Potential Members

Why Join?

Scholarship
To help you succeed academically, fraternities and sororities offer national and local scholarships, Greek honor societies, time-management workshops, tutoring, study sessions, chapter competitions and awards, and incentives.

Interfraternity Council Scholarship Report
Panhellenic Scholarship Report
RPHC Scholarship Report
Special Interest Scholarship Report

Community Service
The Greek community at RU has a long tradition of active involvement in local and national charities. Individual chapters organize and conduct both hands on service events and raise funds for organizations like:

The Lincoln School Annex

B'nai B'rith Youth Organization

Elijah's Promise Soup Kitchen

March of Dimes

NJ Blood Service

Habitat for Humanity

Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation

NJPIRG

RU Chabad House

An important service project to all fraternities and sororities is the RU Dance Marathon, a 32-hour dance marathon to raise money for The Institute for Children with Cancer and Blood Disorders, a non-profit organizations affiliated with Robert Wood Johnson Hospital and The Cancer Institute of New Jersey

Educational Programming
RU chapters are concerned about the issues facing today's college students. Individual chapter provide monthly educational programs and members participate in community-wide programs. Each fraternity and sorority chapter is expected to host at least two educational programs per semester. Some of the programs that have been presented are:

Alcohol Awareness and Responsible Social Hosting

Legal Issues Seminar

Sexual Health Educations

The Power of the Minority Vote

Fire Prevention

Stress Management

Substance Abuse

Healthy Dieting and Weight Loss

Domestic Violence

Leadership
Research indicates that involvement in extracurricular activities can increase the probability of graduation, success and personal growth by as much as 60%. Each chapter governs itself with its own elected officers and is supported through either the governing body of the Interfraternity Council (men's fraternities), Panhellenic Council (women's sororities), or Rutgers Pan-Hellenic Council (multicultural organizations).

Housing
Some of the fraternities and sororities at Rutgers provide housing for their members. While it is great to live in an environment with friends, housing should be only one of the criteria to be considered when deciding which fraternity or sorority to join. If a chapter you are interested in provides housing, special care should be taken to ask them the following questions:

Are all members required to live in the chapter house? If so, for how long?

What are the costs for room and board?

Are meals provided and if so how many per week?

Activities
It isn't a secret that fraternity and sorority member like to have fun. Individual chapters hold annual formals, date pparties, mixers, barbecues, hayrides and parties at the student centers. Social events like Parent's Day, Homecoming, Greek Week, Founders Day Celebrations and Senior Brunch all create a well balanced social calendar.

How to Join

Fraternities and sororities have been an integral part of RU since 1845 and have enhanced the lives of thousands of men and women. In addition to "traditional" fraternities and sororities, Rutgers also offers students the opportunity to join historically African-American, Asian, Latino/a and multicultural fraternities and sororities.

View Spring Sorority Recruitment Schedule
Spring 2007 Panhellenic Recruitment Rules
What to Expect at Sorority Recruitment

Most Students entering Rutgers have the following questions:

Will I fit in?
Will I make new friends?
Will I succeed academically?
Will I be able to get involved?
Will I find other people who are interested in the same things I am?

These concerns are common. Everyone needs to belong. Sororities and fraternities can help you find your niche at Rutgers, offer academic assistance, encourage you to be active in student organizations and community service, open doors for opportunity, assist you in developing social skills and provide you a chance to make friends with similar interests.

Recruitment & Eligibility
First semester freshmen must wait until their second semester at RU to participate in recruitment and join a fraternity or sorority. Recruitment events for all chapters typically take place within the first three weeks of each semester.

Students are eligible to join a fraternity or sorority if they meet these minimum criteria:
you have completed at least 12 credit hours at Rutgers (including E credits)
you are enrolled for at least 12 credit hours at Rutgers (including E credits)
you have at least a 2.25 cumulative GPA
you have at least a 2.0 from your previous semester's grades

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