What kind of person joins a fraternity? The answer, you've already guessed, is everyone.
Over a quarter of Cornell students belong to a fraternity or sorority, placing us well in the mainstream of student life. The Greek system at Cornell includes people of diverse backgrounds, personalities, and interests—some who meet every “frat” stereotype from the movies, and some who defy every last one. But we are all are simply students who want more out of our time at Cornell.
You join a fraternity if you are intellectually curious. You join a fraternity if you want to grow as a leader and citizen. You join a fraternity to form deep, meaningful friendships that will last far beyond your years on the hill. You join a fraternity to belong to something impossibly bigger than you are, yet as warm and familiar as home.
Keep in Mind
As you go through the process, keep in mind what you want to get out of fraternity life, and whether your goals and values are compatible with the chapter's culture. Ask members what they are involved in besides school and partying, how they interact with their alumni, what they enjoy about being in the house. Observe how they talk about and treat each other, their house, and non-members, especially women.
Think about whether they take an actual interest in you, what you're about and how you think? Do you feel you can be yourself around them? Does this place feel like it could be home?