The Chapter Today

Alpha Theta is and always has been constructed of some of the strongest leaders of campus. Currently, our chapter is host to two varsity captains, presidents of the E-Club, Plush Daddy Fly, the MIT Logarhythms, and MEET, and the Boy Scouts of America's Antarctic Scout. We had the sixth highest GPA of all the FSILGs last spring, and Adam Miller '06 won a prestigious Gates Scholarship to study physics at Cambridge University before he begins his PhD program. Read more to learn about the amazing accomplishments of the actives at Alpha Theta.

Quick Facts

• We have perhaps the most consistant recruitment program of all the fraternities at MIT, rushing anywhere from 9 to 12 brothers every year since 2002. This year, we gave out 12 bids and received 11 pledges, many of whom were cross-rushing with other houses. All 11 will become brothers at I on Sunday, February 4.
• In Fall 2006, the house's GPA was 4.40. The all-FSILG average was 4.27, and the all-IFC average was 4.19. We had the fourth highest GPA out of all the FSILGs, good enough to earn us a spot on the FSILG honor roll.
• In Spring 2007, there will be 24 brothers living at 532 Beacon St. along with an RA.
• At the Balfour Leadership Training Workshop (BLTW) this summer, Alpha Theta was awarded its 31st Peterson Chapter Award, as well as the Legion of Honor award for our chapter scholarship program. Alpha Theta has been awarded the most Peterson awards out of any Sigma Chi chapter.
• The chapter last hosted Derby Days in Fall 2005. The festival raised $1,000 for the Children's Miracle Network. The next Derby Days will take place immediately after the 125th Anniversary Reunion, in conjunction with MIT's Spring Weekend. This partnership will give Derby Days far greater visibility.
• Our chapter maintains the highest average of all the Sigma Chi chapters in the international organization. For Spring 2006 (the latest compiled at this time), the rankings were:
  1. MIT - 4.430 (3.430 on a 4.0 scale)
  2. Colorado College - 3.385
  3. Duke - 3.381
  4. Berkeley - 3.380
  5. Northwestern - 3.351
  6. John Hopkins - 3.350

Extracurricular Involvement

• Sports.
  • Volleyball - Ryan Dean '08 (Captain), Eugene Jang '09, T. Scott Pollom '09, Caine Jette '10, Michael Demyttenaere '10, Eric Reuland '10, Troy Tamas '10 (Sigma Chis comprise 50% of the men's volleyball team. For the 2007 season, the team is off to a roaring 16-1 start. As of 3/20/07, the team is national-ranked #11 among divison III programs)
  • Sailing - Jack Field '08 (Captain) (consistantly, the MIT sailing team has been ranked in the top 10 and even top 5 in the country),
  • Swimming - Luke Cummings '10, MIT placed #11 in the country at the NCAA division III championship in Houston, Texas on March 18, 2007. He also earned All-American accolades.
  • Soccer - Josh Campoverde '08, Neil Zimmerman '09,
  • Hockey - Chris Bukowski '09,
  • Wrestling - Eddie Scholtz '07 (Eddie opened the 2006 - 2007 season with an incredible 15 - 1 record),
  • Ultimate Frisbee - Ben Pope '08, Andrew Ji '09.
• Activities.
  • Nick Haschka '08 - E-Club President,
  • Dan Scolnic '07 - Plush Daddy Fly President,
  • Stephane Essama '08 - Logarhythms President (the last president was Michael Fitzgerald '07),
  • P. Thatcher Clay '09 - MEET President.
  • $50K (Josh Lake '07 - Semifinalist 2006),
  • Soldier Design Competition (Josh Lake '07 - Director's Award 2006),
  • AAA (Eugene Jang '09 - Athletic Chair).

• Boy Scouts of America. Benjamin Pope '08 was selected as the 2005 Antarctic Scout, giving him the opportunity to study there for a semester. And check out that patch! Ben was the 12th Antarctic scout, and had the opportunity to design his own patch. Ben asked one of his pledge brothers, Josh Campoverde '08, to do it for him, and he designed the "XII" to look like "Sigma Chi" when turned 90 degrees!
• ROTC. Chris Bukowski '09, Air Force. Matt Williams '07, Navy (named one of the top 15 ROTC engineering students in the country in 2006)
• UA. Chris Savage '07, Doug Halket '09, and Eugene Jang '09 on the Committee for Student Life. Brian Wilt '07 on the Student Committee for Educational Policy.
• Intramurals.
  • Intramural sports coordinator (Matt Williams '07),
  • B-league Soccer champions Fall 2005,
  • Teams in many sports (B and C league basketball, tennis, large and small league dodgeball, softball, soccer, football, unihoc, and volleyball).
• MIT.
  • Committee on the Undergraduate Program (CUP) (Ben Pope '08),
  • Academic Resource Center Student Advisory Board (ARCSAB) (Brian Wilt '07),
  • 3 campus tour guides (Brian Wilt '07, Matt Williams '07, Ryan Dean '08),
  • 3 2010 Orientation Leaders (Brian Wilt '07, Dan Scolnic '07, Stephane Essama '08),
  • 18.03 TA (Austin Ford '07),
  • 1.00 LA (P. Thatcher Clay '09),
  • Head undergraduate assistant for 2.007 (Ben Pope '08),
  • Unified Aero/Astro TA (Stephane Essama '08).

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