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GREEK MEMBERSHIP

Consider these facts about the effects of fraternity experience as part of your university education:

Greeks excel in Scholarship.

• Greeks consistently achieve higher scholarship ratings than the all campus average.
• Greeks have a 10% higher rate of graduation than do non-Greeks. Greek Membership is
• affordable.
• Room and board is comparable, sometimes even lower than college or university charges.

Greeks Achieve.

• 70% of those listed in "Who's Who in America" are Greek.
• 85% of the upper-level executives in the "Fortune 500 Companies" are Greek.
• 43 CEOs of the top 50 U.S. companies are Greek.

Greeks Lead.

• 75% of the members of the U.S. Congress are Greek.
• 85% of the U.S. Supreme Court Justices this century are/were Greek.
• 100 of 158 of those who have served on the Presidents Cabinet this century are/were Greek.
• All but 3 of the U.S. Presidents since 1825 have been Greek.

Greeks Give.

• As Alumni, Greeks give approximately 75% of all money donated to universities.
• As undergraduates, Greeks raise approximately $7 million per year for charities.
• As undergraduates, Greeks give approximately 850,000 volunteer hours per year.