Transfer Issues

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by UTLonghorn2012

One of my friends really wanted to go to UT but instead got assigned to the CAP program. If you are unfamiliar, this program is where a student spends his freshman year at a branch campus of UT and then can go to UT his sophomore year.

He will probably go to UT Arlington. They have a Greek system there but I don't think it's as strong as UT's.

If he pledges a fraternity at UTA, can he transfer to the same fraternity when he comes to UT Austin, or would he have to go through rush and pledging all over again? I know that UTA has a lot of chapters that aren't as strong as those at UT, would the UT chapters accept him if he was from the same national at UTA?

Does he know a bunch of guys down here in any houses? If so........I would honestly tell him just to wait and rush as a sophomore. If he has some friends in houses down here, it really shouldn't be a problem. Rushing as a sophomore isn't that bad anyways.

From the looks of the list of chapters at both UT and UTA, your friend's options would be limited if he is set on trying to be in a good house here in Austin. If he really wanted to do the pledge/re-affiliate thing I would suggest he check out Sig Ep and FIJI, possibly Beta. If I'm not mistaken FIJI at UTA is a pretty strong house for their campus......and it certainly is here.

[violetpretty]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Does he know a bunch of guys down here in any houses? If so........I would honestly tell him just to wait and rush as a sophomore. If he has some friends in houses down here, it really shouldn't be a problem. Rushing as a sophomore isn't that bad anyways.

From the looks of the list of chapters at both UT and UTA, your friend's options would be limited if he is set on trying to be in a good house here in Austin. If he really wanted to do the pledge/re-affiliate thing I would suggest he check out Sig Ep and FIJI, possibly Beta. If I'm not mistaken FIJI at UTA is a pretty strong house for their campus......and it certainly is here.

Regardless of tier, the friend would be cutting out 2/3 of the fraternities.

Macallan25 can speak best for fraternities at UT. If he says that rushing a fraternity as a sophomore isn't a big deal at UT, then it's probably not.

Plus, if you join a chapter, he has at least one friend in a fraternity at UT.