Continuous open bidding gets sold as this flexible, low-pressure alternative to formal recruitment. Chapters that didn't hit their quota during fall rush, PNMs who missed the official process, everyone gets another shot. Sounds reasonable on paper. But after sitting through more Panhellenic council meetings than I can count, I can tell you that COB is one of the most mismanaged tools in the Greek governance playbook - and almost nobody talks about why. ... Read more

Recruitment looks polished from the outside. The matching outfits, the rehearsed conversations, the Pinterest-worthy bid day photos. But I spent two years on Panhellenic council watching the whole machine run, and I can tell you there's a lot happening during rush week that potential new members never see - and that some chapters are counting on you not to notice. ... Read more

Summer is almost over. Wow that went quick. Potential new members are doing all the research they can ahead of recruitment to make sure they get into one of their top houses. For the last several years we have put together the GreekRank rankings of the best fraternities and sororities in the country in the in each of our categories. Here are GreekRank’s Fall 2017’s top sororities and fraternities in the categories of Sisterhood/Brotherhood, Involvement, Classiness, Popularity, Looks, Fun, And Overall Highest Ranked... Read more

It is that time of the year again. Recruitment season is about to be in full swing. Potential new members from across the country are looking to find the best sisterhood/brotherhood for them to spend the next 4 years with. We've had some shakeups in our rankings from last semester. Here are GreekRank's Fall 2016 top sororities and fraternities in the categories of Sisterhood/Brotherhood, Involvement, Classiness, Popularity, Looks, Fun, And Overall Highest Ranked.... Read more

While there are plenty of excellent colleges without much of a Greek Life, it’s important to acknowledge the positive influence that having a strong Greek Life presence on campus offers students. From the percentage of undergraduate students involved in Greek Life to the number of chapters on each campus, the following schools have risen above the rest. Checkout the following list of colleges across the country that offer the best Greek Life experiences by the numbers:... Read more

You have made one of the biggest decisions of your life to go to college. Congratulations! However, that’s not the only decision that you’ll have to make when it comes to college life. Another important decision that you’ll probably make is the decision to go Greek in college. Greek life has lots of benefits to offer to its members – opportunities to build a network, social/community activities to participate in, a strong brotherhood bond to maintain, and many more!  However, one of the biggest challenges college guys face at the beginning of their Greek life is choosing the right fraternity for themselves.... Read more

Every summer, people start prepping for fall recruitment and most of them are working on the wrong things. I did it too. Before I rushed as a sophomore, I spent probably two weeks doing stuff that had zero impact on how recruitment actually went - and almost no time on the things that mattered. So here's what I actually think, coming from someone who was a GDI first and has now seen how chapters evaluate potential new members up close. ... Read more

Texas Monthly ran a piece recently about the real power of sorority sisterhood - not the Instagram version, not the rush week performance, but what it actually looks like when women build something lasting inside these organizations. And honestly, reading it from where I sit, having spent two years on Panhellenic council watching chapters from the inside out, it hit differently than I expected. ... Read more

Chico State has a reputation. Anyone who's spent five minutes around Greek life at a California school knows it. So when the university announced it's actively working to change Greek culture as part of a broader effort to curb hazing, my first instinct was skepticism - not because the goal is wrong, but because universities announce this kind of thing all the time and then basically nothing changes. But reading about what Chico State is actually trying to do, I think there's something worth paying attention to here. ... Read more

Every chapter has them. The philanthropy events you drag yourself to because you have to, the ones where you spend three hours standing in a parking lot pretending to care about the foam pit your treasurer rented for sixty bucks. And then there are the ones that somehow become highlights of the whole semester. I've done both. Plenty of both. Here's how you tell the difference before you commit your entire Saturday to something that's gonna feel like community service in the worst way possible. ... Read more

There's a column making the rounds from The Huntington News - a student asking why their friends are acting different after sorority recruitment. And honestly, I get why that question is being asked. From the outside, joining a Greek organization can look like a personality transplant. New friends, new schedule, new inside jokes you're not part of. It's disorienting if you're the one left watching it happen. ... Read more

Every year, thousands of students show up to recruitment events with a mental picture built from short-form video content and older siblings' highlight reels. Matching outfits, coordinated dances, tearful bid day hugs. And then they walk into an actual recruitment round and spend forty-five minutes making small talk with strangers in a loud room while someone checks their name off a clipboard. That gap between expectation and reality is where most of the genuine stress of rush lives - and nobody in an official capacity wants to talk about it honestly. ... Read more

Saint Louis University just suspended Alpha Eta Rho fraternity over what the school is calling a 'physical hazing incident.' No additional details have been made public yet - no timeline, no description of what actually happened, no word on how long the suspension will last. Just the announcement and the label. And honestly, that combination of vagueness and severity is something I've watched play out on campuses enough times now that it barely surprises me anymore. That's a problem worth thinking about. ... Read more

Nobody talks about academic probation like it actually happens. You hear about it in whispers, or you see a chapter go quiet on social media for a semester, or someone mentions it offhand at a philanthropy event. But the truth is that almost every chapter - at some point - has been there. And the way a brotherhood handles it says more about who they are than any bid day photo ever could. ... Read more

A college in Pennsylvania just suspended all Greek activities after antisemitic and sexist comments surfaced within its chapters. That's the sentence. Read it again if you need to. Because somehow, in 2024, we're still here - a whole campus community paying the price because a handful of people in letters decided that kind of talk was acceptable behind closed doors. ... Read more