9 different fraternities lay claim to being largest

[yangstar]

And then don't forget the criteria of "current largest undergraduate membership" in which SigEp is currently the "largest". It's just interesting to see how people define what the largest fraternity is nationwide. Frankly, I have to agree, largest does not necessarily the strongest or closest-knit, but it's just something I guess we all want to claim because it sounds...formidable?

[honeychile]

FWIW, when I was a pledge, we were taught to know the top ten sororities & fraternities. Since numbers can flucuate widely with each Recruitment, it just makes all claims more... unified?

[southernfrat]

Originally Posted by yangstar

And then don't forget the criteria of "current largest undergraduate membership" in which SigEp is currently the "largest". It's just interesting to see how people define what the largest fraternity is nationwide. Frankly, I have to agree, largest does not necessarily the strongest or closest-knit, but it's just something I guess we all want to claim because it sounds...formidable?

I'm glad that you included the part about largest does not mean the strongest because with a couple of fraternities that I hear are currently making this claim (I won't say who because I'm sure it will offend some of you on here) they tend to bid anyone that walks into their house. This trend for these organizations seems to be pretty common across the country.

[sae281062]

I will try to clear this up with the information I know regarding some fraternities.

SAE (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) currently has initiated more men throughout history than any other social fraternity

SPE (Sigma Phi Epsilon) currently has the largest number of undergraduate initiates.

TKE (Tau Kappa Epsilon) has the largest number of chapters.

PKA (Pi Kappa Alpha) has the largest average chapter size.

[ZZ-kai-]

Can you provide numbers on all of these, specifically what is Pike's number? (Ave chapter size)?

Originally Posted by sae281062

I will try to clear this up with the information I know regarding some fraternities.

SAE (Sigma Alpha Epsilon) currently has initiated more men throughout history than any other social fraternity

SPE (Sigma Phi Epsilon) currently has the largest number of undergraduate initiates.

TKE (Tau Kappa Epsilon) has the largest number of chapters.

PKA (Pi Kappa Alpha) has the largest average chapter size.