<p>Does anyone have any experience with rushing APhiO at UCLA? I was checking out the pledge website and it seems like its very time consuming (a lot of mandatory events just for a single quarter). I'm looking to join a strong community service organization with networking opportunities, but how does APhiO compare to other service organizations such as Circle K in this regard? Is it worth pledging APhiO or is my time better spent elsewhere?</p>
<p>lol…</p>
<p>trolololoololol</p>
<p>Not gonna lie I’ve heard that APhiO is a joke at UCLA, or at least compared to other chapters (community service wise). There are PLENTY of community service organizations available on campus. If you want a more specific experience for your quarter, check out CPOSA in the SAC.</p>
<p>Hello,</p>
<p>For the OP, I’m actually currently the President of the UCLA Chapter of APhiO. I’m glad you have shown interest in our fraternity, if you want more info feel free to e-mail us, at <a href="mailto:president@apo-x.org">president@apo-x.org</a>. I was in both Circle K and APhiO concurrently and they are both pretty different structured, so it’s hard to compare, if you still show interest I can explain more through e-mail.</p>
<p>For jaygiggle and other posters, what’s a joke? Community service is community service. Helping people is helping people, I don’t understand how someone can belittle an organization whose purpose is to serve others. If you’re interested in what we’re currently doing, we adopted a local elementary in East LA and created an after school and weekend tutoring program. We’ve built libraries from ground up (remodeling a room, painting it, getting books donates, creating an electronic catalog system) at underprivileged elementary schools, and we’re currently helping to host fundraising events for the current tsunami issue in Japan. That’s just to name a few. So it would be nice to get to know an organization a bit better before misinforming others negatively about a service organization.</p>
<p>Thanks for your time</p>
<p>im not in aphio but a couple of my roommates and friends are in it/used to be in it, from what i seen theres a decent amount of volunteer events for them, and a lot more social events… it seems like a cool group to join, but it really depends on why, from what i saw it is time consuming, and if you are just doing it to get networking opportunities im not sure if it’ll be too helpful (none of my 3 roommates in APO used it for networking for jobs and such) unless you meant networking as in just to meet more people…</p>
<p>btw love how the APO president made an account for this :D</p>
<p>I am in APhiO and we built The White House from the ground up (getting presidents to be in it, etc)</p>
<p>@AtlantisPrince
sorry I should have been more clear. I agree that community service is community service, that whatever help can be lent is good, the OP seems to be concerned with more than just that. People do tell me that have tried to, or started pledging, that it is a lot of hours required to do so but in terms of a fraternity it’s not quite so harsh? Perhaps I’m not as informed as I should be to make form a firm opinion on APhiO, which I actually don’t really have, I was just passing on the general image. Circle K and APhiO are bound to be differently structured in that for Circle K as a student org it can be what you put in and because APhiO is a frat they can create requirements, but the number of requirements is not a widely known fact. I’m sure that you have many events but for the purposes of the OP who’s also looking at an organization for networking opportunities, if they are for not just meeting other students but beyond the university then one has to admit that image does matter. Maybe the rumors are indeed false about APhiO being a joke and I’m wrongly informed, but then I guess that’s something that APhiO needs to change, or more people will talk. Sorry if I offended you, I’m sure you do good work (I never said that community service was bad) but many people have provided their opinion also on if time somewhere was worth it. Getting involved in a fraternity is a pretty big decision.</p>
<p>@kick53rv3 lol I know right? 
But if I were the president of something I’d want to stand up for it too I suppose. PR!</p>
<p>I guess I was just trying to get a sense of what APhiO would offer me that other organizations such as Circle K would not. Community service has always been a passion of mine, but I’m also looking to make new friends and connect with alumni and other students for potential internships/job shadowing/career advice. I am pretty familiar with what Circle K offers in terms of community and social events and their connections to the rest of the K Family. I have 2 friends who are in APhiO at other schools and it seems to be a much more exclusive group than other clubs. I am wondering what the benefits of this are. I know that social fraternities have strong alumni connections and things like that. Does APhiO offer something like that? What members only events are held that I can’t find elsewhere? Is it too time consuming for me to join both Circle K and APhiO at the same time? Sorry for the long post, I just want to make an informed decision.</p>
<p>I was in Aphio UCLA. Not gonna lie. I did a lot of coke and a lot of meth. I had a bad ass time, but all I did was do hella drugs and try to get ■■■■■. Good ass fraternity if you looking to get high all the time.</p>
<p>lmao^^^</p>
<p>this guy knows what he’s talking about. i was in aphio for a quarter and it *<strong><em>ed me up. had to go to AA, got some </em></strong> pregnant, the whole nine yards…</p>
<p>APhiO…not even once.</p>