What makes a great pledge?

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Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel

Um, if you're not a great pledge more brothers are going to make you do bitch work for them, you're going to get yelled at and singled out to be asked shit more, if you have to meet brothers/get signatures/whatever the brothers are going to make it harder for you to meet them, stuff like that.

And a great pledge knows the stuff he's been assigned to memorize for the week at the first meal of the week (or the first of whenever it is you question your pledges), meets all the brothers quickly (not just his quota every week), and cleans up/drives/does whatever task is assigned to him without bitching. That is all the shit you have to do, but unless you're also sociable and fun and go out at night the brothers will just think you're kind of a suckup. You do everything you're supposed to and are still fun, then you're a great pledge.

Well said. I actually liked pledgeship (well most of the time...) I was President of my pledge class which comes with some extra fun, but I also was at the house a lot- even when not required. At first you pay for that, but over time you get messed with very little. But it does have to be sincere. If you come off as a suckup then that is almost worse than not being around at all.

In my pledge class, the guys who got messed with the most were the ones who did not come around except when they had to and were kind of intimidated by the actives. Over time, some of them got the message and came around more- and a couple just quit because even though they were good guys, this was just not the place for them.

The best way to be a great pledge is to take your time during rush and go where you really feel like you are in the right place. When you are rushing, the place where you go and kind of fit in almost right away is usually the place you want to end up. The general structure and principles of the various IFC fraternities are quite similar, so it is really all about where you just naturally get along with the guys and the ladies they associate with. Find that and have a good time, and you will naturally be a good pledge.