The typical frat boy is considered to be a college-aged male attending college for the sole purpose of getting drunk and other irresponsible behavior during their four very expensive years in ways that do not assist the education they are paying for. This is not to say these sorts don’t exist, but Sigma Chi, Theta chapter is not a home to any of them. Sigma Chi, Theta chapter, with an average GPA of 3.119, is one of the highest ranking fraternities from the academic standpoint on the Gettysburg College campus.

Striving to find “A Student of Fair Ability,” we have formed a group of very academically gifted men from almost all majors and walks of life found on campus. We cover the classic Gettysburg subjects of History and Political Science, involve several men from the Biology, Mathematics and other science departments, and throw into the mix some Music and Theater Arts students, giving us about as well-rounded a group as can be formed. At present, only 4 of the majors are not represented by the men of Sigma Chi, Theta chapter.  We have a number of teaching assistants, community tutors, and other, less formal, student instructors, and not one of our members lacks participation in extra-curricular groups on top of their academics.

With our strong commitment to knowledge formed throughout the history of Sigma Chi, we have a strong scholarship program, with the sole purpose of making our chapter as strong in the academic sense as it can get, placing the responsibility on each member to raise each other, strengthening our brotherhood and our academics in one fell swoop. We know we have an exceptionally strong sense of brotherhood, leadership, involvement, and many more facets of our lives, and we aim to make scholarship one of the strongest. Sigma Chi, Theta, on the rebound, has grown into an academically powerful fraternity on the Gettysburg College campus with a very strong academic presence. We are a group of leaders and we hope to raise ourselves further to a strong enough position to finally win favor of the faculty and topple the view of the fraternity brother as a frat boy and not a student.