For Parents

Understanding IFC

Understanding IFC recruitment can provide valuable relief and address common concerns regarding your child's membership in a fraternity chapter. The transition to college is a pivotal moment in your child's journey toward independence, and as a parent, navigating this period can be both very exciting and very challenging.

What is Recruitment?

Joining a fraternity is an opportunity for your son to connect with a national network of like-minded individuals who share common values and goals. This network fosters personal growth, leadership development, and lifelong relationships. At the chapter level, fraternity membership equips undergraduate students to excel academically, build meaningful friendships, and develop the skills and character needed to succeed as students, brothers, and future leaders. Through shared traditions, mentorship, and community involvement, IFC fraternities provide a supportive environment that helps young men navigate the challenges of college while preparing them for life beyond graduation. Membership extends far beyond the college years, offering alumni connections, career opportunities, and a continued sense of belonging.

Here's some standards and expectations during recruitment to help put you at ease:

How Does Recruitment Work?

In order to register for recruitment, your son must maintain a certain GPA and be in good standing as a student. If he meets these basic requirements, he will be able to seek a bid from a chapter.

Here's some steps to help get him started:

The Value of Membership

Joining an IFC fraternity offers more than a sense of belonging, allowing your son to connect with a national network of individuals united by shared values and goals. This network supports personal growth, leadership development, and lifelong relationships, helping members excel academically, socially, and professionally.

At the chapter level, fraternities provide a foundation for young men to succeed as students and future leaders. Through mentorship, community involvement, and strong bonds of brotherhood, IFC organizations prepare members for life beyond college while fostering connections that last a lifetime.