I am a pike at Mississippi State. The frat that you choose will reflect on the ideals that you value. If you are a douche then more then likely you will join a douche frat, but if youre a decent guy then you will find a frat that is good. That being said there is always some frat that is going to be full of the stereotype guys at every school. Frats are different at every school and what might be a great frat here might suck at another school. The best way to get to know what a frat is all about is to go through and meet them. Rush is a great tool for people curious about frats because it gives you the chance to go through and meet whichever one you are curious about and learn more about the house and the members.
Not everyone will like the social frats and there are many different types that you can join from sport to academic.
Point of reference: We used to make pledges do push-ups or extra work around the house when they would use the word “frat,” it has such negative connotations.
“You wouldn’t call your country a ‘cunt’ don’t call your fraternity a ‘frat’.”
[quote]Ghost22 wrote:
Point of reference: We used to make pledges do push-ups or extra work around the house when they would use the word “frat,” it has such negative connotations.
“You wouldn’t call your country a ‘cunt’ don’t call your fraternity a ‘frat’.”[/quote]
No, but I would call a large number of the frats I know cunts, so it works.
[quote]Stronghold wrote:
B-Mac13 wrote:
Join a fraternity where people just don’t give a fuck, and don’t take shit seriously, regarding greek life. Think Animal House, and you can’t go wrong. The easiest way to tell… look around, does everyone look and act the same? If yes, run away, run far away.
You do not, I repeat DO NOT want to join an “animal house” fraternity. I had a friend who did that and regretted it enough that he resigned after becoming a brother. Fraternities that don’t care collectively about their image tend to be full of even more sketchy motherfuckers than normal frats.
Trust me on this one.[/quote]
Looking back, my comment wasn’t expressed properly.
What I was trying to say was that in my experiences a lot of the “douche” stereotypes regarding fraternities comes from houses where everyone is exactly the same and overly rapped up in their image.
If you can find a house with some diversity, which is a rarity among fraternities across the country, you might be pleasantly surprised. Animal House-like in the sense of a “motley crue” where everyone brings something different to the table, and not your stereotypical fraternity “douche”.
Basically my advice is to not listen to the stereotypes that people give to houses on your campus, before you actually go and hang out and see what they’re all about.
I was very anti-greek when I went into college. I didn’t pledge until my sophmore year bc i didnt go to any rush events as a freshman. I developed friendships with a lot of guys who were in fraternities and they changed my opinion about what greek life is about. I’m not telling you to join a Fraternity, but certainly give it a look.
My advice would be to show up at the houses to hang out in a non-rush atmosphere to see what the guys are like in a normal setting. That way you get to see if they take care of their house, whether or not guys are actually studying, if they hang out together as a whole house or whether inter-house cliques exist, etc. Make an educated decision, that’s the important thing.
The frats are all different at different schools and each frat can be very different on one campus. When I went to school, we had the preppy rich kid frats with BMWs and up in the driveway. Then there were the stoner frats, geeky frats, etc. I found one where I fit in very nicely. It was a fraternity of blue collar children… mostly meatheads.
The lot was filled with pickup trucks and other clunkers that the average kid would have that are 10 years old. No dress code. Just like minded guys looking to have fun and most were into lifting weights. It’s all about picking the right place. Socially awkward kids coming in who most likely had trouble making friends on their own did not get in. You have to fnd the diamond in the rough.