In every fraternity, you’re going to end up with a relatively diverse batch of guys. Not in terms of the way they dress or act of course, but in terms of their niche in the house. Some guys are bred to become fratstars, others are too whipped by their girlfriends to have any fun at parties. You’ll have that one dude who spends every moment of free time lifting heaving objects and chugging protein shakes, and the other guy who you’ll find camped out at the library every night. The fraternity brings us altogether, but we still all seem to fill different roles and live up to certain stereotypes. Here are some of the common guys you’ll find in just about every fraternity:
The Gym Rat. He may or may not have hit the gym much before coming to college, but now he has made it his life goal to gain as much mass as possible. He’s the guy wearing the weight belt and sleeveless letter shirt in the squat rack doing bicep curls, carrying around his notebook to document all the impressive PR's he’s hitting. Lunch and dinner conversations with him mostly consist of him discussing his body-mass index, creating new ideas for getting huge, and refuting any knowledge other people may have on exercise science. You need a spot at the gym? Don’t worry, he’s got your back.
The Comedian. A very eloquent, well-articulated guy, whose improv abilities are second to none. Everything he says is taken to be sarcastic, despite whether or not he actually intends it to be. He’s very well-liked in the fraternity and seems to get along with everyone. You don’t want to get on his bad side in fear of getting roasted by his clever one-liners.
The Work Hard, Party Hard. Not really your typical frat business major — he’s majoring in something that requires more than a binge night of memorization. A very serious, academically-oriented student, nobody looks forward to the Friday night social excursions more than he does to relieve his work-week stress .The majority of the time, he’s putting his grades before his commitment to the fraternity; but we all understand that this kid is going places. Well, that is until he’s seen walking out of the bathroom with his pants covered in puke.
The Dude Whipped by his Girlfriend. She’s constantly hanging out at the frat, never giving him a moment of peace. At parties, you can forget about him having a good time because he’s overly preoccupied with taking care of her every drunken need. One day, you notice he’s sporting this new Vinyard Vines sweater, and you initially think that it looks nice until you realize that the person who bought it for him is standing at his side rocking the same exact one. All he does is complain about how clingy and annoying she is, yet he won’t ever consider unhooking his collar from the leash. You can’t help but feel a ton of empathy for him — here you thought you were going to be raging with this guy for the next three years, hitting on chicks together. As much as we feel for him, he’s got to grow a pair and stand up for himself once in a while.
The Ladies' Man. He might be the social chair, a kiss-ass, or that guy who gives off that bad-boy aura that girls drool over. It’s ridiculous how many girls go up to hug him or ask around the party to find out where he’s at. It’s an effortless guarantee that he’s taken someone upstairs for the night. The guy pulls more girls in a given weekend than you do in a month. Sometimes, though, his suave approach ends up backfiring when the girls he’s hooked up with start talking to each other about it. But it all works out in the end, and if you’re lucky, he might just set you up with someone for formal.
The Dude You Haven’t Seen Since Pledging. Once you guys made it through pledging and have the opportunity to enjoy the perks of being brothers, for some ungodly reason, one of the guys in your pledge class vanishes from the face of the planet. At some point during the following semester, you finally get a hold of him and find he has sold his soul to Atlas. It doesn’t seem to make any sense, given all the time he put in the past few months, but hey, he’s still your brother. On a random night as you’re stomping the night away on an elevated surface, you casually glance over and notice your long-lost pledge brother pinning a girl up against the wall. Though he may not come around the fraternity very often, the frat never actually left him.
The Class Act. He’s the guy everybody looks up to — a shining example of what it means to be a fraternity gentleman. Well-spoken and always looking very dapper, he’s who everyone secretly aspires to be. He tends to be a leading a figure in the house and an exec-worthy member of the fraternity. When you graduate from college and decide who you want to stay connected with, he’s going to be at the top of everyone’s list.
