Why join a Greek social fraternity?

Here are a few reasons why men have joined an American College Fraternity:

• Over 85% of the student leaders on some 730 campuses are involved in the Greek community.
• All but eight U.S. Presidents have been fraternity men since 1825 (when the first social fraternity was founded). Today, 76% of all U.S. Congressmen and Senators are Greek.
• Of the nations 50 largest corporations, 43 are led by fraternity men and sorority women.
• Greeks raise over $7 million for charity every year. 
• A U.S. Government study shows that over 70% of all those who join a fraternity/ sorority graduate, while under 50% of all non-fraternity/sorority persons graduate.
  Students who join Greek organizations are more likely to return to school the following year.
• 850,000 hours are annually volunteered by Greeks across the country.
• Approximately 85% of the top executives of Fortune 500 companies belong to a fraternity or sorority.