The college experience is an opportunity for a student to grow as a person. The experience gives students the academic knowledge necessary to perform in a job after school. However, there is much more to the college experience than scholastics. The college experience is what you make of it. Joining a fraternity is one way to get the most out of your college experience. Purdue University has one of the largest Greek communities in the nation. Below are some of the many benefits to joining the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity at Purdue and living in the fraternity house.

Academic

• We recognize and believe that Academics are priority #1 of college and emphasize that point, however it is an individual effort that is necessary for success regardless
• Most people have attain better grades while living in house
• National Fraternity average higher than National Men’s Average
• Purdue Fraternity average higher than Purdue Men’s Average
• Phi Kappa Tau: Member GPA ranked in top 20 out of 42 fraternities this fall & spring
• GPAs of Members in house FAR superior to GPAs of members living out of house
• Members living in house regularly get GPAs above 3.5 and there is always a 4.0 or two, even in engineering
• Many members in the house are in the same major and are always there to help with academics
• Develop better time management skills
  • do your work during the day, enjoy the evenings to have fun and participate in range of fraternity activities
• Closest fraternity to the Purdue Campus (across the street)
• Directly across from Engineering buildings
• Library and labs located directly across the street
• Many members are regularly on deans list/semester honors
• Many members are members of campus and national Honor Societies
• National fraternity offers a number of attainable scholarships to its members each year
• Our house has an officer whose focus is solely on the academics of the house
• Academic activities include tutoring, study hours and incentives for academic success

Financial

• Comparable if not cheaper than living in the Dorms
• Comparable if not cheaper than living in most apartments
• Lunch/Dinner are provided by house cook during the week

Social

• Greatest benefit of the fraternity experience is building social skills and interpersonal skills, the most important skill that can be learned in college, necessary for success after college
• More fun
• Live among your 20+ closest friends
• Always someone to hang out with or talk to
• Students will party regardless of living in a fraternity house
• Interaction with other student organizations including but not limited to other fraternities and sororities
• Many members are involved in other clubs/organizations on campus
• Our fraternity members participate in numerous intramural sports each year including softball, football, soccer, basketball, among others and consistently do well

Leadership Development

• Many house offices that look fantastic on a resume
• Offices apply to real world and business functions
• Opportunities for leadership involvement on a national level
• Numerous yearly leadership conventions/conferences at Purdue and on a National level

Community Service/Philanthropy

• Our house runs 2 community service events each year including Special Olympics and a Christmas party for underprivileged kids
• Our house raises money each year through fundraisers for our National Philanthropy, The Hole in the Wall Gang Camps (camps for underprivileged and seriously ill children)
• We have donated $2000 each of the past 2 years
• House participates in various other community service events/projects through other Greek houses and Purdue University each year

Other

• Living in house creates a closer brotherhood experience with closer friendships
• Members living in house are more involved in good aspects of the fraternity experience
• The fraternity experience serves as a great way to network for reasons such as a job search, internship search, etc.
• This fraternity has been at Purdue for 85+ years and is one of the oldest chapters of the Phi Kappa Tau fraternity
• 85% of the Supreme Court Justice since 1800 were in a Fraternity/Sorority
• 76% of the U.S. Congress persons were in a Fraternity/Sorority
• All but two U.S. Presidents since 1825 were in a Fraternity/Sorority
• 63% of the U.S. Presidents cabinet members since 1900 were in a Fraternity/Sorority
• Phi Kappa Tau is a non-hazing fraternity and does not participate in any such harmful/illegal activities
• Phi Kappa Tau is building a brand new state of the art multimillion dollar house to be lived in the Fall of 2007.