Are foreign students recruited into fraternities as well?
 

I'm Ugandan but studied in the UK all my life, so could be considered British. I love sports and i play ruby and tennis both under 18 A teams at my high school. I'm also really social and always interacting with others no matter who they are and parties are a plus for me. I'm not entirely sure what a GPA is but my predicted grades for A- Level Cambridge are AABB cause I take four A-Levels.

I'm 17 now and I'm looking to apply to US universities, particularly University of Texas Austin. I found out about the Greek system from the websites of some universities and I found it to be a really attractive activity for me, but I'm unsure whether I would be accepted into a fraternity for the following reasons:

-I'm totally new to it
-My mates here said that a lot of the fraternities in the US are very judgmental about family backgrounds, which may affect me cause my parents are wealthy politicians in my home country(Uganda) and receive a lot of media attention there.
-And I'm unsure whether international students are apart of the Greek system

I'd really like the opinion of anyone who knows more about the Greek system than myself(which is basically everyone) ('',) thanks in advance

It will depend on the chapters at each individual campus. On my campus, your background wouldn't be a big deal but I personally don't know enough about the University of Texas-Austin.

In the Big 10, it wouldn't be a problem. UT might be.

Do yu mean big 10 universities... or chapters?
And what chapters do you think i should look out for?

She means universities.

University of Kentucky? ;)

I went and looked up Big 10, I was absolutely clueless that its a group of states in the US. Thought she meant Harvard, Yale and the other lot of brainy universities lol
Is there any reason why UT might be different? from what i gathered, Greek life is pretty hectic there...

I wouldn't discount Big 10 schools as non-brainy. Yale and Harvard are Ivy League.

UT is in a very conservative area of the country. You will find this at many SEC schools, as well, where pledge classes are often pre-selected based on what high school you attended or what fraternity your father or grandfather were in.

lol no sorry, i meant to say United Kingdom.. lol

Really? wow its sounds a lot more selective than i thought it would be, but why the fuss over parents and relatives? It would be sad if my getting into a fraternity is based on my family who couldn't careless bout greek life..

I knew what you meant. :cool: I attended the University of Kentucky and have been chided a few times here for using UK when referring to my alma mater.

Although Texas is generall conservative, UT is a pretty liberal school and to say that Austin is liberal would be an understatement. UT has an extremely diverse student population and with the high number of fraternities, I wouldn't be surprised if most of them have at least a handful of international students. I know a few are more conservative in their views, but again, there are plenty of options.

I would check out all the fraternities that are recognized on campus and look over their national website and the UT chapters' websites. That will tell you a lot about what types of members they are looking for.

Good luck!

lol i think i'll have a go at my mates wit that one lol
Thanks for the luck gpb1874 and i think research is a good idea since I have no idea what fraternity I would want to join myself.

As long as the person in question fit our ethos and our attitudes, I'm pretty sure we would kill to have royalty of any country.

Royalty?