有人熟悉美國的兄弟會或是姊妹會的組成嗎？

Question

想瞭解是什麼樣背景或身份的人，
可以加入美國大學的兄弟會或是姊妹會
那到底是怎樣的一個組織？
加入兄弟或姊妹會，除了比較方便 認識異性之外，
還有其他好處嗎？
同時住宿在兄弟或是姊妹會需要付費嗎？

Want to know further about the criterias for entering fraternity?
By parent's social status, bank deposit or something else?
Actually, I don't like those students of fraternity even my American friend don't like them either. 海怪, can you specify how you enter fraternity?

No offense to 海怪....

it seems like a specific group for white male and female ? Is it true ?

Answer 1

我在大學時加入過，希望你看的懂英文！

Fraternities are student organizations. Normally, they would have a Head Quater setup some where, and have Chapters in each schools or universities. In those very highly ranked schools such as Harvard, Stanford and so on, Fraternities are a part of social class representation. The requirement for entering those organizations are extremely high. For average or upper-mid schools, these organization are best for parties and friendships (or brotherhood to be more precise). However, there will be a problem if you considering joining any - racial issues.

Except for acquiring opposite sex friends, they might help you in homeworks, exams (some does have files for past tests).

Fees are required normally, and it depends on the level of your school, and the size of the organization within the school.

By the way, the names are normally represented by "Greek Letters".

Answer 2

我看到的fraternity和sorority也都是大部分是喝酒玩樂然後男女關係很複雜的, 只看過非常少數比較正常或是學術性的fraternity和sorority

Answer 3

兄弟會 = fraternity (a chiefly social(聯誼的) organization of men students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters)姊妹會 = sorority兄弟會或姊妹會 = 認識異性, 跳舞派對,喝酒派對, 喝酒, 喝酒, 再喝酒....對不起!不是用[喝]的, 是用[灌]的!! =================================To join a fraternity or sorority, you need to go through something called "Pledge". You are "tested" to see whether you are "fit" to join the brotherhood/sisterhood. Each chapter of the fraternity has its own "special pledging tradition". A lot of them involves "proofing" yourself in courage, leadership, determination, and etc by passing tests or doing tasks the brotherhood decided. Most of them are stupid and dangerous such as sneaking into a girl's dorm to steal some underwear or running naked in the middle of winter around campus. A lot have to do with how much and how fast can you put the beer or liquor down. Every few years you will hear about some "pledges" die in some stupid accident from falling out the second floor window, drunk driving, liver failure due to too much alcohol in the body. Rape is a very common thing while most of them were never reported because the girl was passed out and did not know who or how many of them did it.There are fraternities and sororities for white only, but there are also some for black only. Of course you can try to pledge as an Asian, but only a few could make it in.To be fair, there are also some fraternities focusing on academic instead of social, but their numbers are few.

2005-10-06 07:39:17 補充：
Agree with the part on RACIAL ISSUE.

Answer 4

美國大學的兄弟會或姊妹會
是由同興趣或有同背景的人組成
每年傳承下去有些老一點的兄弟/姊妹會就變得成員越來越多
或誇張點的會有很多個學校的兄弟/姊妹會是聯合的
由於參加都需要繳會費(每學期)
所以有些兄弟/姊妹會甚至在學校附近有屬於自己的房子
給一些資深的成員居住
參加是不錯因為他們都常會辦party或其他的social活動
所以可以認識很多人
不過相對的你也必須奉獻出一定的時間
我有去了解過
裡面的成員也會跟你說你人脈可以便很廣
可以認識一輩子的朋友阿或她門跟其他學校的兄弟會或姊妹會辦活動你也可以認識其他學校的人
加入兄弟會或姊妹會最主要的原因大家都是想認識朋友
跟參加她們的party吧
其實就算不參加也是可以去她們半的party唷
只是臉皮要厚點
第一次他會很熱心的邀你參加
但之後你不參加他就知道你是專門來party的就不會給好臉色~

嗯...最後...如同上面說的
並不是參加就可以有住宿
是必須要比較資深或是進去後人緣好點才有可能居住在她們的房子