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How To Choose a Fraternity/Sorority

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• Animal House aside, a fraternity or sorority is an opportunity to meet new people, contribute to the community, have a few laughs, and make lifelong friends.
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You Will Need

• Time to investigate different organizations
• And an open mind

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  Step 1.

  Decide what kind

  Decide what kind of fraternity or sorority you want to join. Some groups are mostly social; others bring together people with the same professional goals or ethnic background. Some are religion based, others are service oriented.

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  Step 2.

  Contact college

  Contact your college’s Office of Greek Life (most fraternity and sorority names contain one or two Greek letters; hence the idea of “going Greek”) or Office of Student Life for information on the joining process. Each college or university has its own system and schedule.

• Look for fraternity and sorority Open Houses at the beginning of the school year.

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  Step 3.

  Get opinions

  Get as many opinions as you can of the various Greek organizations by talking to people on campus.

• Consider how you want to be perceived — jock, preppy, party animal, etc. Recognize that if you join a fraternity or sorority, many people will immediately apply the stereotype of that particular organization to you.

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  Step 4.

  Go to Rush events

  Go to Rush events, where you meet members of the organization that interests you. When you join a fraternity or sorority, you’re committing to a new group of friends, so make sure they’re people you’d want to hang out with.

• Don’t be afraid to mix it up with people of different backgrounds or interests.

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  Step 5.

  Ask about membership fees

  Ask about membership fees. Most organizations have annual or semiannual dues, and many have housing costs associated with them.

• The first fraternity in the United States is thought to be the Kappa Alpha society, established at Union College in 1825.

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