Fraternities/Sororities

Going Greek at Purdue

http://www.purdue.edu/odos/sao/greek/webpages/Welcome.html

Greeks make up only 2% of the total population of the United Stated, yet:

• 85% of the Supreme Court Justice since 1800
• 85% of Fortune 500 executives
• 76% of the U.S Congress persons
• All but two U.S. Presidents since 1825
• 63% of the U.S. Presidents cabinet members since 1900

HAVE ALL BEEN GREEK!

Going Greek is one of many ways to get involved at Purdue. Joining a fraternity or sorority is a great way to build friendships, participate in intramural athletic competition, be involved in social activities and community service, and receive academic support. Also, participating in this type of organization is a great way to make a large university seem smaller.

Students develop a strong sense of belonging to their organization and loyalty to Purdue University through the Greek community while receiving a membership that will last a lifetime.

Number of Fraternities: 46
Number of IFC Fraternities
Fraternities at Purdue
Percent of Undergrad Men in a fraternity: 16%

*All Campuses including Purdue, stress the no hazing policy.*

Rush

Sororities:

There are two type of rush options that one may go through at Purdue to join a sorority. The first is formal rush. Formal rush currently takes place in the fall semester, usually around Labor Day weekend. There are four days of formal rush, open house, casuals, cokes, and suits. The first day you attend all 15 panhellenic houses on campus, and meet and mingle with girls in the house. You will rank your favorite houses, and they will rank you based on personality. You then return the nest day to fewer houses and repeat the process of meeting the ladies in a house. After this four day process of meet and greets and ranking, you should be able to rank your number one house, and then if they rank you as well, you will receive a bid to join their house.

One may also choose to participate in informal rush. Informal rush is a far less structured way to meet girls. You can go to the house, eat dinner their or hang out, and if they please, they can place a bid on you asking you to join their house. Panhell supports informal rush, yet not all houses choose to participate in it. Informal rush can take place during the fall or spring semester.

Fraternities:

Rushing a fraternity house is also far less structured then rushing a sorority. It is much like informal rush. You can choose a house; hang out with the brother already in the house. If the brothers think you can be a could addition to their house, they will place a bid on you asking you to join their house.

“Going Greek is the way to go here if you want to have tons of friends and know everybody. Plus you always have a party to go to any day of the week.”
~ Ashley, Class of 2007~

“Purdue has the third largest Greek system in terms of participation from the student body. It’s huge here, and people who aren’t Greek HATE the Greek system. Ill never understand it.”
~ Kristin, Class of 2004~

“It's not for me but I can see how some people who are not good at socializing without alcohol in them or need many people to support them in any decision they make would like it.”
~Thomas, Class of 2007~

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