I've heard that there is a specific frat and a specific sorority that are comprised of mostly or more asian students (to the point to where they have the label as the "asian frat.") Is this true? If so, what are the names of that frat and sorority?
I am an Indian male, and I've heard that many of the frats are typically homogeneous in terms of the brothers' race and class. Would it be harder for me to rush, and do many Indians do it?
Also, can someone give me some more information on pre-professional frats, idk what those are specifically
I don’t know of any of the main frats or sororities that are like that. I guess KD has a reputation for having a fair number of asian girls but it’s definitely still a minority, and the other main part of their reputation is girls from new york so it’s not homogeneous.
I don’t think it’s outright harder for indians to rush; there are indian kids in pretty much all of the frats from top to bottom. But probably less indian kids end up rushing seriously because rushing is about making friends with the brothers and seeming like a cool guy, and that involves a lot of drinking, partying, and being able to talk to girls - not to say indians are worse at that, but if you have grown up with a conservative family you might not be comfortable in that environment and then might not have very much fun while rushing.
The pre-professional frats are kind of just like any other campus club, but their focus is on a specific career. The main ones that are popular are a k psi for business, and then theta tau for engineering.
@fdgjfg thans for the info. so if pre professionals are just like clubs, why are they given the association to greek life? do they do any of the same activities/have the same characteristics?
@baroqueboi : Use of Greek letters as a designation for a club are not limited to traditional American Greek orgs as we know them. Is Phi Beta Kappa (the top national honor society) wrong for using those? There is the proliferation of clubs and honor societies that use Greek letters as the name perhaps to serve as an alternative for many traditional orgs (hell, the multi-cultural orgs, specifically black Greek organizations, though sharing similarities to others are still often considered non-traditional). Such organizations may indeed have some social elements, but many are for professional development (so if you don’t like all of the scene associated with the Greek orgs, you can still benefit from being a part of a network that gives you development opps). I think that is just as valuable as college offer many outlets for socialization outside of the traditional Greek orgs. so those who do not want to join those can find social bliss through other means and get similar benefits (at some places, the untapped thing is the alumni network, many/most who are non-Greek but are just as powerful, especially at elite schools. Greek orgs. do increase immediate access, but it is also surprisingly easy for outsiders to tap into the alumni network through other orgs. The additional exclusivity of Greek org may turn out over-rated for some. Also when a campus is 30-40% Greek, is it really exclusive?). In addition, many schools are seeing the development of other living learning communities that may be housed in the equivalent of a Greek house, but focus on the arts or languages, whatever. These may have Greek letters as a name. It really isn’t a big deal. Usually you can look up these organizations via the associated campus life webpages of a university and find out if they have a website and see what opps. and events they sponsor.
As far as being Asian and getting into a traditional white fraternity, I have this feeling that you should not have much of a problem if you fit in or have the same values or desire for whatever social elements the org. values, but note that the character of Greek orgs can vary at each school (so like ATO or whatever, at every school may not be the same. But in general, it is typically known to house more intellectual or academically driven students and seems like it is often one of the more diverse fraternities, especially at schools with diverse demographics. Likewise, a frat at say, Ole Miss., may take on a completely different character due to the general demographics and traditions of the school). If you really want that, just try the rush and see what happens. Hope to be selected/get a bid from one that may fit. The best you can do is try instead of fretting over the potential result right now. It is college, not everything will work perfectly (you could be rejected from clubs, academic opps), but nothing will be achieved if you don’t risk things and try it.