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how hard is it to get into top ten?

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As a sophomore planning to rush, I want to know the overall gist of how tough it get a bid from one of the top tier houses. I don't really care about prestige that much, but I also don't want to get into a frat that doesn't have much going on. Also how bad does the hazing get?

Posted By: frat2017
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if you want top 10 or upper tier, you want prestige>>>>so be freaking honest about it.

hazing: we don't haze at this school!

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like i said, i don't really care about prestige but I don't want to join a frat that has nothing going. I never said that i didn't care about prestige.

By: frat2017
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that makes no sense bro. the prestige is relatively useful proxy for how much the frat has going on so maybe you care about prestige it's ok buddy

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yeah i think I'm just gonna concede lol

By: 2017
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To be honest, it just depends how you are. Like AD, sig chi, and sig phi are tough to get a bid then there is a little drop off. After like Chi Phi, Sig Nu, and Lambda there is a big drop off so if you are looking for a relatively easier bids look below there. How I recommend it is choosing like one reach house, one upper house (like 4-9) and then a couple backups like Fiji or Phi Sig.
Hope this helps

By: Truth
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How hard is it to get to that 2nd tier you mentioned?

By: lol
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If you're a northeastern private school kid it's not that hard otherwise it can be if you don't know anyone especially because you don't want to come off as a tryhard.

If you're concerned about hazing then stay away from ad and maybe sig chi

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Definitely not "northeastern private school kid"...

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Here are some tips that also apply to rush in general:

-Make a few close friends in the house you want to join and make sure that you don't piss any of the brothers off.
-Handle your booze. You don't want to be the guy to throw up on a brother or be the guy who the brothers have to take to the hospital.
-Go out on weekends and meet people, find out when open parties and rush events are and go to them.

Hazing ranges from house to house. At most houses its an annoyance at most, if you're a good fit for the house it won't be too miserable because you'll actually want to join. Some houses do have pretty rough hazing, but even at the hardest hazing fraternities its not gonna come close to a state school level or like that stuff in the news about penn state.

Also, don't ask a brother directly about hazing, it's a bad look for you and you're not going to get a straight answer.

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by: lol   

Isn't rush like a week after the first week of classes? How are you supposed to make friends with a specific frat within a week?

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by: asdf   

no its right before second semester starts so you have all of first semester and all of rush week itself to get to know people

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by: lol   

Wait, you can't rush in the fall semester? This september?

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Btw, I read somewhere that Cornell requires pledging to be 4 weeks long, is this true?

By: lol
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most do, but a lot of fraternities like fiji, sig chi, and zbt extend past the deadline

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Can anyone chime in on how much should I be expecting to pay for dues per semester? thanks

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Is there anything else specifically I should not do during rush?

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