The Fraternity Advisor

It sucks because most fraternities don’t really know what they are doing during rush. Here are the typical signs of a rush that sucks:

There is that one guy in every fraternity who seems to ‘pull’ several guys each semester. He is the fraternity’s ace in the hole, and the chapter would probably be in deep trouble during rush without him. So what makes him so successful?

1. Ask your friends – This is the most obvious place to look, but this is where you always want to start. Unless you are socially inept, you have friends that aren’t in the fraternity. Recruit them. If they don’t want to join, find out why. You can learn a lot about your fraternity this way.

Let’s face it, nobody wants to go through rush these first few weeks back from Christmas break. Spring recruitment seems much more difficult, and that often turns into a self-fulfilling prophecy. While it is difficult to motivate brothers for spring recruitment, it isn’t impossible.

It is the week before Thanksgiving, I realize the last thing in the world you care about is rush. However, a little effort this time of year will go a long way in January.

This is an article from a brother from Pi Kappa Phi Fraternity at Ohio State University. A donation to his chapter was made on his behalf for this submission. Go here to learn more about this program. While brainstorming recruitment events that will get both our brothers and rushees excited, one brother entered the common [...]

Wouldn’t it be easier to recruit if no other fraternity was recruiting against you? Your fraternity would get their choice of guys. Believe it or not, you have that opportunity right now.

Rush in the spring semester should be easier for fraternities, but for some reason it isn’t. There are numerous reasons for this. The brothers in the fraternity are often not as excited to recruit in the spring as they are in the fall. Also, rush is more difficult because most students have made friends and formed cliques by this point of the school year.

In my newsletter last week, I mentioned some strategies about building your list for fraternity recruitment. I am getting a lot of questions asking me to describe in more detail what I am talking about with the list – so I thought I’d share with everyone.

It is going to happen. There is no doubt it is going to happen. You are going to find yourself in a conversation with a guy who is rushing your fraternity, and he is going to ask you why he should join your fraternity. This absolutely will happen at least once a semester and probably many times. You are foolish if you aren’t prepared for this situation.