Are foreign students recruited into fraternities as well?

[Benzgirl]

Originally Posted by tau_carlos

lol Idi Amin's son? thankful not, my situation is no where near as bad lol Thanks a lot guys basically from everything I've gathered I think ill be visiting UT and it's chapters this May after I visit other Universities like NYU, Lehigh and Miami.. I've already got an air ticket for Jan and my application forms are sorted. I guess I was just worried about being judged before anyone even saw me, thanks again for the confidence boost guys!!

I can't speak for Miami or NYU, but Lehigh will be very open to you. Since it is not a "state" school (private), they get guys from all over. It's also a "brainy" school.

My cousin's son attends Lehigh and he is from Colorado. Even though he is a legacy to at least one chapter (both parents graduated from UT-Austin) and well connected, he decided not to pledge a fraternity. He felt that Lehigh was small enough that pledging was not necessary to meet people and he had many social and leadership oppertunities. Only about 30% of all male students are Greek at Lehigh, down from 42% about 10 years ago.

Fraternities hold their recruitment in January, but they begin their "meet the Greeks in the Fall". What is nice about deferred recruitment is you have 3 months to get to know the guys around campus. One bonus, the fraternity houses at Lehigh are magnificent.