Fraternity and IBD

Hahahaha. You get the biggest girls? Gross.

expresstrain56:

we 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.

Saw this crap posted on M&I also...it was lame there, it's lame here, too.

I wrote on here too because I didnt get an actual response so trying to see your thoughts, who cares iw rote a typo we still get the sickest girls

half of the bankers were former frat boys so you should be fine...shotgun one down for me tonight

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

Ur retarded expresstrain.

It doesn't matter what frat you're in.

The frat you're in at school X could be the worst frat at school Y. But how's the employer going to know that? It might hurt your chances if your interviewer went to school Y. Or your interviewer could be an alumn, and think your frat is awesome, or he could think everyone in that frat is a dick.

So it's the luck of the draw.

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?

From a leadership perspective, Pledge Educator is the best position. Hazing goats puts one on the fast track to MD. Bonus points if you partake in brotherhood events, like the elephant walk as mentioned above.

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.

Can't believe this is for real...

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.

CompBanker, you're obviously a GDI.

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.

You guys are all killing him on that typo.

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

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 . . .