new to rushing

Welcome to TCU! I'm a girl so not exactly sure about how logistics for recruitment goes for the guys, but I can give my opinion on your other concerns. If you have an academic scholarship, I'm assuming grades are important to you. If so, I'd look at Beta, Sig Ep and Pi Kap. These are the frats known for smart guys but they also have very strong brotherhoods and are really involved on campus. These frats have super fun events and mixers but aren't hard core partiers like some of the other frats. They get crap from the other guys because they're gentlemen and care about more than just getting wasted. As far as wardrobe, you see a lot of khaki shorts and sperrys, but a mixture of polo, t-shirts and button downs work. Obviously anything purple is good too! Brands don't seem to matter that much with the guys. Good luck, go Greek and go Frogs!!!

You don't need to go out and buy anything. What frats hate the most is a rushee who looks like he just read a tfm column and bought every single brand out there. Then you're a poser. If you go into rush dressed as you normally would on campus, then you'll find the one during rush that you fit in the most with. Not to say that dressing is a huge part of rush, but the main thing is just don't act like a weenie and you'll be fine. Like ^ said, if you're looking for grades rather than partying id look into sigep pi kapp and beta. They focus a lot more on grades and involvement, and because so they're pledgeships are academic and involvement based, rather than hazing. What it really all comes down to tho is your brothers. You have to ask yourself, "is it worth hanging out with these guys for the next 4 years just to keep my grades up?" Go into rush looking for brotherhood, and the grades will come.

Just do you. Wear what you normally wear, act like you would with dudes back home and ask the questions you're really interested in. You want to be real so that you find the right fit. That's what it's about. Not one size fits all and neither does one fraternity. What's right for you may not be right for someone else and that's okay.

This thread looks like it has good information for you boys. It seems way better than any hate filled spew.

Maybe this will help answer some of your questions.