r/Frat • • Feb 17 '15

Megathread "Should I rush?" - my opinion to your questions.

860 Upvotes

TLDR: YES

actives, if you have any other misc advice you want me to add leave a comment and i'll put it on the list. feedback is welcome too.

It doesn't matter whether you are ex military, socially awkward, 46, poor, or anything other than a rich non-white 18 year old. You should rush.

What do you expect from a fraternity?

I can think of two main reasons to join a fraternity.

  1. You want to make friends, party, brotherhood, connections etc...

  2. Your only goal is to make connections to help you get a job after college.

If your main reason is number 2, you should look into joining a professional fraternity. Beta Alpha Psi is the national accounting fraternity and are highly recruited at my university.

If your main reason is number 1, you should join a social fraternity. lambda chi, pike, fiji, sigma chi, etc...

Rushing a Social Fraternity

Answer these questions:

  1. What interests do I have?
  2. Do I prefer smaller or larger groups?

1- Try to find a fraternity where the members have similar interests to you. Are you a country boy? Find the fraternity that best fits that characteristic. Like video games? There's going to be a fraternity for you. If you're a gym rat, sports star, or an alcoholic, there will be a fraternity for you. You just have to do your homework and find the right one.

2- The size of the fraternity can be a big factor. If you don't do well in situations with a huge amount of people, you should look into the smaller fraternities.

Misc. Advice

  1. You have to be willing to make compromises. There will be a lot of events that you will hate to attend but will anyway. You don't have to compromise your morals. Any fraternity worth a crap will be willing to work with personal beliefs/personal aspects of your life that might be affected during the pledging process.
  2. It is what you make of it. You get out of it what you put in. If you're a dead beat pledge who never puts an effort into anything, expect to have a terrible time. If you go to all your events with a good attitude, pledgeship will be exponentially better.
  3. Don't be a fuck up. I can't explain this one and you will do this at some point. Just try to minimize the damage.

How fraternity life has affected me

My junior year I received an internship for an accounting firm in my hometown. While I was there I worked with a supervisor who was in charge of new hires. During conversation she told me she saw on my resume that I was in a fraternity and immediately put my resume in the call back pile because she was in a sorority herself. I received a full time offer after the internship and will be moving up North after I finish my degree. It didn't matter what fraternity I was in, just the fact that I was in one put me at an advantage in this particular circumstance.


r/Frat • • 2h ago

Frat Stuff Throwing

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Yo so my chapter got recharter and we are struggling to throw we just threw and that shi was so ass we had bodies we just not Origanized not sure what type of music to hit we have a Dj but bro was just playing every genre, we had Dj outside but then speaker inside playing diff music like idk but we got feed back and it was awful so idk what we do better


r/Frat • • 1d ago

Serious Looks like the rapture has arrived

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Old head grad who’s a few years out, who checks in here every once in a while. But damn looks like the for coming doom talk of end of pledging that we always talked about for the past ten years, has finally arrived.

I can’t imagine the lens on Greek life and pledging will subside to what it ever was before. So if you care about your chapter - get with the program, limit your exposure, and consider cutting out programs that aren’t worth the risk.

Promise you, being above the curve to an eventual outcome is better than not having a chapter. Best of luck gents.


r/Frat • • 15h ago

Frat Stuff How to Depledge

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My roommate and friend from high school crossed for this frat last spring quarter and this fall quarter he invited me to rush. I was never interested in greek life but since he invited me I thought I’d try it out. I passed the screening and all that and now I’m currently starting week 4 of the pledge process. More than ever I want to drop. We started off as a class of 5 but the two I got along with best dropped. The hazing has been ramping up in intensity and I’m starting to wonder if its worth it? The fraternity isn’t even recognized by the school due to severe hazing incidents in the past and it has taken a toll on my mental and grades. I know pledging isn’t supposed to be easy but doing all this for “friends” and “connections” just doesn’t align with my goals. Its weird because my friend was able to do it but since hes a bro he also partakes in the hazing 😭 The The only reason I’ve kept going was a mixture of pride and pressure i felt from my friend, big bro, and pd.

How can I go about dropping without leaving bad blood behind?


r/Frat • • 1d ago

Serious It never gets better after postgrad

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I graduated back in May and I am currently working in my college town full-time. I have tried so hard to be the person who is always so happy but I’m actually really miserable and so tired of this shit. Everyone leaves after post grad and no one actually cares. My little and my own fraternity family hates me. My mom called me a failure and I struggle to get out of bed. I don’t have anything to live for. Everyone who was in my fraternity had support but hell and behold when it’s me I always get excluded and mocked. Everyone found community and belonging but me, hell all my life I never have, not even my home. I always seem to be the bud of the joke.

I’m sorry to admit but I’m so depressed and I do not want to be here anymore. I hate waking up everyday and I’m in an endless loop of what it feels to be in purgatory. I’m at the end of my life anyways soon. It is not going to get better anytime soon. I’ve tried so much and still as an Alumini I can’t fit in and I’m always excluded. I give so much and I can’t even get people to like me. I’m just going to have the same fate as Ophelia.


r/Frat • • 1d ago

Serious Need help

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For all my southern guys. Where is everyone getting these stone colored pants? I see damn near the same pair everywhere


r/Frat • • 1d ago

Frat Stuff Philly Night Life

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I'm moving to Philly for college next fall, and I heard the nightlife is great, but also that it's on the dangerous side. I'm from a pretty rural area, and I wanted to know if anyone around here has any advice.


r/Frat • • 1d ago

Shitpost alien borg puns?

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Title says it all, in need of good alien themed borg names for next weekend


r/Frat • • 2d ago

Frat Stuff Look what I got ΑΤΩ

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Vintage pin found with some other stuff


r/Frat • • 2d ago

Frat Stuff How to be the most likable pledge and a brother after

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How can I become close friends with all my pledge brothers and frat brothers? Should I always be the one coming up with plans and organizing events?

I’m mostly introverted, but once I vibe with people, I become very loud and outgoing. How can I open up more, connect with everyone, and get the most out of Greek life?

I’m currently in my second week of pledging, but things still aren’t really clicking. I want to become someone everyone enjoys being around and, ideally, everyone’s favourite. What should I do?


r/Frat • • 3d ago

Frat Stuff Big Little Halloween

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Anybody have an Halloween suggestions for me and my two littles. Could also be a costume for just them two. Something funny and pretty vulgar throw out some ideas


r/Frat • • 3d ago

Rush Advice Rushing Uw Madison spring

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Hi, Im planning on being a spring rush at Madison rn but I've been fear mongered about a lot of the frats Ive actually met dudes I enjoy being around. If anyones an alum or current member at a house in Madison any rushing advice specifically on pledging would be extremely appreciated. In fall I went to an event or two at a few houses and I'm liking DU, Beta, Theta Chi, and Fiji but I'm hearing some of the hazing stuff is actually vile. Also generally any advice on how I should be presenting myself to these dudes in general is really appreciated. Thanks


r/Frat • • 4d ago

Frat Stuff I was at a rush event last night, had a great time with the brothers but one of the brothers who I know best said I’m a great guy if I do or do not get a bid we should definitely connect. But the main problem is he kept repeating it to me like I might not get a bid but idk. What do you guys think

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r/Frat • • 3d ago

Frat Stuff Social Chair Advice

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hey. i’m new here, first post in the sub. this is my frat’s first semester back on campus and i was nominated social chair. im a sophomore and more reserved. does anyone have advice on how to get more out of my shell and be a good social chair?


r/Frat • • 4d ago

Serious Misled during rush/pledgeship

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I’m a freshman who recently got initiated into a fraternity, but the whole process was pretty unusual and rushed. Pledgeship was much shorter than usual, and we were initiated way earlier than normal, so I never really got to know the guys in my pledge class or develop much of a connection with the house. I also am willing to bet no other frat in the country had a similar pledgeship to ours (PM if you want to know more about it). I wasn’t really able to get to know my pc until after initiation. Since initiation, I realized that this frat wasn’t really the best fit. I also had very few experiences with the brothers and actual brotherhood until after initiation. And I realized that I don’t really fit well with them either.
On top of that, I feel like we were misled during rush and pledgeship about the housing situation. We were told we’d have the same house for junior year, but now it sounds like we’ll probably be living off campus somewhere else.
Me and two other guys are considering dropping. We’re all freshmen and were recently initiated. However, we want to be in a frat but we know that were not able to re-rush. Does this still apply even if pledgeship looked WAY different than normal and that we were misled about the housing?


r/Frat • • 4d ago

Serious Under investigation by Nationals

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Someone reported us for hazing and Nationals is just starting their investigation. How long does this take? What all is involved? Advice?


r/Frat • • 4d ago

Rush Advice sec frat im thinking of pledging has one of the lowest ifc gpas

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i like all the guys a lot in the chapter but the low gpa compared to the other chapters scares me.

is it valid to ask for more study hours during pledging without being a square or should I just avoid it?


r/Frat • • 5d ago

Shitpost business frat after social frat initiation?

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thinking about joining a social and business frat. I plan to do a social next semester then do a business frat the next semester.

Has anyone done this before and how was your experience/was it worth it?


r/Frat • • 5d ago

Serious Frat got suspended

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My frats chapter got suspended from our university after a long investigation. Only evidence they had was underage drinking, we didn’t haze or anything like that. Our school has been trying to get rid of frats for a while now and I think they’re just looking for any excuse they can. Last time we got investigated we were suspended for a semester because we hazed. I think the Cornell thing had made some schools even more weary of frats, so we got suspended for 6 years for just alcohol.

Im keeping all the good ritual stuff tho ngl.


r/Frat • • 5d ago

Frat Stuff Genuinely who the fuck is buying this stuff??

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Frat merch could be so sick but instead I’m getting AI generated images of GTA themed Halloween shirt from nations genuinely what is this


r/Frat • • 5d ago

Serious Should I drop

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i’m going into week 5 of pledging but every waking moment of my day sucks. I’m a stem major and prioritize my grades. They keep saying that i’m so deep into it even though they say the opposite during lineup (which is every single night for 3+ hours) I don’t enjoy parties that much so idek why im in this


r/Frat • • 6d ago

Frat Stuff If I was told to fuck a pillow for my fraternity interview could I respond with “I”m saving myself for a special futon”

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r/Frat • • 5d ago

Frat Stuff Starting 5 Ideas

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Looking for ideas for starting 5. where 5 dudes do some crazy shit like drugs or something like that. I was planning on shotting a loko fire breathing onto a table and jumping through it.

Need some ideas lank


r/Frat • • 6d ago

Rush Advice What’s some interview questions I should prep for

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It’s gonna be like 1-5 minutes long, probably gonna be like joke questions, probably gonna have to fuck a pillow. This is for SCU


r/Frat • • 6d ago

Frat Stuff Sickest schools to transfer to as a sophomore?

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schools with solid greek life and high acceptance rate, east coast or midwest preferably.