Rushing as a Transfer Student

oldfort
Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:27:58 +0000

Fraternity is different than sorority. Sorority rush happens over one week period right after the winter break, whereas fraternity recruiting happens over a period of time, like in the fall. Brothers will invite you to visit their house, have dinner, party, etc. After the break, you will get bids from fraternities that want you, and you make a decision. So Fall is the time to check out fraternities. From what I have heard, getting invited to some of those fraternities’ Thanksgiving dinner is a big deal, or get invited for small gatherings. You should go to visit as many fraternities as possible to keep your options open.

There are more fraternities than sororities at Cornell, so most guys can get into a house if they try to keep an open mind. Yes, it would be harder to get into top fraternities as a transfer because they want members who could potentially live at the house longer. One of my nephews made a mistake of only focusing on few top tier fraternities and he didn’t any bid. Whereas another nephew was more open minded and he got into a fraternity that was right for him, not necessary a tippy top fraternity, and he enjoyed it very much.

Greek life isn’t for everyone. You can still have a very full social life without being in a fraternity. Both of kids were in a sorority at Cornell, and some may consider it to be a top tier sorority. They had many friends outside of their sorority (they were in the same sorority, different years), but the Greek life made Cornell smaller for them because they had opportunities to mix with same group of people (they liked). They remain very close to their sorority sisters, and guys they met from fraternities.