Help with rushing a frat?

Student Lounge College Life
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<p>So…I’m going to be a third year this coming fall at my university in Southern California. Over the last two years, I have had a group of friends who looked down on fraternities, thinking of them as just a bunch of people who “pay to make friends”. We would go to rush parties just for the free booze but then we will half-assedly answer their interview questions so we wouldn’t get a bid.</p>

<p>But what can I say? Half of my group of friends dropped out and the other half scattered. I still have “friends” but not close friends that will want to hang out. Hell, the guy I roomed with last year shuts himself in his room playing computer games all night ditched me this year to live with random people he has never met. Now…more than ever, I wish to join a fraternity.</p>

<p>My question to you all is this – what do frats think of third years rushing? And how should I answer interview questions so I actually get a bid? I know frats like to ask “Why do you want to join this fraternity?” and “What do you think of hazing?” What’s the perfect answer to those questions?</p>

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<p>Well, it depends on the fraternity and their stance on accepting third years, some do and some don’t. That obviously answers what they think of it. No fraternity will ask what you think of hazing and if they do obviously it might not be the place for you. You might get targeted a little more during pledgeship for being a third-year but most of pledgeship is mental. And answer honestly about why you want to join. If you like the guys let them know that. That is what will get you a bid, them seeing you being a good fit and you seeing the fraternity being a good place for you. Obviously not each fraternity will want you and you won’t want to join each one as well.</p>

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<p>I’ve been to two interviews, they always ask what I thought of hazing.</p>