When guys start looking into Greek life, they usually stumble into the same confusion. There's the fraternities on the main row, the ones with the big houses and the formal recruitment, and then there's everything else. The "everything else" is where it gets interesting - and where most people have no idea what they're actually looking at. ... Read more

Nobody hands you a rulebook when you join a fraternity. That's kind of the point, actually. There's this whole layer of social knowledge that gets transmitted through observation and awkward trial-and-error, and if you miss it, you feel it. I joined as a sophomore, which means I came in already behind. Guys who pledged freshman year had a full semester of osmosis that I didn't. I had to learn fast, and some of what I learned genuinely surprised me - not because it was sinister, but because it was just... specific in a way nobody warns you about. ... Read more

Nobody told me sophomore year was gonna hit like that. I had three philanthropy events, two formals, a brotherhood retreat, and intramural playoffs packed into about six weeks - and somehow I was still supposed to figure out whether I wanted to declare Economics or Communications. My advisor looked at me like I had two heads when I explained why I'd missed her office hours. She didn't get it. But if you're in a chapter right now, you do. ... Read more

Pledge semester is a weird psychological experiment. You're new, you want to belong, and the people deciding whether you belong have more social leverage than you do right now. That combination makes it really easy to slip into full people-pleasing mode - nodding along to everything, never pushing back, doing whatever it takes to get initiated. And honestly? That approach might work short-term. But it tends to backfire in ways you don't see coming until you're already in too deep. ... Read more

Few will beg to differ when we say Halloween weekend is one of the most fun times of the year. When the costumes come out -- from the clever Adult Swim characters to the barely there get-up's -- it seems alter ego’s do as well, with typically chill houses throwing down with the wildest parties and the most introverted among us finally coming out of their shells.... Read more

With so many undergraduates joining fraternities and sororities, one thing is for sure: that’s a lot of bodies. And, a lot of potential to do good. Hence, most chapters across campuses have their mission rooted in some kind of philanthropic effort. Each year, chapters devote time and attention to planning a fundraiser to raise money for their philanthropy.... Read more

Hundreds of men have moved on from collegiate Greek life into the glitzy and powerful ranks of society. It’s no surprise that many of the actors, billionaire CEOs, politicians and Grammy-winning musicians you know as famed celebrities are also Greek alumni. ... Read more

For those of you following along, we have selected the top greek philanthropy events for every month of the 2016-2017 school year starting with September. With May predominately being a slow much due to finals, we have decided to compare the events held from September thru April and make a decision on the top philanthropy events for the 2016-2017 school year. These events raised tons of money and awareness while also demonstrating how greeklife has an overwhelming positive presence on campuses and in the local communities. Here are the top events of the year.... Read more

April 2017 was a great month for philanthropy efforts spearheaded by greeks on campuses across the country. This is specifically true for greeks along the East Coast. With the nicest weather of the year, April was a great month to start to take the events outdoors. One particular sorority really stepped it up this month for a cause it holds dear.... 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

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

UNM's Greek community just raised $57,000 for Storehouse New Mexico during Greek Week. That's a record. And honestly, that number deserves more attention than it's probably getting outside of Albuquerque, because it doesn't happen by accident - and most people who weren't in the room don't understand why. ... Read more

Living in a chapter house sounds like a dream until you're six weeks in and you want to strangle the guy whose alarm goes off at 6 a.m. and who never actually wakes up. Roommate problems exist everywhere in college - dorms, apartments, co-ops - but something about sharing a house with 30 to 80 of your brothers or sisters makes the friction feel more personal. Because it is. ... Read more

Recruitment chairs are great at a lot of things. Remembering your name after meeting 200 guys in two days, cracking jokes that land at 10 a.m., making a house with peeling paint feel like the obvious choice. But breaking down the actual financial commitment? That part somehow always gets left out of the conversation. You find out the real number around week three of pledging, right after you've already told your parents you joined. ... Read more

Penn State just announced a new fall Greek life recruitment timeline option, and honestly, I've been thinking about it more than I expected to. Timeline changes sound like administrative housekeeping - the kind of thing that gets a paragraph in the student paper and then disappears. But this one actually touches something real about how recruitment works and who it ends up serving. ... Read more