Academic Fraternities: Eta Sigma Phi the Iota Kappa Chapter

Academic Fraternities: Eta Sigma Phi the Iota Kappa Chapter

It’s the end of your senior year and most of your friends have probably been talking about college and what experiences they want to have when they get there. Often romanticized in movies, Sorority and Fraternity life rule the conversations about college. Here at Loyola, we have both social and academic Greek Life! If you’re an enthusiastic nerd like me, you’ll probably want to get involved with an academic fraternity.

On Monday, I will be initiated into the fraternity called Eta Sigma Phi. It’s not like your regular Fraternity but it is a Classics Honors Fraternity. To be invited into the Fraternity I had to complete a high level literature course in Latin and pass with a B grade or higher. This fraternity is different from social frats or sororities because there is no rushing involved. Some honors frats like this are not socially interactive at all.

Eta Sigma Phi, although not as close, does hold some interactive activities during the year. They mostly involve trips to museums or guest professor lectures. We not only have some academic advantages but the Eta Sigma Phi group nationwide holds conventions, gives out scholarships and has various study abroad programs connected with it. You also get the satisfaction of knowing you have achieved a great level of academic accomplishment.

Remember, this is only one example of an honors fraternity. There are other fraternities or sororities that can become more social if that’s what you’re looking for. But if you’re more into the realm of academic solitude, talk to your professors about different honors fraternities. There might be one in your field of study. Who knows?

E sigHere is a picture of the 2015 Eta Sigma Phi initiates

 

 

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