Why Delta Tau Delta?

Pledging Delta Tau Delta will prove to be one of the most significant Forks in the Road that you will encounter in your lifetime. When you look back on your life, being a Delt will be one of a relatively small number of decisions that will have had a major impact on your life.

Delta Tau Delta can do as much or more to develop you as an adult than all of your classes at Penn. If you want to be a great success in life, being in a fraternity is a very important step. There are many, many benefits to you as an Penn Delt:

1. Fraternity members are simply more successful in college. Fraternity members participate more fully in extracurricular activities. Campus leaders at Penn and everywhere are overwhelmingly Greeks.
2. Delta Tau Delta is a national leader in academics. For 12 of the last 16 years, Delta Tau Delta has had the highest GPA of all national fraternities with an average GPA of 2.86. The Penn Delts have the second highest GPA on-campus. The Penn Delts also have the highest requirements at Penn for pledges; a GPA of 3.0 or higher is required to pledge Delts. The Delts have a strong commitment to academics, and you will make better grades because you are a Penn Delt.
3. Fraternity members achieve success. College graduates who belong to a fraternity or sorority tend to be more successful financially than other college graduates. 80% of the CEO’s of Fortune 500 companies were in fraternal organizations, as were all but two of the Presidents and Vice-Presidents for the last 100 years. Many companies have always given the hiring edge to Greeks, because we know a fraternity or sorority member is much better trained and equipped to be a success in the business world than is the smartest of graduates who did not have the benefit of a fraternity or sorority.

Justin Walker ('05) signs the approved by-laws of the colony at the end of a marathon meeting

4. Delta Tau Delta has an exceptional development program called “The Complete Delt” that prepares its members for the future in academics, volunteerism, leadership, and life and career planning.
5. Delta Tau Delta means that you will have more and stronger friends. The Delts will absolutely enrich your college life through friendship with young men with similar standards and interests. You will find that your friends in Delta Tau Delta will become the best friends that you will ever have – lifelong friends!
6. The Delts will improve and enhance your social life. As a Delt, you will enjoy more and better dates, and you will have many wonderful social functions that will be far superior to what you would have known if you were not in a fraternity. You will also have Brothers looking out for each other and doing everything possible to ensure that social events are safe.
7. The Delts will provide many new experiences for you. From participating in the management and ownership of a small business (the fraternity) to parties and get-togethers of all types, to retreats with the guys, to community service projects, to alumni functions, to recruitment (rush) activities, to intramural sports, to the care of a home (the Delt Shelter), the Delts will provide many new experiences.
8. Delta Tau Delta will provide encouragement for you to undertake activities and work that will provide personal development. Delta Tau Delta provides an environment that will stimulate growth. As a Delt, you will find a variety of ways to set yourself apart from others.

9. Madhan Gounder ('03) at the Sailing Leadership Academy in the summer of 2002.

   Athletics are an important part of fraternity life. Intramural athletics are fun to participate in and exciting to watch, but the competition is very instrumental in uniting the fraternity brothers.
10. As a member of Delta Tau Delta, you will benefit from the experience of upperclassmen and alumni – role models. As a Delt, you will learn from others – your Pledge Brothers, the other members of the Chapter, alums, and Delts from other Chapters. Delt Chapter Advisors and Delt Chapter Consultants provide alumni supervision and support to the members and pledges of Delta Tau Delta .
11. The Delts provide real-life training in the type of teamwork that will prepare you for your career. The overwhelming majority of successful executives have a highly-developed capacity for teamwork. We get more for ourselves when we work for and with others. As a Delt, you will learn to support each other and act as a team.
12. You will learn a tremendous amount through the fraternity experience that you would never learn by merely attending classes and participating in most other types of school activities. You will learn and hone vital interpersonal skills and social skills that will serve you throughout life. You will practice good manners and learn more about etiquette.
    

    

13. The Delts participate in a variety of community service activities, and you will do good deeds and learn to appreciate how making a commitment to community service throughout life can be so valuable.
14. The Delts will help you learn about the importance of goal setting and working toward goals in a structured and team effort. You will learn a lot about planning and organization. The fraternity is organized like a large company, complete with CEO (President) and COO (Vice-President), and a strong committee system. Helping run the fraternity is like helping run a small business. The officers and committee chairmen gain invaluable experience in business management.
15. You will gain valuable public speaking experience as a Delt, and you will learn how to function effectively in formal meetings and committee meetings.
16. Delta Tau Delta provides great leadership opportunities within the fraternity, and the members unite to help their Brothers be elected to leadership positions at Penn.
17. Delta Tau Delta at Penn has strong values and requirements that set it apart from other fraternities. Penn Delts have strict policies regarding use of alcoholic beverages. We also do not allow drug usage; any use of drugs is grounds for immediate expulsion. In addition, Penn Delts do not allow hazing of any type.
18. As a Delt, you can rely upon your brothers to help you at Penn and throughout life. Need a friend? Need a job? Need help of any type? Delt alumni will be there for you! The Alumni of Delta Tau Delta are very active with an alumni network in a variety of fields -- corporate CEO's, doctors, dentists, bankers, lawyers, financial advisors, real estate, oil and gas, farmers and ranchers, politicians, athletes, educators, accountants, publishers, motion picture stunt coordinators, and web developers...to name a few.
19. The Delts will also prove valuable in your Career Development. Penn Delts have tremendous networking opportunities. With a long history at Penn, there are many Penn Delt alumni, and every one would be ready and willing to help a fellow Delt. And, there are over 135,000 Delts nationwide, and you are a brother to them all.
20. The Penn Delts are a very diverse group of individuals. Penn Delts are active participants in many different extracurricular activities, including theater production, business conferences, the Daily Pennsylvanian and many more.