<p>Haha. It might be an insane question.</p>
<p>I'm still getting acclimated to my first semester at Berkeley but recently accepted a bid from Delta Phi Epsilon, the professional foreign service frat. I'm also interested in rushing for Sigma Alpha Nu, the pre-law frat, next semester.</p>
<p>Anybody have any pointers/ opinions about this?</p>
<p>i’ve heard it being done before. congrats on getting in</p>
<p>You should talk to both of them. Every organization is different.</p>
<p>this might be a dumb question too, but do professional frats party? like what do they do together?</p>
<p>Strictly speaking, professional fraternities don’t party. They have networking and professional development activites instead.</p>
<p>However, in reality, some fraternities aren’t so black and white in where they fit. For example, Theta Tau is a professional fraternity, but they have an emphasis on the social aspect. They party, and some of their chapters on other campuses even have houses!</p>
<p>Or, on the other side, my fraternity: Triangle. We’re a social fraternity in the IFC. Sure, we party and are looking to get a house. However, at the same time, unlike most other social fraternities, we hold an occasional career panel.</p>
<p>And, of course, just like how there are many strictly professional fraternities, there are several social fraternities who are there purely for the brotherhood / social aspect.</p>
<p>Haha. Thanks, Justin :D</p>
<p>And yeah. My professional frat throws socials once every a couple of weeks. Pretty sick. But yeah. I talked to one of the guys who RUNS the professional frat I’m in, and he’s also in a social frat.</p>
<p>Meh. Too late for the social frat I was considering, but I’ll probably pledge next semester if time allows.</p>
<p>You probably can join as many professional and honors fraternities as you like, i recall having several dudes in my house who were in honors or pro frats. Social fraternities are different, and one you cross, you can never join another social frat unless you are given special dispensation and even then you would be hard pressed to find one that would take you. Also, bid skimming (joining two houses at once) usually will get your ass kicked to the curb in a second once one or both houses find out. We had a guy who tried that and he soon found himself persona non grata at both houses. People in the greek system talk.</p>
<p>It varies by the people in the frats, in terms of partying/networking opportunities, etc.</p>
<p>There are 2 kinds of frats: social (REAL ones with houses/brotherhood) and interest-orientated (service, law, biz, etc which basically function as national clubs).</p>
<p>Go ahead and join as many as you want, it’s just another test of how you manage your priorities. No one can answer that for you, and it’s what you want to get out of it. I know ppl that just do biz frats 24/7 and they feel that that’s all they’re looking for. Other ppl I know get in, get out, move on.</p>
<p>Why would you be in a frat with no house or a dumpy run down house? Do you need more of an excuse to party? Using them for networking is great. The shady ones have 30 year olds living in the houses. I always found that odd.</p>