<p>Son is currently at Minnesota state university-Mankato. He is currently enrolled in the Mechanical engineering program and he was interested in joining a fraternity. He is having a tough time making a decision. We ( Son and I ) wanted to know, which one would look good on a resume. The choices he has are :-</p>
<p>Delta Chi - ΔΧ<br>
Lambda Chi Alpha - ΛΧΑ<br>
Phi Delta Theta - ΦΔΘ<br>
Phi Kappa Psi - ΦΚΨ<br>
Sigma Chi - ΣΧ<br>
Sigma Nu - ΣΝ
Tau Kappa Epsilon - ΤΚΕ</p>
<p>Which one would be the most prestigious one. He is also interested in the social aspect of it (parties, activities and stuff)</p>
<p>A student joins a fraternity mostly for fun.
I wouldn’t expect the student to ever list any fraternity on a resume.
Maybe for the first job out of college if he had held a leadership position.</p>
<p>A fraternity affiliation isn’t something to list on a resume. Probably something to keep off your resume unless you’ve held significant leadership positions.</p>
<p>Fraternities are like family, and one shouldn’t be chosen for prestige. Alumni connections can help a great deal, and a strong alumni network can only help. Most of the organizations you listed have solid national alumni organizations. It is most important that he go through rush and find a place where he feels comfrtable and where the members want him. Is he going through rush right now? Which groups have offered him bids? It is a mutual decision in the houses and it is a time when personality is more important that grades, test scores and extracurriculars. </p>
<p>Also, all fraternities have different reputations and “feel” at each campus. On one campus a house could be filled with jocks and the campus 30 miles away could be the high GPA engineering types.</p>
<p>IndianDad, it is a mutual selection process. Who wants him? Which house has guys he likes and thinks he’d want to be around? He doesn’t just get to decide he wants to be on a house for prestige and poof, he’s in. They have to want him, too.</p>
<p>There is no “prestige.”. These are social organizations. What made you think there would be prestige associated with the choice?</p>
<p>And I concur – it only belongs on a resume for the first job out of college, and only if leadership positions. </p>
<p>There will always be employers who are turned off by Greek membership.</p>