Dear Parent(s),
Let me be the first of many to welcome you to the University of California, San Diego! As your child begins his or her college career at UC San Diego, he or she will find that there are several organizations to become involved in on campus. Although each and every one of these organizations will contribute to your child¹s development as a student, none of them is quite as exciting and rewarding as becoming a member of a Sorority or Fraternity. Greek membership provides your child with the opportunity to develop valuable leadership skills, pursue academic excellence, serve the UC San Diego and San Diego communities, and make lasting friendships that will be treasured forever.
Scholarship is the most important aspect of college life, so naturally it is first in Greek Life. I am extremely proud of our Greek Community, as our Greek students¹ grade point averages are consistently higher than the average of UC San Diego students. At UC San Diego, our Greek organizations are here to help. Every chapter has academic help available in the way of study halls, study buddies; help with professors and courses and more. I also make sure that each year programs are presented to enable your child to deal with time management, handling stress, setting priorities, and study skills!
Membership in a Greek organization will give your child the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities while teaching cooperation and acceptance of responsibility. Offices and chairmanships of committees within the chapter will allow a chance for development of leadership abilities. Involvement does not stop within the chapter, on average, Greeks are involved in at least two other campus and community organizations. Every chapter at UC San Diego supports its own national philanthropic event, which is raising funds for a charity of their choice and dedicating time, as well as working with the service projects of all other Greek organizations. Over the past year alone, our Greek members have donated over 30,000 hours of community service as well as over $80,000.00 donated to various charitable organizations. Greeks are also supportive of events that occur on campus at UCSD, supporting our athletic events, fundraisers on campus and
many other student organizations.
I encourage you to be an active mentor to your child as he or she participates in Recruitment and to remain open minded. Greek Life is certainly a source of pride at UC San Diego and every chapter has something unique to offer in addition to the same founding principles as one another. Thank you again for choosing UC San Diego and good luck! The Office of Greek Life looks forward to working with you in the future and is here to assist you in any way possible!
Best wishes,
Emily Ulmer Feinstein, M.Ed.
Coordinator of Greek Life
& Student Organizations Advisor