Coolbrezze

Would someone tell me information about fraternities? Currently a junior in high school with interest in fraternities. Telling me information you know about fraternities, or how they work would be nice.



Also if you can be more specific, you can tell me about fraternities at the following schools:
Michigan State University
University of Michigan- Ann Arbor
University of Wisconsin- Madison
University of Minnesota- Twin Cities
Pennslyvania State University- University Park
.... and other Big Ten schools
New York University
Boston University
Top universities west coast

Coolbrezze

Meant to place this thread under college search, some how it got under admission.

siliconvalleymom

A great place for you to start researching is to go to college websites and look at their Greek life section. Every school with fraternities has an umbrella organization. They'll have general information about recruitment dates and the process. Then look at the websites for each chapter. The chapter websites should have information about housing, membership, social activities and charitable activities.

fireflyscout

You can also check out the website greekchat.com
But lurk and search - they have a bad tendency to eat the young there.

Coolbrezze

Thanks, and I'll make a visit to the website greekchat.com

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What do you mean they have a bad tendency to eat the young there?

fireflyscout

They aren't exactly welcoming to new posters. There's information there, but it's not really a friendly message board.

Bigredmed

I can give you a lot of information on fraternities, but just send me a PM with more specific questions to answer.

I can't give you any specifics about the campuses you've asked for other than just overall reputation in the national sense from an interested observer. By principle Big 10 and Pac 10 fraternities are not as good as ones in the SEC or Big 12, though every campus has their shining lights.

Of the schools you mentioned specifically, Penn State has the overall best reputation from a national perspective. But Indiana is probably the best big 10 school for Greek Life. Purdue and Ann Arbor are okay as is East Lansing. Minnesota is not bad, but not super either. Wisconsin, the one place you'd think would be awesome is actually awful...basically the social scene there is so big and open to all that there's no 'lure' to the fraternities. Northwestern is pretty good for the caliber of students it attracts. Usually don't hear too much about Ohio State.

Of the other schools...none particularly known for being big greek schools.

Coolbrezze

There not so open to new members at all on the website.