<p>A question about the statistics cited earlier. Do those numbers include honor fraternities (Phi Beta Kappa for instance)? Those organizations are very different from what is being discussed here.</p>
<p>No. Those numbers just refer to social fraternities and sororities.</p>
<p>Oh sorry, I didn't see that in the link. Can you tell me where I can find it?</p>
<p>tight tight thanks</p>
<p>sorry, SBDad, didn't quite understand what you were asking.</p>
<p>Just for the OP, I went on Google and found this article. It may inform you on the nature of fraternities. Keep in mind that many of the negatives that he mentions such as hazing is completely banned by Michigan. All in all, our frats aren't really as 'crazy' as the frats on other university campuses. If you meet some students on your first year that try to make their frats sound badass, they're most likely just attempting to over inflate their 'wild-side' ego. Michigan's frats are quite laxed. As confuseddude has stated, it's more like a sports-team environment.</p>
<p>I agree with the article to some extent. Basically, you get out of a fraternity what you put into it. Most houses probably do some things that are construed as hazing, but nothing will put you in any physical danger or mentally scar you. I would suggest approaching thios subject with an open mind.</p>
<p>are there a many asians in fraternities?</p>
<p>nope. most fraternities have anywhere from 0-4 asians. i'm one of three asians in my fraternity.</p>
<p>there are asian and multicultural fraternities though if that suits you better.</p>
<p>wow, that's very encouraging to asians (like me)? I'm not even a U.S. citizen.
And that brings the questions, do you have to be a U.S. citizen? If you don't need to be, do you need to be a U.S. citizen to get frat benefits (like financial aid)?</p>
<p>nope, you do not need to be a US citizen. I can't speak for other fraternities, but my fraternity does not care about your citizenship status at all.</p>
<p>so how many brothers in total are there on average in a fraternity?</p>
<p>I don't know about the average. I think the most anybody has is around 85 brothers. Some fraternities have as few as ten. The middle fifty percent are between 25 and 45 I'd say.</p>
<p>I think the IFC average is around 50, actually. The biggest houses, following recruitment, have upwards of 120. PIKE, AEPi, and Fiji are right around that.</p>
<p>Yeah, following recruitment, an average of 50 sounds about right. He asked how many brothers though.</p>
<p>maguo, I have to admire the fact that you can party so much and still get into Ross. Hats off to you. However, I have a question. How do you do it? I mean, isn't it hard to be drunk 3-4 nights a week and still manage to get all your work done?</p>
<p>You just need to manage your time. Get ahead in classes, study during the day during the weekends, and you'll be fine. First semester was rough cuz I did a lot of day drinking, which pretty much put entire days to waste.</p>
<p>maguo, what is your current gpa? And why were you day drinking--so you were smooth for the ladies lol?</p>
<p>Work hard...frat harder. Day drinking is fun , but get everything done first. Drinking every night is not uncommon for Greeks, particularly those who are 21/have good IDs. In fact, the Greek community has established the bar scene.
Sunday: Day Off/Brown Jug/Charlie's
Monday: Brown Jug/Charlie's
Tuesday: Skeeps
Wednesday: Mitch's/Ricks
Thursday: Scorekeepers/Ricks (Skeeps is generally underage, Ricks is generally 21+)
Friday: Rick's/Brown Jug
Saturday: Rick's/Skeeps</p>
<p>Of course, deviations may occurr for fraternity parties (mostly freshmen and sophomores), date parties/formals, and random house parties.</p>
<p>I have a 3.3 GPA now. I know it's not very good, but I took a pretty tough courseload and my GPA improved alot second semester.
Well, friday afternoons were basically beer pong in the dorms as soon as class ended. Then there were football saturdays.</p>