How to Find a Place in Your Fraternity/Sorority

It's been weeks. You've probably worked harder than you've ever worked before. You've arranged your schedules and more than likely endured numerous arguments with your line brothers or sisters. You've spend money on gas, food, and gifts. Now, the time has come. You're a member.

You probably won't experience joy like that again until you're married or have your first child. This is the payoff of the biggest decision of your life besides going to college in the first place. You've attained the prestige of the organization that you've aspired to be a part of, and you're inherited their legacy. The only problem is, what do you do now? You're a newbie in the midst of brothers/and or sisters that have been around a lot longer than you, know more about the chapter than you, and more than likely have no problem telling you how little you know. It can be a daunting task to find you're place in an organization that seems to have no empty holes in the first place.

Thought it will be challenging at times, you can find your place amongst your new brothers and sisters after you crossed into a fraternity or sorority. You have you utilize some of the qualities that you used when you were on-line: being proactive, direct, and creative. Hopefully, the organization wouldn't have brought you in if there wasn't something for you to do in the first place, and that's the biggest preventative measure of all. Before you even begin to think about joining, ask the organization what their needs are. Why are you having an intake process this semester? What are some things that you would like to see neophytes (those are people that just crossed) do in the organization? If no one can produce a credible answer, you may want to look elsewhere. Don't waste your time and money just to be a t-shirt wearer.