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Hello guys,

My brother is going to rush at FSU as a freshman this year and I was wondering how it was structured. Do guys who attend summer parties have a better chance of getting a bid from a certain fraternity?

Thanks!
Brit.

we have a couple of guys from fsu who post frequently. hopefully they will see your post and answer your questions. good luck to your brother!

Fratty, where are you?

Yeah, this applies to any school.

Not so much. You can also attend a summer party and convince everyone that you're a douche and lose a bid you may have otherwise gotten.

And I think FSU does an informal rush week where you just visit the houses you're interested in, if they like you you'll get invited to the actual parties that IFC says they aren't supposed to be having and get a bid at some point.

Summer rush parties are not necessary but attending them does greatly increase a rushee's chance of getting a bid. It's just a chance for the brothers to meet potential rushees and size them up while rushing them at the same time.
For example, we have one coming up on Saturday. The goal is to a) make sure the rushees have a great time and b) make sure that the rushees can handle themselves in a social environment.

I imagine I'll be running into you Saturday.

Sort of a hijack, but I was wondering how guys who live way out of the area fare in terms of rushing. Since they aren't close, don't attend one of the more local HS, don't know anyone and probably not privy to how things work at a school say, in FL or in the SEC, they probably have no idea that summer rush parties exist unless they are hyper vigilent about the Greek system and research it.

Is that the very point, that out of staters are at a measurable disadvantage (I heard this is the case in many southern sorority chapters) due to not personally knowing anyone or the system? They would have to do their due diligence to figure this out, make some sort of connection, and/or be a super prospective new member come fall. Perhaps in working that hard to research the process for out-of-staters might put them on equal footing with those who are local (given that these guys are on similar footing acedemically, socially, etc.).

I have no personal connection to any of these schools or people, I am just wondering how low the chances are that someone not familiar with the practices down there have to be selected by a Fraternity.

Here's the reality about fraternity rush.

Interestingly, I have found many opinions on it by folks on this board to be a bit of a stretch. Especially posts from those living in the south.

Greeks can't be as selective as many claim simply because there are not that many "super cool" kids to go around. Every house has a few "birds". I was in a top tier house, at a top tier university with a top tier greek system. Ironically, some of the "birds" in my house turned out to be my best friends. This reality applies to every school in the country. South, North, East and West.

If you are a normal looking, non-obnoxious and outgoing kid who has been popular through Junior high and High school, you going to be sought after by most fraternities on most campus.

There is no science to this. It's pretty simple stuff....

Awesome, I'll probably be rolling in to the party around 11-12.

Are you the founder of FH?

Just like my brother PhiGam said, summer rush parties are a very good way to get a foot in the door early. I am a perfect example because my first summer here(2 summers ago) i went to numerous summer fraternity parties (sigma chi, tke, LXA, TEP, and FIJI of course) and i got a feel for what i wanted and who i felt comfortable with (and i got my bid in the summer) so when fall rush came around i knew where i wanted to go and a good amount of guys were already comfortable with me.

I know many other guys who have done the same thing and are a part of greek as well.

LIke our party we're throwing on saturday is a chance for the freshmen and potential rushees to get a feel for us. overall i would suggest your brother attending summer rush parties, it will on ly help him in the long run.

You should def. go! Do you know any of our brothers?

Only a couple. I know Mitch from home, and met Chris the other night at Ken's. You guys did a smart thing having your party on Saturday night, because at least 4 -5 are having theirs Friday night.

Oh ok cool. Yea it was supposed to be friday, but i got it changed to saturday that way we'll have a bigger turn out than we would on friday. It should be awesome as usual 8-)

I imagine so. Those freshman are eating up all those facebook invites to fraternity parties.

Are you the founder of FH?
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Nope. My national is very large and was founded before 1850.

And by the way, Phi Gamma Delta was not in the top or middle tier at my university. They have since folded and are no longer on campus.....

Not what he was asking, FH isn't a fraternity. And there doesn't seem to be a lot of in between with Phi Gam, they are either great or awful it seems like.

Something tells me he knew that. There is no way the name came about coincidentally.

But there's an Animal House connection too which dials up the likelihood of that name.


ETA: which is not to say it's not the same guy, who knows.

Anyway, I'm not sure that his comments apply as generally as he thinks. I think he greatly underestimates the hometown feeder systems at some chapters. I'm not saying it's impossible to for a normal person who knows no one to get a bid at a good group; I'm just saying that it's not a myth that chances are small at some chapters, especially in the south with guys' rush.

I don't have any idea what the story is in Tallahassee.

That totally slipped my mind.

p1cker?

Nah, he'd have way more smites.

He did leave me a drunken voicemail the other night about wanting to fight me.

Wait...the very same guy who drives a Le Sabre, right?

wtf?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...abre_coupe.jpg?

Everyone knows Picker's LeSabre is THE frat mobile.

I just want to add that the JC Penney van in the background adds to the classy look.

I'm pretty sure Picker's LeSabre is a bit nicer than that...didn't someone post a few pictures of it a couple years ago?

Anyways, I can't believe he said he was gonna beat you up, PhiGam. What a ridiculous character.

I don't think I ran into you but how sick was that party?

It's an ongoing joke, I've said the same shit to him lol. We're paired with them for homecoming this year so that'll be interesting.

Gotcha.

Picker puts up with a lot.

Yeah...I didn't quite make it over there last night. Heard that the grove was pretty intense this past weekend though!

haha you have no idea!!

Gun pulled at TKE
Cops at Theta Chi
An LXA beating the hell out of a Phi Delt
A near brawl between LXA and Pike
500+ people at Fiji last night

Not bad

P.S. Mitch said you're attractive. We'll be having a band party in a few weeks, be there.

Sounds like if I venture into the Grove I'll either get a) Shot, b) Beaten up, c) Arrested, or d) all of the above.

I'll see what I can do, just shoot me an invite when it gets closer.

haha thats hilarious. rumors are soo crazy and get spread out so quick lol

-the dude at tke only had a bb gun
-i say just let the pikes, phi delts, and lamba chis keep fighting each other while we just keep throwing monster parties
-the rumor about the young girl getting the dui and leaving from fiji is proven FALSE via fsupd

but i can assure you that if you come to h grove in two weekends you will have e) fun lol

Just depends where you are in the grove

Lol wow.. Never knew FSU could be so eventful.

So what is "the Grove" exactly? There's a spot in Miami (Coral Gables) that's referred to as the Grove but it's mostly bars and a few nightclubs. Mostly it's UM people that go there.

Heritage Grove is a big area of (primarily) fraternity housing at FSU.