Why Rush Pikes?

College is supposed to be more than going to class, taking exams, and earning a degree. Your years at Sacramento State are an opportunity to figure out who you are, meet people who will change your life, develop skills you'll use long after graduation, and create memories you'll still be talking about decades from now. That's what fraternity can offer. And that's why you should consider rushing Sac State Pikes.

Find Your Brotherhood

Sac State is a big university, and it can be surprisingly easy to go to class, head home, and never really feel connected to campus. Joining a fraternity changes that. PIKE gives you a group of guys to experience college with. These are the people you'll study with, compete alongside, travel with, celebrate with, and rely on when things don't go according to plan. Some will become your closest friends in college. Others may become friends for the rest of your life. You aren't simply joining an organization. You're becoming part of a brotherhood.

Get More Out of College

You only get a few years in college. Make them count. Fraternity life gives you opportunities to experience things you probably wouldn't get by simply attending classes. Brotherhood events. Intramural sports. Philanthropy. Community service. Road trips. Alumni events. Leadership opportunities. Social events. And plenty of random nights with your brothers that somehow become the stories everyone remembers years later. College goes by fast. PIKE gives you a reason to get involved instead of watching those four years pass by.

Become a Leader

You don't have to arrive at Sac State knowing how to lead. That's part of what fraternity teaches you. Running a chapter requires members to manage budgets, organize events, recruit new members, communicate with alumni, coordinate philanthropy, resolve conflicts, manage teams, and make decisions that affect an entire organization. Those aren't just fraternity skills. They're career skills. PIKE's national organization places a strong emphasis on developing leadership, confidence, integrity, and personal success. The experience gives members opportunities to take responsibility while they're still in college and learn from both their successes and their mistakes. By graduation, you can walk away with much more than a degree. You can walk away knowing how to lead.

Build a Network That Doesn't End at Graduation

One of the biggest benefits of joining a fraternity isn't always obvious when you're 18 or 19 years old. It's the network. Your brothers will eventually become engineers, teachers, entrepreneurs, executives, first responders, developers, business owners, coaches, sales professionals, and leaders throughout their communities. Then there are the generations of PIKE alumni who came before you. Those relationships can lead to mentorship, career advice, internships, introductions, business opportunities, and friendships that extend far beyond Sacramento State. Graduation doesn't end the brotherhood. In many ways, it's just the beginning of another chapter.

Challenge Yourself

PIKE isn't about finding a group of guys who are exactly like you. It's about surrounding yourself with people who push you to become better.

Better academically.
Better professionally.
Better socially.
Better as a leader.
Better as a man.

Pi Kappa Alpha traditionally describes its ideal members through four qualities: Scholars, Leaders, Athletes, and Gentlemen. You don't have to perfectly represent all four when you walk through the door. The point is to keep working toward them.

Make Sacramento State Feel Like Home

For many students, especially commuters and transfers, it can be difficult to develop a real connection with campus. A fraternity gives you a community within the larger university. Suddenly, you recognize people walking across campus. You have somewhere to go after class. You know people at events. You're involved in what's happening around you. Sacramento State stops being somewhere you attend. It becomes your college.

Rush Is Just a Conversation

Rushing PIKE doesn't mean you're committing to join. It means you're giving yourself the opportunity to meet the guys, attend some events, ask questions, and decide whether the fraternity is right for you. That's it. Don't choose a fraternity because of what you've heard about it. Don't choose one because of a stereotype. And don't choose one because someone tells you it's where you're supposed to be.

Meet the members.
Talk to the alumni.
Ask questions.
See how you're treated.
Then decide for yourself.
What Will You Remember?

Years from now, you're probably not going to remember every lecture you attended or every assignment you turned in.

You'll remember the people.
You'll remember the trips.
You'll remember the late nights.
You'll remember the ridiculous stories.
You'll remember the challenges you overcame.
You'll remember the people standing next to you at graduation.
And you'll remember the friendships that continued long after everyone left Sacramento State.

College gives you a limited amount of time to build those experiences. Make the most of it. Come meet the brothers. See what we're about. Rush Sac State Pikes.