Latinamerican joining Fraternities
 

Ok, I live in latin america. However I am white and speak english perfectly. I am about to finish high school and will probably go study in the United States. I am also very interested in joining a fraternity. However I do not want to join a "latino only" frat, nor a foreigner frat. I'd prefer to join the, lets call it, "stereotypical" fraternity. My question is, will there be any problems, how uncommon is it for foreigners to join this types of fraternities, and might I not get a bid because of it?

No one on here can tell you what random college men will think when you go through rush. All of the questions you aksed will have answers that vary widely from campus to campus, and even from chapter to chapter at some schools. Also, are you even sure that the school of your choosing will have Greek life, as you're only "probably" going to the US?

Yes, I am sure that the school im choosing will have greek life, since all the options I have looked at in the US are state colleges with Greek life. And then, it would help if you could tell me how your house would react. Or if you knew of any situation similar to mine

My chapter has had a few international students join, and when they go through rush they're treated like everyone else. However, how my one chapter would react is no indicator of how another would see international students. Also, will you spend all of your college career at the University, or just one year? That might make a big difference to many chapters. But again, anything one person types is no guarentee of how others will react.

No foreigner frat? Sorry guys...

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There is no such thing as a "Latino only fraternity". There are several organizations founded specifically to meet needs for Latinos. I am a member of Lambda Sigma Upsilon Latino Fraternity. My chapter consisted of Latinos, Asian, African American, and people of European decent

Sorry, my mistake. However, as you can see, your chapter mainly consisted of non-americans. It isn't exactly what I'm looking for.

Lol at your definition of "non-american."

The point here is that someone could say "Oh my chapter LOVES exchange students and will give you the most stereotypically white American fraternity experience ever!" and that will have zero impact on your experience unless you go to THAT school and even then, they might meet you and hate you!

I think you're a little confused.

All of our organizations are, for the most part, filled with Americans from different backgrounds. They are not filled with illegal immigrants.

It sounds like you want to join a fraternity with Caucasian membership.

Good man.

I'd rush him.

Give the guy a break, he is just having trouble expressing himself. He probably wants to have a full-on american college experience and is wondering if he can considering he is not american. Answering your question, one of my pledges is Guatemalan, he had no problem whatsoever during rush.

Um, who is giving him a hard time?

And FYI --being in a "white" fraternity does not automatically equal a "real college experience"

On the eyes of others, it might be an american college experience. Mostly based on, like this guy said, stereotypes.

We're aware of that, there's a reason why we're trying to correct his misconceptions rather than 'easing up.'