What are fraternities and sororities?
Fraternities and sororities exist as a support network for their members. Membership
can help personalize the college experience by offering a scholastic support system, providing hands-on
leadership opportunities, facilitating community service initiatives, and serving as a vehicle for
professional networking far beyond graduation. Fraternities and sororities promote intimate bonds of
brotherhood/sisterhood and members typically refer to each other as "brothers" or "sisters".
Fraternities and sororities exist as a support network for their members. Membership can help personalize the college experience by offering a scholastic support system, providing hands-on leadership opportunities, facilitating community service initiatives, and serving as a vehicle for professional networking far beyond graduation. Fraternities and sororities promote intimate bonds of brotherhood/sisterhood and members typically refer to each other as "brothers" or "sisters".
Why go Greek?
Involvement in a fraternity or sorority is one of the many ways for Texas A&M University-Commerce student to get involved on campus. National research indicates that students who are involved in organizations:
- Earn better grades
- Are more likely to stay in school and graduate
- Feel more satisfied with their college experience
- Are more marketable when job searching and applying to graduate school
- Develop valuable leadership and interpersonal skills
Will joining a fraternity or sorority hurt your GPA?
Joining a Greek organization usually increases a student's chance for academic success. Most chapters have strong academic programs which help foster, as well as reward, academic achievement. Many chapters observe study hours and encourage study groups and tutoring. Often, students are encouraged to set academic goals for the semester. Some organizations even offer scholarship opportunities
- Over 30% of our sorority women are on the dean's/president's list
- The fraternity and sorority new member/pledge GPA is higher than the all-campus undergraduate GPA
- 58% of fraternity and sorority members maintain at least a "B" average
- The majority of the chapters on campus maintain GPAs above the all-men and all-women's averages
- The Order of Omega National Greek Leadership and Academic Honor Society has an active chapter