Stanford Frat Boys

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<p>There seems to be different definitions of fraternities that lead to very different totals. For example, both the Stanford newspaper (Stanford Daily) and Stanford’s website list a very different percentage of students in fraternities from USNews, as quoted from <a href=“https://www.stanford.edu/group/uga/student/organizations/index.html”>https://www.stanford.edu/group/uga/student/organizations/index.html&lt;/a&gt; and <a href=“http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/cgi-bin/drupal/housing/housing/greek-houses”>http://www.stanford.edu/dept/rde/cgi-bin/drupal/housing/housing/greek-houses&lt;/a&gt; .</p>

<p>*Stanford has 28 Greek organizations, including five chapters in the African American Fraternal and Sororal Association and six chapters belonging to the Multicultural Greek Council. About 13 percent of Stanford students choose to join a fraternity or sorority, and ten of the chapters are housed. Greeks host campus-wide events like the 5K/10K Theta Breakers Run for the Children, the Sigma Nu Arts and Poetry Slam (SNAPS) and Snowchella, a benefit concert for Support for International Change. Community is formed through a variety of events such as step shows, karaoke nights, community service, barbeques and discussion groups. *</p>

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I don’t foresee myself being someone in a fraternity. I don’t party, I don’t drink, I don’t glorify partying, sex, drugs, alcohol, etc. In high school, I can hardly stand being around the jocks, partiers who act superior over everyone else.</p>

<p>Maybe it’d be a good thing to be in close contact with all these people, but my first instinct is to not want to go anywhere near these people b/c I find them so annoying. For that reason, I’ve been looking at frat-free schools i.e. CMC, Pomona, etc.

Note that there are many types of fraternities that differ from your stereotype. For example, Stanford has professional business frat whose mission is to, “develop well-trained, ethical, skilled, resourceful business leaders in finance, marketing, investing, entrepreneurship, law, and other business-related fields.” Stanford also has a chemistry interest fraternity that hosts faculty dinners with members of the chemistry department and provides professional development events for resume building and interviews. Neither are housed. </p>

<p>You also are going to find students who are big on partying at nearly all colleges, including ones that don’t have frats, as well as students who are not big on partying. I was in the latter group and only attended parties when essentially dragged by my roommate (once I was literally dragged). The times I heard something about a fraternity usually either related to hosting/sponsoring an event, often a party, or a member accomplishing something impressive, such as a hugely successful startup. I never looked into or felt any pressure into joining one or attending their events, although I’m definitely not a fraternity type person. Instead I favored living in the more private apt/townhouse-like housing, such as Mirrielees and Escondido Village.</p>