Organizations after undergrad that are like fraternities in terms of brotherhood?

[SoCalGirl]

How convenient that the troll ignores the recent thread of a grad student getting a bid. Course that poster seemed like a normal individual.

[UnfortunateGDI]

Originally Posted by SoCalGirl

How convenient that the troll ignores the recent thread of a grad student getting a bid. Course that poster seemed like a normal individual.

I checked it out and tbh it gave me hope. I can't find too much stuff on google about grad students rushing a fraternity and getting bids so the thread is more of an exception and in a good way too. So far from what I have looked into, it seems like most of the bigger fraternities at state schools like say a Florida St for example only give bids to undergrads and prefer freshmen because they know they can get more money out of them (they will pay for 4 years).

You live in SD (lucky!!!!), any ideas of how things are like at UCSD or San Diego St?

[AZTheta]

Originally Posted by UnfortunateGDI

I checked it out and tbh it gave me hope. I can't find too much stuff on google about grad students rushing a fraternity and getting bids so the thread is more of an exception and in a good way too. So far from what I have looked into, it seems like most of the bigger fraternities at state schools like say a Florida St for example only give bids to undergrads and prefer freshmen because they know they can get more money out of them (they will pay for 4 years).

You live in SD (lucky!!!!), any ideas of how things are like at UCSD or San Diego St?

Please tell us what you know about what it costs to operate a fraternity.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by AZTheta

Please tell us what you know about what it costs to operate a fraternity.

He knows everything about money because he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth like we all were and his parents were too strict and STEM and blah blah blah blah blah blah.

[amIblue?]

Originally Posted by 33girl

He knows everything about money because he wasn't born with a silver spoon in his mouth like we all were and his parents were too strict and STEM and blah blah blah blah blah blah.

You bitter old past her peak sorority woman, you. Lololololol.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by amIblue?

You bitter old past her peak sorority woman, you. Lololololol.

Yeah, this old woman was up until 1 AM last night dancing her butt off and he was probably sitting in "VIP" paying $100 for a $15 bottle of vodka, so he can suck it.

[MU2Driver]

Originally Posted by UnfortunateGDI

I checked it out and tbh it gave me hope. I can't find too much stuff on google about grad students rushing a fraternity and getting bids so the thread is more of an exception and in a good way too. So far from what I have looked into, it seems like most of the bigger fraternities at state schools like say a Florida St for example only give bids to undergrads and prefer freshmen because they know they can get more money out of them (they will pay for 4 years).

You live in SD (lucky!!!!), any ideas of how things are like at UCSD or San Diego St?

I think this and several of your other comments reveal a fundamental misconception about GLOs. They do not exist primarily for you or anyone else simply to take what you need from them, be it "brotherhood", other relationships, business contacts, social status, etc. They have existed for 150+ years because they provide a symbiotic and highly valued relationship between the group and the individual.
I think I can speak for most people here on GC when I say we joined because we wanted to be part of something larger than ourselves, and in that process of joining and contributing over time we gained more than we put in, which is why we continue to be actively involved today.
GLOs don't focus on recruiting freshmen to make more money. Especially on the IFC side, where quotas are not a factor, it would be in a fraternity chapter's best financial interest to take as many new members as they could get -- regardless of freshman/upperclassman/graduate student status, collect the initiation fees, and immediately kick them to the curb. The fact that none do that proves the point. They focus on freshmen because that is the logical path to start the development process, transitioning from high school, that results in the kind of lifelong members we want.
Until you wrap your mind around this concept of giving instead of taking, I sincerely hope you abandon this idea of pursuing GLO membership. Neither you nor the group you would join would be happy with the outcome.

[UnfortunateGDI]

does not matter, all research I have done has practically confirmed that grad students cannot join IFC fraternities

well.

Might have to play around with the idea of getting a 2nd degree.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by UnfortunateGDI

does not matter, all research I have done has practically confirmed that grad students cannot join IFC fraternities

well.

Might have to play around with the idea of getting a 2nd degree.

[dukemama]

Originally Posted by UnfortunateGDI

does not matter, all research I have done has practically confirmed that grad students cannot join IFC fraternities

well.

Might have to play around with the idea of getting a 2nd degree.

There is no guarantee that doing this would afford you membership in a fraternity - NONE. And to think that you'd put yourself further in debt (I say this because I *assume* mommy and daddy won't pay for a 2nd degree) for this reason is absurd. There are greater priorities in life than being Greek. Lack of fraternity membership won't define you, but your desperation to join a GLO just might if you keep up this line of thinking.

And the GIF above perfectly expresses my feelings as well.

[Sororitysock]

Originally Posted by UnfortunateGDI

I am not gonna lie, it's almost a fact of nature. A lot of women who used to be very attractive but then slowly lost their looks are very bitter and sadistic.

That said, again, this whole rushing a fraternity as a grad student thing is not looking too promising....

Originally Posted by UnfortunateGDI

Putting me through hell on this thread rather than just keeping the discussion on topic. Look at the first argument I got into, who asked a member here to play the role of mother? Also, attacking me throughout the thread rather than just offering objective advice on how it can be done. Fortunately some people here gave me good advice (a lot of which came through PMs) but man, was all of the argument which as offtopic really even necessary?

Originally Posted by UnfortunateGDI

does not matter, all research I have done has practically confirmed that grad students cannot join IFC fraternities

well.

Might have to play around with the idea of getting a 2nd degree.

We have letters. You have delusions.

[DeltaBetaBaby]

Originally Posted by UnfortunateGDI

does not matter, all research I have done has practically confirmed that grad students cannot join IFC fraternities

well.

Might have to play around with the idea of getting a 2nd degree.

Maybe you should play around with the idea of making friends.