What happened to my thread about fraternities?

shinerbock · #1 08-01-2006, 09:17 PM

Well, she is right to a degree. You don't wanna rush everywhere, it is a time waster and makes you look pathetic. If we have kids who are really house hopping, they usually are kinda...how do I say this...like flounder from animal house. Basically, they're way too excited to be rushing. Just save yourself the time and find out what houses to avoid beforehand. Now some on here will tell you not to count anybody out, etc, but thats just up to you. Personally, I would not wanna rush one of the fraternities with the worst campus reputation, but decide for yourself. That being said, I also don't think its wrong to have a "I'll go where they bid me" mentality. Now I don't know if I could do that at your school, but at mine the fraternities were all pretty good (based on what I like in a fraternity). Thus, I would have decided that a middle tier fraternity was better than being a GDI. So just scope out the scene and decide for yourself.

Akkus · #2 08-01-2006, 09:20 PM

Maybe I'll get a bid from one of the best places who knows.

AGDem · #3 08-01-2006, 09:42 PM

I have to reiterate what shinerbock said, it's usually best to find out what some of the house's reputations are before you go. If a house has a terrible reputation, chances are that you don't want to be a part of their fraternity. Rushing a fraternity where you don't feel like you fit in is usually just wasting time. If you don't feel like you fit in, chances are they feel the same way and won't extend a bid to you. Thusly, if you find out what fraternities you want to avoid before hand, you'll save youself a lot of time.

If you still decide to rush every fraternity on campus, you will find there are some chapters you just don't mesh with, no one can fit in with every fraternity on campus. If you don't feel comfortable somewhere, don't waste your time. Cross them off your list. Do you really want to hang out with guys that are completely different from you and feel like an outsider? You shouldn't just be thinking, "Will these guys give me a bid?" You also have to ask yourself, "Do I fee comfortable around these guys? Are these the kind of guys I would like to call my brothers?" These are the same questions the fraternites will be asking themselves.

Akkus · #4 08-01-2006, 10:16 PM

I understand. Maybe I should visit every house once and then take notes about them and eliminate some of them before visiting houses for the second time. I also would like to eliminate those houses who haze harshly.

shinerbock · #5 08-01-2006, 10:21 PM

There goes all the cool houses.

sdbeta1 · #6 08-01-2006, 10:38 PM

I'd say check out DU, LXA, Phi Psi, Sig Ep, Sig Pi and Theta Chi.

Akkus · #7 08-01-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by sdbeta1

I'd say check out DU, LXA, Phi Psi, Sig Ep, Sig Pi and Theta Chi.

Thanks.

Akkus · #8 08-01-2006, 10:44 PM

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Originally Posted by shinerbock

There goes all the cool houses.

I thought they didn't haze harsly in most californian fraternities

AGDem · #9 08-01-2006, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Akkus

I understand. Maybe I should visit every house once and then take notes about them and eliminate some of them before visiting houses for the second time. I also would like to eliminate those houses who haze harshly.

On the other hand, what is good about checking out all the houses is that you're keeping your options open. I had a friend who went through fraternity rush this past spring, he rushed several fraternities and had his heart set on one of the lower-tiered fraternities. He was extended a bid from another, middle-tiered fraternity, but turned it down in hopes he would get a bid from his top choice and never got one, and thusly was fraternity-less.