The system can help one learn, How to become socially sound and in turn meet Contacts that will help you down the road While developing your social skills you are interacting with other people and usually members of the same chapter. Living with forty plus people can definitely teach a person how to communicate and interact well with others. Cooperation is the essential concept when sharing space with anyone be it your bothers or sisters, co-workers, or family. In this type of situation, problems inevitably arise and working through them effectively is yet another quality that can be learned through compromise and creativity. One more life long quality that advances through Greek life is leadership skills.
Leadership is something that can take a person many places in their route to success.
Greek life provides leadership opportunities within the house and encourages members to undertake leadership roles outside of the house, into the community. Developing yourself personally is what is important during college life because will determine your future and the way you will achieve your goals. There are always opportunities to find involvement through the Greek community. Members are always asked to be part of the leadership groups, Most members of congress, most members of the President s cabinet since the Civil War, and many CEO s of Fortune 500 companies are Greek. Not only do people involved with the Greek system have the leadership, social skills and grades to put on their resumes, they also have community service and philanthropies.