What are the elite fraternities

[33girl]

That’s not what he said dude…he said if you join a fraternity just because everyone says it’s the “best” and let others’ opinions influence your choice, you are a follower. Which is true. Anyone who joins ANY organization for prestige or because someone else tells you to is going to have a very hollow experience.

[kmullini]

Originally posted by 33girl:
That’s not what he said dude…he said if you join a fraternity just because everyone says it’s the “best” and let others’ opinions influence your choice, you are a follower. Which is true. Anyone who joins ANY organization for prestige or because someone else tells you to is going to have a very hollow experience.

Thanks for clearing that up for me.

[SigEpYoda]

If you are into statistic:
Sigma Alpha Epsilon has the most alumni with over 250,000
Tau Kappa Epsilon has the most active chapters with over 300
Sigma Phi Epsilon has the most active members with over 18,000.

These statistic are bout two years old, but I imagine they are about the same. Cheers.


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[Finer Woman10-A-91]

PHI BETA SIGMA FRATERNITY January 9, 1914...the BEST Fraternity in Greekdom!

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Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Incorporated...Every Woman's Dream!

Sigma Lambda Beta is unquestionably the best fraternity. We are not to well known, but we were just founded in 1986 and we have already made our way to over 100 schools... We have the tightest belief in the principle of brotherhood, we will do anything it takes to help each other out. Our colors are purple and white. We are a multicultural fraternity, with a majority base of hispanic students.

#28 Origen

My personal favorite is Sigma Chi (I got to Ohio State Univ.). I use to also love Kappa Sig but looks like they lost their charter. But as I said I LOVE sigma chi. they are the hottest guys, best dressed, well mannered, party with the best sororities and a lot of fun plus they respect the girls...I pratically live at the Sigma Chi house because I know I can sleep there anytime and not have to worry about guys trying to jump my bones

Andy...where do you go to school at? when we post I think we should also post our school

[awatters]

Hi, it's Andy. I go to UCLA. Sigma Chi is probably the most glamorous fraternity here. On the other hand, they have 100+ members, so they probably don't have the greatest brotherhood. We have 48 guys, which I think is a little small, but I'm friends with all of my bros. I'm glad I joined!

Just to clarify what I wrote in the last post...
Part of the reason that we have no activities with the "good" sororities is that we have a much smaller chapter than they have. DG and Alpha Phi have around 150 members each, so they aren't exactly happy about going over to hang out with around 50 guys. AEPhi does stuff with us though. They are also small. There are only 8 sororities here, so their membership is naturally more concentrated. There are 15 fraternities with houses, and fewer members in each one.

My attitude is this: if the girls judge my worth as a man based on which fraternity I'm in, I didn't want to go out with them anyway. A lot of the non-elitist girls are very nice to me. For example, the ones who live on the all-girls floor here.

By the way, girls' dads like me. Girls' moms *love* me! It's because I'm a total straightedge and because I'm tall. Now if only their daughters did...

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Theta Chi – ucla

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[Tom Earp]

Checking to see if this gets there!

[PhiKappForever]

Phi Kappa Theta...hey the Pope is an honorary brother, so we must be doing something right!!

But I may be a little biased, try the TKEs as well

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[LXAAlum]

Brandon, This may be reiterating what has already been said - but check out all the houses, you'll find one that fits your tastes. However, I do have to put a slightly BIASED option on Lambda Chi Alpha, mainly that BU is where we were originally founded back in 1909 - so the chapter there is the original chapter - means a lot to members. But, again, find where you feel comfortable just being YOURSELF around the members.

Good luck - remember, the choice you make will not be for four years, but for life.

[Alumnus who cares]

I agree with a lot of what Andy said, and it sounds like we are in the same boat. I went to a large university (graduated 4 years ago) with one of the largest Greek systems in the country. We have about 40 fraternities and 20 sororities, give or take. New ones keep popping up all the time, while other ones fold or leave campus for a couple of years.

I was in one of the smaller chapters on campus--we had between 40 and 50 members, depending on the year. The biggest chapters had over 100 members. I would say the average fraternity had about 70-75. The social situation on my campus was the same as Andy described--the best sororities pretty much stuck to doing social activities with about 10-12 of the biggest fraternities. They really didn't care about the smaller houses--I bet a lot of them didn't even know that some of the smaller houses even existed. On a big campus, it's really hard for a smaller house to make a name for itself and get noticed by the big sororities. So as it was, there were only about 3 or 4 sororities that would even give us the time of day.

On the other hand, the quality of our members was sky-high. We had a lot of really good guys, and I'm happy with the friends I made in the house. That's the most important thing to keep in mind...a certain house may have the biggest parties and do things with the best sororities, but you really have to be sure that you get along with the guys in the house as well.

[BlondeChick]

I think this depends on the specific school campus. I know at my school, the Alpha Tau Omega's are one of the most well-respected, whereas, the Kappa Sigma's are NOT.

I think it all depends on the school & individual members.

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[Jae]

At my school, the top fraternities are Delta Chi, Sigma Chi, Phi Kappa Psi, and Delta Tau Delta. We had Kappa Sig but they lost their charter. TKE was huge but lost almost all members for violating national rules...By the way, nice website Blondechick.

Brandon,

One of things you also need to consider is that each chapter of any fraternity is different. It all comes down to where you feel you fit in the best.

Sigma Chi is something to look at. We have great traditions and strong brotherhood. Not to mention, we party like Rock Stars.

Good Luck...Brother of Sigma Chi

[kmullini]

Yes, every Fraternity has their own prestige and famous members. You should consider each fraternity available on campus, finding a group of guys that you will like is KEY, should be your first thing you look for, and finding a fraternity where YOU fit best is crucial also. Aside from that I feel that facts about Beta Theta Pi Fraternity speak for itself. Although, everyone as you can tell they have their OWN OPINION on this. As far as whos considered "elite". You'll just have to find out the real deal for yourself. Personally, I find that numbers dont mean jack. Of course I was never a part of a large chapter and as everyone says every school is different.

Kevin Mullinix
Beta Theta Pi Alum
Epsilon Mu Chapter
George Mason University