fraternities

Do dry pledges. But you will be looked down upon. Even though you have a very legitimate excuse.

Drinking and fraternity life are heavily engrained. Maybe join byx?

it is a legitmate excuse, and yes some fraternities do have dry pledgeships. Just ask the members/rush shirts and they should be able to give you an honest answer.

strongly consider BYX if you're not going to drink. Most of the top-tier and middle-tier fraternities would more than likely not be interested.

BYX is a little different than the typical fraternity experience.

If its what the original poster is looking for then great, he should definitely join them.

But if the only problem about drinking is the liver disease thing, then he should look continue to look for fraternties that will understand the situation. It's not that he is against drinking, its just that he can't physically drink.

Just ask the rush chairs, yeah some will probably drop him on the spot from their rush list, but others will be more understanding, you would be suprised.

There are a few pledges here and there in top frats that are doing a dry pledgeship.

Kappa Sig dry pledges a few kids each fall. Usually very special circumstances (well connected, legacies, and lots of money)

a lot of the guys who I've seen trying to dry pledge either caved or just dropped because they weren't that into partying or whatever. If you like the social scene, but actually can't drink, there should be some houses that will take you.

allows for dry pledging. However, they're already done with their recruitment.