Rushing a fraternity is not something I had planned on doing in college. As a matter of fact, I didn’t even know what rushing meant. (Rushing means to try to join a fraternity or sorority.)

I began to become interested in joining a business fraternity when I attended Tippie Fest, an event organized to connect new students with clubs and organizations in the Tippie college of business. There were multiple tables set up with students eager to recruit students for their organizations. At Iowa there are a total of three business fraternities, Phi Gamma Nu, Alpha Kappa Psi and Delta Sigma Pi. Phi Gamma Nu is the newest fraternity, they are also the smallest. This fraternity is a little different when compared to Delta Sigma Pi or Alpha Kappa Psi because its open to all majors not just business students, which has its advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that you can meet people of all majors and not just business students; the disadvantage being that you won’t have as many connections in Tippie, which makes group studying in business classes a little harder. Alpha Kappa Psi is the largest business fraternity, this fraternity is only open for business majors and minors. Their core values are brotherhood, integrity, knowledge, and service. They often host community events with other student organizations.

Delta Sigma Pi is a close second in size to Alpha Kappa Psi and is also the business fraternity that I ended up joining! They are very involved on campus: they have a private career fair, they do more than one theme of philanthropies, and they have executive positions with semester long terms to provide many people the opportunity to be in a leadership role.

All three groups are co-ed and very different from a social fraternity. All groups are great for professionalism and networking. I would highly recommend rushing the one you like; the best way to find the best fit is by going to socials hosted during recruitment and just finding the people you find you get along with most. For me that was Delta Sigma Pi, their values of diversity, service and philanthropy hit close to home – and a lot of my friends were also rushing which made the whole process more fun.