<p>What is the most prestigious business frat? My school offers Alpha Kappa Psi, Delta Sigma Pi, and Phi Beta Lambda. Thanks!</p>
<p>Should I just join the oldest frat?</p>
<p>Does anybody have any input?</p>
<p>you do realize that you have to rush and hope the frat gives you an offer, right? If they don't, you are out of luck.</p>
<p>Any frat will do--doesn't have to be business oriented. In fact, join a frat where you'll have fun. </p>
<p>That's it!</p>
<p>in my experience these are the only Greek letters with any kind of credibility in the business world:</p>
<p>ΦΒΚ (Phi Beta Kappa)</p>
<p>excerpt from Wiki:</p>
<p>The Phi Beta Kappa Society is an academic honor society with the mission of "fostering and recognizing excellence" in undergraduate liberal arts and sciences. Founded at the College of William and Mary on December 5, 1776, it is the oldest such society in the United States. Membership is granted to approximately 1% of college graduates, and today there are 270 chapters and over half a million living members. Since election to the Society occurs on a school-by-school basis, membership standards are not uniform; nevertheless, no member school may induct more than 10% of its graduating class (most chapters invite a significantly smaller percentage to membership). As such, Phi Beta Kappa is generally considered to be the most selective and prestigious of all college honor societies and election to membership one of the highest honors available to undergraduate collegians.</p>
<p>This fraternity isn't available at my school.</p>
<p>... it's not a fraternity. it's an academic honors society... </p>
<p>at any rate, if you want to join a frat because you like the people, then go for it, but don't join because it's going to give you some significant leg up in the business world.</p>
<p>the kind of "brotherhood"-type organizations that actually give you a networking advantage are the "secret" society organizations (e.g. Skull and Bones - founded by Phi Beta Kappa members interestingly...) which are strictly invititation only - i.e. you don't "rush" there, and also, if you have to ask... you don't belong.</p>
<p>frats still have an "Animal House-beer-bong"-type reputation, and therefore, unless you were the president of your frat and/or managed to pull of a particularly worthy social cause - its probably best to de-emphasize it come job hunting season... IMO.</p>
<p>i agree with the_prestige, but to reluctantly give the type of answer that the OP is looking for,</p>
<p>i'd say AKPsi and DSP are about tied nationwide (i thought phi beta lambda's a competition club?). but take caution because the same frat at one school can be totally different at another. so start by checking to see which one is more prestigious/reputatable on your college campus. the most important thing is to be able to get along with the rest of the brothers though.</p>
<p>You have to realize most CC'ers don't like fraternities.</p>
<p>AKPsi and DSP are the big ones.</p>
<p>Actually, there was an article in the WSJ that said Phi Beta Kappa doesn't carry the same weight or selectivity as it did even a decade ago.</p>
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<p>I don't necessarily disagree with that view. Remember, I wasn't advocating Phi Beta Kappa nor was I bashing it. </p>
<p>I was merely stating that when it comes to Greek letters, those are the only ones that hold any serious merit in the business world. What is the relative degree of that merit? Now that is something certainly up for debate. I mean it's not like you are going to walk into a Goldman Sachs or McKinsey interview - slap your Phi Beta Kappa certificate on the table, grab the interviewer by the collar, and say "now that we've cleared that up, let's discuss my signing bonus and vacation days."</p>
<p>But let's put it another way, it's never going to HURT you to be a member of Phi Beta Kappa - that is for sure.</p>
<p>anyone heard of phi beta lambda?</p>
<p>Here's the website: <a href="http://www.ucsdfblapbl.org/fbla-pbl/%5B/url%5D">http://www.ucsdfblapbl.org/fbla-pbl/</a>. It looks pretty impressive!</p>
Depends on what you want to do and where you are located. Alpha Kappa Psi and Delta Sigma Pi have the strongest reputation nationally, though Beta Alpha Psi is not far behind. Reputation varies on a region/university basis, though it can generally be argued that AK Psi has a better international and East Coast presence whereas DSP is stronger on the West Coast. The best chapters are at schools that have a strong business program already (Wharton/UPenn, Haas/Berkeley, Stern/NYU). DSP Berkeley is the most prestigious on the West Coast and AK Psi Wharton is the most prestigious East Coast.
Unless you definitely want to do I-Banking or Consulting right out of college, you are usually better off going for a Social Fraternity/Sorority. They have a stronger alumni network, it is typically much easier to hold a leadership position to put on your resume, and you have a lot more fun. That being said, highly recommend checking out your school’s chapter’s career pages and meeting the brothers to see if it is a good social fit for yourself; especially if you you are averse to the Greek Community’s rampant alcoholism, misogynist culture, and hazing practices.
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