What's the main incentive to join a fraternity or sorority? What differentiates each individual one? Based on what I've heard, I'm glad that they don't have them in our unis.
There are panhellenic fraternities and sororities, which are more social in nature, generally single-sex, and are usually associated with a residential building on Greek Row. And there are professional fraternities, which are usually co-ed/mixed-gender, not associated with a frat/sorority house, oriented around a vocational field or academic interest (engineering, business, pre-law, pre-med, pre-health, community service, etc), and are less strongly associated with partying. Both types have an initiation process, dues to pay per term, and regularly scheduled events and meetings. Both types can be good ways to make friends in college and potential future networking connections.
Oh I see. The latter just seem like what I would call a student society. Thanks very much.
