Prospective Question #2

"Hi, I really enjoy reading all of the Tulane blogs, it really gives you a good feel for experiences people have at Tulane. I noticed that both you and Lauren joined sororities, and I've heard that about 1/3 of people do. I was wondering what made you decide to rush. Could you also talk about Sigma Delta Tau and Pi Beta Phi, the two that you joined? I've never wanted to be in a sorority, but reading your guys' experiences makes me reconsider. Thanks!"
-Mary

I'm sure a lot of you guys have Greek-related questions, so I'll try my best to answer some of them here!

From the last statistic I've heard, about a third of Tulane is Greek... so that means that about 70% of our students are NOT. Basically, either way you go, you can still have a lot of fun!

Sorority Recruitment (what many of you may know as "Rush") is a two weekend process held in January, during the second semester. You guys will have all of your first semester at Tulane to figure out if you're interested in going Greek. When you actually go to all the different houses in January, you'll get a good idea of what each house has to offer, and you'll usually be able to tell which sorority would best suit you. Even if you don't plan on pledging (joining a sorority), I'd definitely recommend going through Recruitment - you'll meet so many great girls in the process!

I've provided links below for all of the different sororities and fraternities at Tulane; I don't know the histories of each one, but you can read up on them if you'd like!

There are 10 sororities at Tulane:

• 6 NPC sororities
  Alpha Epsilon Phi (ΑΕΦ) "AEPhi"
  Chi Omega (ΧΩ) "Chi O"
  Kappa Alpha Theta (ΚΑΘ) "Theta"
  Kappa Kappa Gamma (ΚΚΓ) "KKG or Kappa"
  Pi Beta Phi (ΠΒΦ) "Pi Phi"
  Sigma Delta Tau (ΣΔΤ) "SDT or Sig Delt"
• 3 NPHC sororities
  Alpha Kappa Alpha (AΚA)
  Delta Sigma Theta (ΔΣΘ)
  Zeta Phi Beta (ΖΦΒ)
• 1 multicultural sorority
  Delta Xi Nu (ΔΞΝ)

There are a lot of fraternities - 15 in all

• NIC fraternities
  Alpha Epsilon Pi (ΑΕΠ) "AEPi"
  Delta Tau Delta (ΔΤΔ) "DTD or Delt"
  Kappa Alpha Order (KA) "KA"
  Kappa Sigma (KΣ) "Kappa Sig"
  Phi Gamma Delta "Fiji"
  Pi Kappa Alpha (ΠΚΑ) "Pike"
  Phi Kappa Sigma (ΦΚΣ) "Phi Kap"
  Sigma Alpha Epsilon (ΣAΕ) "SAE"
  Sigma Alpha Mu (ΣAM) "Sammy"
  Sigma Chi (ΣX)
  Sigma Phi Epsilon (ΣΦE) "Sig Ep"
  Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) "ZBT"
• NPHC fraternities
  Alpha Phi Alpha (ΑΦΑ)
  Kappa Alpha Psi (KAΨ)
  Phi Beta Sigma (ΦΒΣ)

Hopefully this entry answered most of your questions... If y'all have any other questions, send me an email! ahollier@tulane.edu