Fraternity and IBD

I’m in the one of the best frats at my school (aka we usually hold the biggest parties and get the biggest girls). Will having a lesser position (e.g. Treasurer) of my fraternity look better over someone who is President of a less popular/prestigious fraternity? Because I think any brother from my frat can get the president position at the other frat if they pledged there and its unfair to penalize me for that

Also heard alumni read resume so they know what frats are good and which arent - how much do they take frat popularity into account when selecting interviews? Thanks

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expresstrain56we usually hold the biggest parties and get the biggest girls

I guess priorities have changed since a couple years ago when I was more plugged into the frat scene.

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expresstrain56 we [sic] get the sickest girls

Bro, your frat sounds SOOOO sick. Fat chicks with H1N1, throwing up, running all over the house....sign me up.

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I know if you did the elephant walk during pledgeship you automatically get an interview.

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Pres of shitty frat probably looks better than treasurer of good frat (because most people are unaware of which frats at your school are shitty and which are good).

 

I think the simplest answer for you is that your fraternity credentials won't do shit for you unless you are interviewing with a brother.

 

It doesn't matter. Nobody really knows the prestige of different fraternities outside of their own school. And they're not going to look down on you because you weren't the president. I was treasurer of my fraternity and it helped me a lot in interviews. Always talked about it in some sort of leadership/"tell me a time when..." questions. I came across plenty of bankers who had either been in my same fraternity at other schools or been a treasurer themselves and it always made for easy conversation.

Besides, who wants to be in a shitty fraternity?

 

Your story is what matters. You could be president of the "best" (perhaps your prefer "biggest"?) fraternity in the country/world, but if you don't know how to sell that as a valuable position you are screwed. Don't get too hung up on the position itself; work on your story and how it fits in your life's journey and how it prepared you for the position you are interviewing for.

 

It's basically irrelevant - you may get a small bump for being Greek in general, but since individual chapters of fraternities vary so widely between campuses and even between years, nobody will know how "big" the girls you got in college were.

Hilarious typo btw.

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Whether your frat is the "best" or not, I'm still confused as to how that uniquely qualifies you for a position at a bank. If you're trying to say that you are "cool" because you're in the frat that gets the hottest girls, I think you need to re-think what the bankers top priorities are when hiring you.

By the way, this message is for all the other prospective monkeys out there, because the original post is obviously supposed to be a joke.

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A 4.0 GPA banker may harbor resentment towards your frat because you all had more fun than him during college. He will almost surely take out his pent up jealousy out on you by making sure you don't get an interview.

 

^^^ Yeah, wait till you put a typo in a pitch book, then talk to me about getting killed.

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expresstrain56I’m in the one of the best frats at my school (aka we usually hold the biggest parties and get the biggest girls).

Hahaha, really? Is it as cool as the Skull and Bones club? Cuz I heard if you join the Skull and Bones club, you get a Rolex watch, instant $40,000 for law school, get to hang out with Supreme Court judges, Senators, and their sons. Then you can run against your fellow Bonesmen in presidential elections. But watch out, if you mess up, you have to get flint lock pistols to dual it out for honor.

I wish I could join your fraternity. But I wasn't elite sauce enough. I do really like more 'cushion for the pushin' type of girls. For after parties, do you guys order in or take out?

expresstrain56 Also heard alumni read resume so they know what frats are good and which arent - how much do they take frat popularity into account when selecting interviews? Thanks

Who besides the very few select interviewers that went to your school would even remotely know anything about your fraternity's specific chapter. Everything chapter differs greatly. This is either a bad joke or you are still waaaaay too caught up in fraternity life/mentality. Did you just get initiated or something?

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I have heard from people I have talked to that unless you are a president, to just leave it off especially if you have other activities to present. It is not unlikely that your interviewer was that "GDI" in high school that resented frat kids.

 

I don't know how accurate this is for recruiters, but this is how I think about it.

If you have a really good GPA, good credentials and solid experience, then being Greek is definitely a wow factor. It basically shows you're smart and work hard, but are also outgoing. Just being greek without the grades and stuff, however, doesn't guarantee you anything except a job at the local McD.

 

Obviously your the biggest tool if your still under the illusion that your frat "is the best" on campus. Been there done that, no one gives a shit and no person older than the age of 24 is going to think your the "man" based on your frats house etc . . .

 

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