originally posted in:TFS The Floods Sanctuary
Is a Fraternity AMAA exclusively America? Because I have no idea what it is.
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AMAA means ask me almost anything.
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What does he mean 'pledging a fraternity?'
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Fraternity's don't just let you join, there's a long and usually hard process to get in. First you have to rush which means you go and try to make a good impression at the fraternity you want to join. If you make a good impression you're given a bid which means they're allowing you to pledge. To put into perspective how hard even just getting a bid can be, my fraternity had ~500 people sign up to rush this fall and we gave out only 40 bids. Pledging is usually a semester long ordeal where you're proving yourself to the fraternity which usually involves some level of hazing and hardship. If you make it through pledgeship you're eventually initiated and you're a brother of the fraternity.
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what a joke
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Oh cool
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It's like a club in college that he's in the middle of a long process of joining.
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Its not like a club at all.
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Fraternities are clubs by definition.
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No they aren't.
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Edited by Garland: 4/4/2013 10:06:52 PM[quote][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternity]A fraternity (or fraternal organization) is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members.[/url][/quote][quote][url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club]A club is an association of two or more people united by a common interest or goal.[/url][/quote]A fraternity most certainly fits that definition. Fraternities are even listed on the club page as being one of the major types of clubs.
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whatevs
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Ooooooh
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It's also really gay
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Don't listen to geeds like this. Fraternities run the campus in pretty much all regards. If you're not in a fraternity odds are you will never go to a party as large as we have multiple times a week. Working the door we take the names of every girl that comes in, on an average night we have ~300 unique girls come through. Combine that with our yearly budget of roughly $100,000 to spend just on alcohol and you get an experience that you'll have a hard time finding anywhere else. There's also all of the brotherhood that is actually very strong within the fraternity that people who aren't in one don't understand. We promote academic success and just general success in life.
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Edited by Love Sosa: 4/5/2013 12:36:57 AMWe had a $8000 dinner this year as a group it was awesome. I can't imagine all the cost that goes into alcohol and shit.
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This ^
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You seem more knowledgeable on the subject than kika on the subject. I has question. [quote]Fraternities run the campus in pretty much all regards.[/quote]I hope this was exaggerated. Outside of hosting super big parties, what else do they do on campus grounds? (Assuming the parties are on campus grounds). And let's say I'm not I'm not in a fraternity, will any of the things they do/organize restrict my ability to use any campus facilities with optimal efficiently?
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As posted in the infographic, 85% of the members in student leadership positions are greek. As a personal example for this my university just held the elections for what group will be in charge of the student organization that is in charge of most decisions that impact the student body. My fraternity holds the majority of the positions in one of the groups running for election and we won with nearly 4 times the votes of the second place group. Socially, academically, and in leadership positions greek members outperform non-greeks.
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If you even knewkikashi you'd agree with me
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I'm talking about the greek system in general, not the OP.