<p>I hate to create another one of these threads, but I've noticed that they never really get answered...</p>
<p>I'm just trying to get a general consensus on the fraternities (and sororities for the girls who may want it) at U of I. I know that a lot of you will say, "why don't you just go and decide for yourself", but I'd rather get an initial idea of what people think before going. I've checked places like greekrank for this and they don't really have it, and I know you are all honest and intelligent people who will give good opinions.</p>
<p>what’s the fraternity called for Business students?</p>
<p>if you can get into a business fraternity, be prepared to be called stuck up and snobbish</p>
<p>? don’t really get that…??? i don’t want to be stuck up or snobbish… what do you mean?</p>
<p>I have never heard of people in business frats as being considered stuck up. Even though I am in engineering, both of my roommates are business, and one is in Delta Sigma Pi, while the other is not in any business frat, yet I never hear anything about that sort of reputation.</p>
<p>To answer the OP question, frats are really a personal choice. You ask people to give you insight, but you are either going to get non-Greek people telling you to stay out of the frats, or Greeks plugging how great their own frats are. You really just have to go look for yourself. I know I never joined one, but that is just me. I just wasn’t into it, and didn’t really want to take the time to rush or do any of the stuff that would get in the way of my finishing in 4 years. Another interesting note, I have several friends who didn’t rush their first year but rushed later, and then a couple who rushed their freshman year and then quit when it wasn’t what they expected, so you have some flexibility.</p>
<p>Thanks for the information boneh3ad. It’s nice to know that it isn’t just “hit or miss”. I was wondering, however, what your general perceptions may be. I’m not sure if you are even exposed to the fraternities much (or care at all), but I would like to get opinions from everyone, not just those in one. If you don’t feel like posting it on here, could you PM me? Thanks.</p>
<p>Generally speaking, I am not a big fan of frats. There are a few on campus that I like and have nothing against, and it is no coincidence that most of my friends who are greek come from those houses.</p>
<p>I didn’t rush because, ultimately, I wanted to be more independent and not have to pay dues and deal with all the baggage that comes along with the perks of being greek. Of course, as I just said, there are perks, especially when it comes to making a lot of friends quickly.</p>
<p>When you get on campus, go do the whole exploring thing, see if there are any frats that you seem to fit in with (a daunting task given that there are like 50 of them) and if you find one, then rush it. If none really seem like a good fit, then don’t. As I said, I know people who didn’t join frats and later on decided to and people who joined them and later quit, though both groups are the minority.</p>