Fraternities at cornell - pros / cons

TKsmom
Mon, 24 Jan 2011 20:57:18 +0000

I’d like to comment on the co-ed frats, many of which are professional fraternities. i see that Cornell has Alpha Chi Sigma which is a chemistry co-ed fraternity. There are also a lot of chemical engineers and other science focused students in it.

They have a house on North campus. I don’t know this chapter, but can speak of the benefits of such a fraternity as I was a member in college.

I was in a chapter at my school on the west coast. I had a blast with my brothers and sisters. We all had similar academic interests but also had a lot of fun together. Professional fraternities offer many of the same types of traditions as other greek organizations–initiation rituals, big brothers, little sisters, networking across the nation via alumnae and collegiate chapters, national meetings, faculty advisor, etc.

I met my husband of 23 years at our national meeting in North Carolina. He was the member from another chapter in CA where he was doing graduate work. We joke to this day that the “chemistry” was right. I met a lot of great people at that national meeting.

These are social people who like to have fun, go to parties, etc. I loved being in a professional fraternity. I liked having guys in my fraternity. And the networking after college was great. The house for my husband’s chapter was a lot of fun and sometimes our chapters mixed. We also did some mixers with other greek organizations and of course had friends outside of the fraternity.