I've searched and searched, still looking for some help...
 

I am currently in the process of getting some information on which fraternity I would like to rush/pledge this upcoming semester (I will be a 2nd semester Freshman)..

I was wondering if anybody had any input on any GLO from Rutgers New Brunswick?

Right now I am looking into Theta Chi, Sigma Chi, and Theta Delta Chi... so if anybody has any feedback from any of them or any other fraternity, positive or negative, the help would be greatly appreciated.


BTW

Looking through some of these threads makes me realize how crappy some of the houses are Rutgers! Some of the houses (mainly in SEC schools) are MASSIVE!

Why are they crappy? Why would you compare Rutgers groups to SEC groups?

Haha I didn't mean I went around comparing, its just that I have looked through some pictures on the forum of some outrageous Greek Houses, and just compared to them Rutgers only has a few houses that would even be in that category (the physical houses themselves, not the brothers of the fraternities).

Yeah, that's understandable. Does anybody have any input about the fraternities here at Rutgers though? When I went to most rushes this fall they seemed to all be pretty cool guys, but I am not totally sure yet and would really appreciate any advice!

I know of just one person who posts here who went to Rutgers.

The rest of us are less qualified to comment than you are. Aside from that, who the hell cares what strangers on the Internet think? What's important is what you think.

yeah, I get that too. I just figured if anybody had visited or had gone to any of the chapter events who might be able to comment and give me an opinion from a more educated (older member, compared to a similar chapter at a different university, etc) person.

Again, what the hell do we know? We are not you. The chapter that is the best on paper might not be the chapter you'd do best in. If you even did get advice here, it probably wouldn't actually be useful.

Yes, every chapter is different, just like every person is different. Also we do not discuss reputations on this site. Third I have been to Rutgers many times and every time I was really jealous of the houses, because they were far nicer then anything the chapters at my school had.

Snaps to that. Stop worrying about it and go into rush with an open mind

alright, i will do that then.

I do have one more question, if you guys can answer it on a general basis (if possible)

I plan on going to grad school, and i was wondering if a chapter of the fraternity i pledge/become a brother of would be welcoming to me as a grad student from another chapter? I understand that this varies from chapter to chapter I am sure, but it would be nice to have the fraternity life to lean on in grad school, but i most definitely wouldnt go through pledging again at the graduate level (not that i think i would even get a bid being that old).


thanks for the replies.

It varies from chapter to chapter.

No one is going to make you pledge again if you're already an initiated brother. (If they do, that's your cue to head for the exit.)

Grad school is going to be a super busy time and you most likely won't have a lot of time for fraternity events if you want to do well. Don't choose a fraternity based on whether they're at your grad school to be.

By the time you get to grad school, you are not going to give a sh*t about your fraternity. You may be able to work with them in an alum adviser capacity or something, but you're not going to be 22 years old and jumping to go to a mixer with freshman girls.

haha man that is true.. i never really though of it like that

I wouldn't go that far.