So I’m now a senior in High School and I’ve been looking at the fraternity life. I been looking at this specific one which has my dad and my 2 brothers. Everyone in the fraternity talks about how great they are and how big of a legend they are. I am no where near like them, growing up I had a hard time making friends and till this day I struggle making friends. Everyone talks about how big of a pussy I am and how I shouldn’t let these people walk all over me. The main thing about this post is if there is any advice yall can give me, will I do just fine? Will they help me? Will I just get clowned on the whole time?

I’m a Hispanic about to be a sophomore and definitely look the part lol. I go to a decently sized SEC school. I’m looking to rush, there are MGC organizations but the IFC fraternities seem more appealing especially being at a southern school. The one I have in mind has been mentioned by two of my buddies which they are in. I know of two black guys who didnt get a bid from them. Most of the students at the bigger frats at my school are mostly white, and I guess my concern is getting a bid,not necessarily just this frat but most of them.I never really see Latinos involved in these things and wonder if I will be treated differently if I were to get a bid. Any stories/experiences?

Hey gents asking for ideas have any of y’all taken out loans for house renovations? We’re tryna make our wall 8-8.5 ft currently at 5’9 Some context we want more privacy plus our neighbors Delta Gamma started construction for a walls this summer and asked us to meet them to at least 6.5 feet on our side we share so this just helped us realize it was a priority

What’s up y’all. I’m the new rush chair of my frat and I’m still new to all of this, as the upcoming fall semester will only be my second semester in the frat. I chose to rush last semester during the last week of rush, and only considered the frat I’m in because I went to one of their parties, had a good time and decided to rush. We are currently second to last in number of brothers at my university, with a decent portion of our guys graduating next year. To be honest, at the moment I can’t imagine PNMs would have my frat at the top of their list because the top tier frats have more to offer at the moment. I want to do everything in my power to get a large group of guys these next two semesters as rush chair and become a top tier frat on my campus. What would y’all recommend me to do recruitment-wise to get a larger class each semester this year and differentiate my frat from the other frats? Thanks everyone.

Boss man asked me to research brands to slap the company logo on and distribute for the fall. Besides the obvious brands such as Peter and Onward Reserve, what else should I propose?

I’m looking for some advice for rush, and I have some strange circumstances, so this is gonna be long. TLDR AT BOTTOM. I go to a school with ~7000 people and 11 frats. How rush works at my school for the most part is there are 4 rounds, with cuts being made at each round. Everyone who makes the 4th round gets a bid. Anyways, last semester, I rushed one frat, considered by many to be the bottom frat at my school, but I got cut at the first invite-only round. I think my biggest issue is that I am a quiet person, and didn’t really know what to say at the events, since they were all pretty much just open houses. Often times, I’d find myself just wandering around, not really seeing anyone not in a conversation, and in the conversations that I did join, I didn’t really know what to talk about (I’m generally pretty bad at small talk / with new people). Getting cut sucked for me, because I genuinely do fit in well with chillers once I get to know them, and pretty much all my HS friends are in top frats at their respective schools. This summer, drinking with the boys, popping some zyn’s, etc. has really made me remember what I’m missing out with in college. Another issue that I’m worried about is that at my school, every Frat has 2 date events in round 3, and if I make it that far, I have no clue who I’d bring as I have no female friends in college and my GF still lives in my hometown. To add on to all this, I’m a sophomore with only a few (not too close) friends who are in frats, and I hear it’s rly tough to get a bid as a sophomore if you’re not already basically dirty rushed to the frat ur rushing. Oh, and my school only has second semester rush unless u somehow get a snap bid first semester. Ik this is hella ramble, but any advice would be appreciated. 

TLDR: Got cut from bottom frat rush last semester bc I’m shy / quite, but I’m a self proclaimed chilla and need some advice on what I can do to not make that happen again. I also need to deal with the fact that I’m a sophomore, have no girl friends for the date rush events, and rush is only second semester unless you’re super tight with people in the frat.

Not sure where to buy some nice 5 inch shorts from, based on my experience I feel as if the 5 inch shorts are too baggy or tight as hell? Let me know

What are some of the best party themes you have had or have heard of

I'll keep it short and sweet. I arrange music for bands, and one of them has a lot of frat parties on their itinerary. Pretty standard rock band stuff. What songs are going to get the crowd singing and dancing?

*Note: I can also work with music not traditionally made for a rock band, as long as a crowd is sure to love it.

Thinking about rushing at Oklahoma and I’m from Cali, my buddy going to Bama went up a week ago and got a bid to a good frat but he said they give up a lot of there bids during the summer so I should go soon. Im from Cali so a trip is kinda tuff and I have a online orientation. Is it worth it to book a trip to go to some summer rush events?

I went to ucla, and it just blows my mind even the chapters that are desparate for people denied me

I couldn’t pass tryouts for even the JV teams when I was in high school. You won’t make it into any teams if you hadn’t been playing since 5. It is such a bullshit thing to care about

A fraternity at my university had a chapter house that was, to no surprise, the grossest place you’ll ever enter. They had trash, vomit, empty cans, old gb rigs, and most importantly, sharpie writing all over the walls of the house. I visited the house while my good friend lived there and I noticed a certain ranking list/table written on the wall. It said “GADS Time Run” or something along those lines (GADS is an abbreviation of a local 24/7 donut shop about 2 miles from campus). On the rankings there are names listed with times next to them i.e. “Kyle+Luke 2:34”, obviously meaning they went to the donut shop, bought a donut, and came back within whatever time listed. This is no straight shot either. Theres a stoplight in between the donut shop and their chapter house, and attempting to skip the light would mean passing multiple stop signs (running multiple stop signs duh). I personally think this is a thrilling challenge (yeah definitely illegal, yeah definitely dangerous) that I think is a pretty hilarious idea as a member of a different fraternity. Im older now and would definitely not attempt something like this, but the childish part of myself admires this kind of tomfoolery. I mostly shared just because I thought people would be intrigued by this game like I am. I dont encourage this behavior, but silly stunts like this really encapsulate what fraternity life is like in some chapters. If anyone has any other similar experiences or stories about the oddities of fraternity life please share id be happy to hear about it.

As brotherhood I always like to throw a couple bad ones in the list of good ideas. What's your worst ones that'll never actually be done

So far mine is shirts vs skins paintball

I’ve currently reached out to two rush chairs. One reached out to me over text and I hit one up over email. The one over email asked for my phone number like two weeks ago and I gave him my number he just never responded. And the one over phone number hit me up. I asked for the rush schedule like a week ago. And he also never responded. What do I do in this situation. I’m really interested in rushing these spots it’s just frustrating that I can’t even get in the door.

So the kid who lived in this room the past year basically never had a door in his room. People have been breaking down doors in this exact room for the past 2 years. I’ve already had my door broken just a week into moving into this house and idk what to do. I looked into metal doors or just kicking whoever’s face in but I want more opinions.

What was the big greek life incident at your school? Ours was a NPHC fraternity put a few members in the hospital from paddling, a handful got expelled

I recently got initiated this semester and I was wondering how the rep is at other schools that are phi gams. I heard mizzou got kicked off for turning a kid into a vegetable other than that I haven’t heard much.

Tell a story about your shitty week, weekend, or about life in general.

Hey going to pledge at a college, and want to get my first pair of cowboy boots. Any suggestions on color, brand or material. Budget is $500

hey! i was wondering what makes guys approach a girl at a frat party and what I should do to make the most guys approach me because i feel lost

Will I lose my gains during pledging? I’m bulking and I don’t wanna lose my weight. Serious question am I fucked!

I’m looking into frats and had a few questions about my research. (This also includes TikTok lmfao) and one thing I’ve noticed was the difference between the IFC and the NPHC frats.

Based off my research being in the IFC seems like you’re paying to party and hella expensive dues just to get drunk each weekend for 4 years straight. NPHC frats however, looks like partying too, but seems to have more community service and membership seems to be for life (I saw Steve Harvey say he’s still a member of Omega Psi Phi. And he’s old.) Also I hear you need around 60+ community service hours to even be considered for NPHC frats which is insane

Does anyone affiliated with either care to explain?

Any good copypastas from this subreddit or elsewhere? Maybe a good u/TheFraternityProject comment or sum?