When applying to colleges, the only things that much mattered were the location of the school and my major. At the time, I was thinking about whether or not it had a decent art program. I had absolutely no idea about Greek life - nor did I want to. No one on my mother's side was Greek and I was the first on my father's side to attend college. There were only a few locals on campus and I didn't know much about them.

It wasn't until I transferred to a school with a larger Greek population, with many national organizations, that I made friends with girls in GLOs. They all seemed sweet and suggested I go through Rush. I think I made a good choice :)

No. I only applied to one school and knew I was guaranteed acceptance. The fact that everyone in my family attended held more sway than anything, including my anticipated major (which ended up changing anyway).

It really didn't matter for me because I didn't know UCSC even had Greek Life! I only applied here and Davis (I know, I know, I should've applied to more places) and Davis has a bigger Greek life. (Also, Kappa's president is from that chapter!)

I don't know if I ever thought about being in a sorority when I was in high school. Hmmm...

What really mattered to me was the free ride. :p Becoming a Sig Kap was the icing on the (all expenses paid) cake!

Nah, it didn't influence me.

I knew I wanted to join a fraternity when I was a senior in high school and all, but I chose my school because its close to home and the cost.

I guess it did for me. Two of the schools I applied to did not have Greek life, but they were also all-women. They were out quickly.

Every other school had Greek life, and I chose my small liberal arts school because I wanted to be a part of that (among other reasons). I was confident that I would have a better shot at sorority life than I would at a large school such as IU.

I guess I was right! ;)

^^^^Ditto that!

I didn't really know what a sorority was, and the only things I "thought" I knew where from stereotypical images in movies!

Hey ya'll! I'm new here... just thought I'd put my 2 cents worth in...
I always had wanted to be in a sorority, but I never thought I'd actually have the opportunity to do so... thus, I didn't really pay attention to it, but as it turns out, I did get to go Greek at my school. I love it and I'm so glad I did!

I didn't really know what a sorority was, so it had no impact. And if I had it to do all over again, it would still have no impact.

I wanted the option to rush, but lack of Greek life wasn't going to be a dealbreaker for me.

Greek Life was not a factor in my decision. I didn't even know my campus had any fraternities and sororities.

Had I chosen any of the other schools that accepted me, it's likely that I wouldn't have rushed.

It's funny; until I "met" you on GC, I didn't know your alma mater had fraternities or sororities, either.

Also, I just realized that you have roughly 10x as many posts as I do. That's pretty pathetic on my part.

:p

It didn't make a difference to me. I knew that I wanted a school in Florida and I wanted a large school. I considered applying to UCF, UF, FSU, USF and Miami which all have Greek life. I never really thought about a sorority when applying. I guess because I knew that there would be sororities no matter what school I went to. The specific Greek organizations didn't matter to me either.

I wanted only a top-tier school, and Carnegie Mellon offered that and an acceptable financial aid package.

Their rush program at the time was top-notch as well. I admit to being quite naive from time to time, and I didn't realize I was being rushed, really - or at least what rush meant. I rushed only DG and pledged because they added something to my college experience.