Why Should I Join a Fraternity?
There are many reasons why a student should join a fraternity or sorority. The best person to ask this question is a fraternity or sorority member. If one asks enough members, one will see that each person has a unique reason. The common themes, though, are as follows:
-Friendship
-Leadership development
-Access to new events and programs
-A chance to connect to a larger organization that exists on other campuses
-A support network
-Developing skills and acquiring experiences for career or graduate school
-Encourages more involvement with the University
-Community service opportunities
-Potential career network
-An association of life long friends that continues to exist beyond the college years
Vital Greek Statistics
-85% of the Fortune 500 executive belong to a fraternity
-40 of 47 US Supreme Court Justices since 1910 were fraternity men
-76% of all Congressmen and Senators belong to a fraternity
-Over 85% of the student leaders on some 730 campuses are involved in the Greek Community
-71% of those listed in "Who's Who in America" belong to a fraternity.
-Every US President and Vice President, except two in each office, born since the first social fraternity was founded in 1825, have been members of a fraternity