) are the football frats there. No you don't HAVE to be on the football team to join, but the majority of the members are on the football team is all.
If you wanna believe that all jocks end up nowhere in life, go believe that, but a lot of them network themselves into good places too, so don't be surprised to find this out.
I was actually interviewed by a Jock who had attended Columbia University once...I only know he was a jock because we talked during the interview and he recalled how him and his jock friends used to make fun of the kids with pocket protectors. And where is he now? He's a powerful uber corporate lawyer...I say uber because he was the guy behind a huuuuugggeee merger. I'd say the companies but I don't really want to give away who this lawyer is =p But at any rate I can pretty much guarantee that you've heard of the merger. And judging from the location of his office and the lawfirm he's a partner in(located around Times Square) he's pretty well off.
