<p>While moving in I made friends with a few older kids, all of who happened to be in the same frat, I am interested in the group but one of the brothers let me know that my school doesn't recognize the frat. My question is what are reasons for schools not recognizing frats?</p>
<p>New frat, previous behavioral problem(s), administrative issues, logistical screwups come to mind</p>
<p>Probably behavior problems. Is it an ethnic frat? They are usually the ones getting in trouble (at least at my school) for hazing and what not.</p>
<p>ummmm</p>
<p>just curious…</p>
<p>what do you mean by ethnic?</p>
<p>like black interest fraternities, asian interest fraternities, etc. From what I have seen, those haze the hardest.</p>
<p>if they are associted with a race, its usually bad haze
i forget where i heard that but yeah…</p>
<p>did they say the school doesn’t recognize THEM or doesn’t recognize ANY fraternities?</p>
<p>If it’s only them that the school doesn’t recognize, ask them why. If the answer doesn’t sound legit, ask around (your school’s IFC is a good start), or go to [GreekChat.com</a> Forums - Powered by vBulletin](<a href=“http://www.greekchat.com%5DGreekChat.com”>http://www.greekchat.com) and ask there, or call the National Office of the fraternity and ask why.</p>
<p>Anything other than behavioral problems (and if so, find out if those kids are still in the chapter) and I wouldn’t be too concerned.</p>
<p>And yes, there is a reputation that the Divine Nine (more formally known as NPHC) groups haze hard.</p>
<p>If you have more questions about greek life, BigRedMed and I are probably the best people to talk to on this forum, but I would recommend posting on greekchat.</p>
<p>i talked to some other kids last night and its apparently because they throw shady parties where “even the guys get rufied”</p>