Rudey--

Is this the University of Illinois at Chicago? I get the two mixed up if there are two. I apologize if I've done it again http://www.greekchat.com/forums/ubb/smile.gif

Hey Shadokat,

nope just the University of Chicago. If you find yourself bored and want to check out the website for more info, it's http://www.uchicago.edu. But there are two and it's an easy mistake so no worries



For other people who have low percentages: What's the population at your school? Trust me 10% of 20,000 isn't too shabby. Now if out of 4400 kids, about 250 kids are greek - then greek life just isn't flourishing.

HOLY WOW!!!!!!!!!! That is just amazing. Rush must be totally confusing.

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I think our school consists of about 2% greek. We have 3 sororities and 4 frats. I think one of the reasons there aren't many greeks is because of all the things we see and hear on TV. I saw this movie that was about a sorority hazing and accidently killing girls for rush. I have never seen any signs of hazing at our schools. I think there should be shows and movies that show what greeks really do. The greeks are the ones that mostly run the clubs at our school. We should be given credit for all the wonderful things we do with philanthropies and other ways we help our community. Instead, the media shows the mistakes some greeks make and give students and parents a negative view on greeks. Us greeks should try to find a way to change this.

At The University of Arizona there are 22 fraternities and 15 sororities. I think about 600-700 women go through fall rush. It's really intense and pretty darn exhausting. Pledge classes can range from as low as 16 to as high as 70-100.

Newbie....true story....rush is nuts...it takes a lonnnnnngggggg time...3 slots of open house...then invites...all labor day weekend+...i think you only go through 25 or so houses....but yeah...u of I greek system is nuts...i see letters i have never heard of on a daily basis

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pass that old silver goblet with the Phi Mu upon it and we'll all have another round of *cheer* cuz it's not for knowledge that we came to college but to have fun while we're here!

penn state has the largest greek system in the country according to how many members there are in the greek system. we have 61 fraternities and 29 sororities, but it only makes up 12-15% of student population. even though that is not that much, the greek system has a huge impact on the campus

UMass Amherst: 18,000 undergrads, maybe 850 Greeks, about 5%. Some stupid things have been done over the years, and the overall campus impression is that rather than go Greek, you should save yourself the time and drop out now. The numbers have been climbing up tho- in '97 it was under 600.

University of Alabama - officially 10% Greek although it seems much larger.

Illinois State-
I can't find % information anywhere! When I was there it was rumored to be at 10% (about 2000 students), but it seemed like much less.
There are 23 fraternities (21 IFC) and 17 sororities (14 Panhell).

Hi Twinstars! What college do you go to? How do Thetas fair there???

Love in Theta,
Nancy

DePauw is definately the Greek Capital...Theta was founded in DePauw!

Rush can be VERY brutal. I remember when I went through rush there were over 300 girls, and 6 sororities that were almost at quota, lots of girls were double dropped...very sad...

Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo has 6 NPC, and 18 IFC GLO's...17,000 students, and about 13% greek.

I ran across this web page ...
http://www.purdue.edu/odos/sao/greek/bigtenmini.htm

it has percentages for the big ten campuses as well as links to their greek life web pages.

Has the Greek Life population changed at your school?

Mine is still less than 1%. :(

University of Nebraska has

about 21000 students...
22 IFC
14 NPC
6 MC

15% of the Male population is greek
16% of the Female population is greek

And yet...

69% of members of The Innocents Society are/were Greek (this is highest recognition you can get at UNL...they only take 13 juniors every year)

52% of members of Mortar Board are Greek
90% of the Student Alumni Association is Greek :eek:
84% of the Student Ambassadors are Greek
88% of the members of Student Foundations are Greek

Plus I think I've read somewhere that over 85% of the alumni donations to the University of Nebraska are by alumni of Greek houses.
:eek:

45% at my school, yet when we tried to bring in a new sorority at our school the panhellenic council voted against it because there is "a lack of interest in the current sororities." :rolleyes:

University of Arkansas Fayetteville has 16,000 students and is 18% Greek

At my school... St.Mary's University @ San Antoino its about 20% for both sexes....