Frat parties

JackieChiles
Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:25:44 +0000

I wouldn’t bother going to a frat party at IU (and i’m in a frat) unless you know a brother who can get you in. Not worth the trouble – frats have to really watch themselves as IU continues to crackdown on the social part of Greek life.

I have to disagree with Leila – personally I think it’s easier for guys to get into frats than girls into sororities. Girls have to do that whole annoying recruitment process before spring semester and rank houses, etc. With guys, if you know someone in the house and try to rush, there’s a decent chance you’ll get a bid if you met enough people and made a decent impression on them.

Guys are definitely more limited than girls in terms of options, though. It’s really all about who you know – I picked my frat at IU because I played sports with a bunch of them as a freshman. I had fun on the team, and ended up rushing/pledging that spring.

It is spring semester now, and there is an event in the IMU similar to Dunn Meadow (the fall recruitment ‘fair’) if you want a chance to meet/talk to brothers from every fraternity. I don’t know the exact date, but it should be listed somewhere. Definitely coming up soon though. So if you really want to sample Greek life at IU, go to the IMU event and meet some people – I’m sure you’ll get invited to a few functions or at least get on an email list for rush events coming up.

Hope this helps.