Chi O is the biggest nationally with 170 chapters! Chi O is also the largest womens organization, because we are right behind the girlscouts!

TKEmz894,
I think you might be switched on the deal with SigEp and SAE. We currently have about 234,000 initiates (my roll is 229,***)... SAE had more than that in 1997. I don't think anyone can actually be sure who has grown bigger in the last few years. I think about every fraternity says that they have the most initiates in the last few years.. I know my fraternity does that.
As far as joining TKE becuase of the experiences you've had is not really that good of advice. The best advice is "go through Rush and choose the guys you like best." But it is understandable you'd like to see guys INITIATED to your organization. Adios.

Some of our guys talked about this, the latest up to date we have is (and not in any order)
Lambda Chi Alpha
Pi Kappa Alpha
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Teke's
Kappa Alpha Order

I could be wrong though

Mafia,
You care correct, SAE has the most initiated members, whereas SigEp has the most active members for the past 8 years or so. If you take national statisic at its face value. Anybody got statistic on this? Went to NIC website and found nothing.

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New York Eta #323
Buffalo State '99

By the way Mafia, I'm 220,****. Stil got Norman E Nabhan in my card.

Mafia, My point wasnt to choose TKE cause I think its good, My point was to make his decision on who he liked best at his school, and not worry about who is bigger nationally, cause all that shit about whos biggest really doesnt matter.............What matters is the experiences he gets out of his fraternity...Blaise on the bayou

I believe now the top ten is:
1. SAE
2. SX
3. Lambda X Alpha
4. TKE
5. Sigma Nu
6. Crows
7. ATO
8. Sig Ep
9. Sigma Pi
10. Phi Beta Sigma



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JF SIGMA PI

I believe a copy of every NPC and IFC fraternity's Pledge book and Ritual book is in the Library of Congress, all except Sigma Chi. I was shocked when I heard this!

Actually, Sigma Chi's is there too.

http://catalog.loc.gov/cgi-bin/Pwebr...22045829&SID=4

Actually, none of them are. Check out http://mcrae.ca/greek/docs/loc.htm

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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

Corbin,

Upon a closer inspection of my post, you'll notice that I quoted directly off of the Library of Congress web directory. The book about Sigma Chi I identified is their pledge manual, not their ritual book. I'm very well aware of the myth about every/some ritual books being there, but thanks for your reply. I believe most, if not all, pledge manuals in fact are in the Library of Congress. The call number for Sigma Chi's is given in my post just above yours.

Ok, I clicked the link and it said the page was expired. I didn't go to the trouble to figure out which SX book it was. Yeah, I'd say all pledge manuals are in the LOC, because they don't have anything in them that you wouldn't want a non-brother to know.

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Steve Corbin
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Kappa Chapter
Rose-Hulman Inst. of Tech.

joe1897 -

As much as I love Crows (and I do) there's no way they are among the biggest nationally. They only have about 50 chapters.

The Norman Shield is NOT the Ritual book, you can even buy it on Ebay...Sigma Chi's Ritual book was supposedly stolen from the Library of congress, just an old story I heard.

Crows? I thought they were only in the North East. I doubt they are among the top 10.