criminal record
 

I am interested in joining a Fraternity, but I have a criminal record. Will i be denied the opportunity to join with a criminal record.

Depends on the organization.

And probably depends on the crime.

Speeding ticket? Ehhh...fine

1st Degree Murder? No.

^^ To be honest, that's not definitive either. Obviously, murder was an extreme, but there really isn't a sliding scale of acceptable crimes. It's going to depend on the GLO.

As the others have said, it does depend on the organization and the crime. If your record was minor enough or "explainable enough" to be admitted to a university, I think most fraternities would be able to look past it if they wanted to give you a bid, but some may have national policies preventing it or may not want to take the risk.

Thank you

How is the fraternity going to know?

Criminal records can be public record. 8 seconds and google.

You're right. If someone was looking they could find it. But who looks? Sororities might research their pledge class, but fraternities generally don't. I would think that the worst that would happen is the guy gets blackballed. After he's initiated, it's a moot point.

Again, all of this is dependent on the organization.