Sigma Alpha Epsilon
California Psi Chapter at University of California, Irvine
1030 Arroyo Drive, Irvine, CA 92617

Sigma Alpha Epsilon takes pride in being the most selective fraternity at UC Irvine. Each year, hundreds of young men rush the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity but bids of membership are reserved for only the most respectable and talented individuals on campus. The ultimate mission of Sigma Alpha Epsilon is to promote the highest standards of friendship, scholarship, and service for our members based upon the ideals set forth by our Founders and as specifically enunciated in our creed, the True Gentleman. It is not elitism that compels the brothers of ΣAE to adhere to the strictest ideals and standards while recruiting new members, but simply our passion to enhance each other's college experience and serve others here, at UC Irvine. We are proud to share these bonds that are UNMATCHED by any other Fraternity on campus. With a chapter size that averages smaller than most, we truly are "half the size, twice the heart."

It is for these reasons that we call ourselves, True Gentlemen, a motto that has guided our fraternity for over 150 years.

THE TRUE GENTLEMAN
"The True Gentleman is the man whose conduct proceeds from good will and an acute sense of propriety, and whose self-control is equal to all emergencies; who does not make the poor man conscious of his poverty, the obscure man of his obscurity, or any man of his inferiority or deformity; who is himself humbled if necessity compels him to humble another; who does not flatter wealth, cringe before power, or boast of his own possessions or achievements; who speaks with frankness but always with sincerity and sympathy; whose deed follows his word; who thinks of the rights and feelings of others, rather than his own; and who appears well in any company, a man with whom honor is sacred and virtue safe." -John Walter Wayland