Rush Week

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

So rush at our college (Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY) is this week and next week. This week was the informal "parties" where we would just go to the house and hang out, get to know people etc. Next week is the second stage of Rush where fraternities invite certain people back to the house for a formal dinner, and then Bid Day is friday.

Anyway, I pretty much knew which fraternities I wanted to join quite a while ago, but it was fun to get to know people at all the fraternities. We only have 4 Greek frats and 1 frat-like association at our college, but rush is still a pretty big deal.

I really want to join Lambda Chi Alpha or Phi Kappa Tau, but we also have Pi Kappa Alpha, the Kappa Alpha Order, and President's House Association (only at G-Town).

Just wanted to know who else is rushing this semester and curious to see what Rush is like at other schools. I know several people on here hate on fraternities a lot, but at Georgetown they are not what everyone stereotypes them to be. I don't know if that is because we go to a small, strict school or what, but here the frats are really close friends and do more community service than any other groups on campus, and Greeks have higher GPAs than independents also, so before you knock fraternities, think about the benefits at least in my case.

Anyway, just curious to see how rush works at other schools and just see how many current members here are Greek or going Greek.

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[Trey803 5,000+ posts]

how many semesters under your belt

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

I might be joining in the Fall, Ive got a friend in Pi Kappa Alpha and he's invited he to go out with all of them sometime, most of my friends these days seem to have dropped off the face of the earth so I figure its time to meet some new people.

So rush at our college (Georgetown College, Georgetown, KY) is this week and next week. This week was the informal "parties" where we would just go to the house and hang out, get to know people etc. Next week is the second stage of Rush where fraternities invite certain people back to the house for a formal dinner, and then Bid Day is friday.
Anyway, I pretty much knew which fraternities I wanted to join quite a while ago, but it was fun to get to know people at all the fraternities. We only have 4 Greek frats and 1 frat-like association at our college, but rush is still a pretty big deal.

I really want to join Lambda Chi Alpha or Phi Kappa Tau, but we also have Pi Kappa Alpha, the Kappa Alpha Order, and President's House Association (only at G-Town).

Just wanted to know who else is rushing this semester and curious to see what Rush is like at other schools. I know several people on here hate on fraternities a lot, but at Georgetown they are not what everyone stereotypes them to be. I don't know if that is because we go to a small, strict school or what, but here the frats are really close friends and do more community service than any other groups on campus, and Greeks have higher GPAs than independents also, so before you knock fraternities, think about the benefits at least in my case.

Anyway, just curious to see how rush works at other schools and just see how many current members here are Greek or going Greek.

Where I go to school (USF) it works pretty much the same way, although if you already know someone in the frat it gives you a big edge on everyone else. They usually recommend pledging in the fall because then you have things like homecoming and more formal things, a lot more in general going on.

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

I'm a freshman, so this is my second semester. We only have a spring rush, none in the fall. I liked that though, because I was able to get to know guys in all the fraternities and kind of get an idea of where i wanted to go.

 

[mapolley07 10+ year member]

I might be joining in the Fall, Ive got a friend in Pi Kappa Alpha and he's invited he to go out with all of them sometime, most of my friends these days seem to have dropped off the face of the earth so I figure its time to meet some new people.

yeah, Pikes are good guys here, just not necessarily the place I would want to live for 3.5 years or so. I hang out with the Lambda Chis all the time, and I know quite a few Phi Kappa Taus so those were naturally my 2 top choices

 

[HeatSeeker 10+ year member]

I'm a freshman, so this is my second semester. We only have a spring rush, none in the fall. I liked that though, because I was able to get to know guys in all the fraternities and kind of get an idea of where i wanted to go.

I wish I would have joined as a freshman, then again I went to community college until i got my AA so that was kinda out of the question lol. Im on my 3rd major right now though, so I still have at least 3 more years left here...

 

[iagrdshaka 5,000+ posts]

Lambda Lambda Lambda!

 

[bumpin buick 5,000+ posts]

Greeks in this town have a bad rep for date **** drugs so I stay clear of the frats, I hear its getting bad all over the US too so its not just me

 

[Dozy_production 10+ year member]

Fraternities = paying for overpriced friends

unless the fraternity is not in the 98 percentile of fraternities that are filled with c0ck fegs.

 

[marleyskater420 5,000+ posts]

all I gotta say, is "yes, sir, may I have another"

and, brorape.

 

[BassAddictJ 5,000+ posts]

Fraternities = paying for overpriced friends
unless the fraternity is not in the 98 percentile of fraternities that are filled with c0ck fegs.

i pledged for a semester in a UCF frat before quitting, it's all overrated. and 99% of the soroity (sp?) girls are about as intellegent as the 3/4in mdf we use for our boxes. the hotter the dumber, typically speaking. reallllly overrated. you'll have a bunch of douvhes and a handful of drama queen fegs that think they're cool. only thing its good for in the long run is teach you how to put up with assholes if you havent learned already

 

[MikeofTulsa Moderator]

i see no point on joining frats. but then again, i view college as a time to learn instead of partying

 

[NEXT 10+ year member]

I was a Sigma Pi at EKU, Prez for 2 years.

The mother of my son was in a sorority, Kappa Delta at Morehaed St., and she is one of the smartest, and best looking woman you will ever see/meet.

Do it, but you only get out of it what you put into it.

Out of the classes I was with while in the fraternity, I keep in contact with about 25 of them. Most very successful individuals including teachers, lawyers, doctors, and a couple of guys working in pro-sports.

We also had a few guys he didn't do jack with their opportunity for an education

 

[hoss 5,000+ posts]

i see no point on joining frats. but then again, i view college as a time to learn instead of partying

i learned more outside of my classes in college than i did in my classes //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/fyi.gif.9f1f679348da7204ce960cfc74bca8e0.gif

i view it as more of a time to establish that you can sustain on your own, while preparing for the real world.

 

[Flipx99 5,000+ posts]

I joined the ca.com frat.