Which sororities are very active at Western/SW schools?
 

I'm aware that USC is a very Greek campus, but would appreciate if anyone can tell me other universities in the West and Southwest that are very active Greek schools. Thanks!

Berkeley and U of Washington have a lot of history with very old chapters and several of them. Arizona has a decent amount of chapters, as does UCLA and Washington State. Pepperdine seems to have a thriving young system.

I'm not from that part of the country, but from the posts we see on these boards, the Greek scene out there faces a lot of competition from other organizations and other distractions (great weather, sports, etc). There seems to be a lot of anti-Greek sentiment in that part of the counrty as well. Of course that's a gross generalization, but still.

Check out my thread here, that lists the NPC sororities at every school. You'll get an idea of where Greek life is big.

Having been Greek at a West Coast school, I can say that some of these comments are true. While the Greek system is large at UW, it's a fairly small percentage of the student body that's Greek, and there are definite "Greek-haters". That said, UW also has the largest Greek system on the West Coast (16 NPC sororities and 31 NIC fraternities, plus all of the NPHC chapters and several other types of Greek organizations) with a lot of very strong members. However, from what I've read on GC, USC has more members in their chapters (at least in NPC) and I believe has a more "southern-style" type of recruitment than other West Coast greek systems.

ETA: not sure if that what was you were looking for, but thought I would offer some info on my alma mater.

cal poly slo
 

cal poly slo has 8 sororites, big recruitment, and has added two chapters in the last 4 years. delta delta delta and chi omega are the new chapters, but i guess you can call that small because there are only 8 but then the chapters vary from around 80 to 120 members.

Why is it that your thread title asks something different than what you ask in your post?

Cal Poly does have a decent amount of sororities, given our campus size, with another affiliate sorority working towards recognition by a national NPC, with 21 IFC + affiliates and 12 cultural organizations.

San Diego State has a HUGE Greek system, across all the councils. UC Riverside, USC, UCLA, UC Berkley, UC Irvine, CSU Long Beach, Sacramento State and Fresno State are all up there too.

Is this the mother or the daughter personality posting this question? Are you/she basing her college decision for next year on the "very Greekness" of the campus?

LadyLonghorn -- If your intent is to drive a caring Mom off of GC, please be assured there are way too many gracious women here that are kind enough to answer my questions without assuming I'm a "split personality." I'm a caring Mom....not a helicopter Mom or Mom/daughter or anything else you've had the creative imagination to infer. I've fully explained my reasons for frequenting GC in another recent thread.

If the other posters want a Mom to stop posting here, please be honest with me and I'll stop. I know my daughter will get her own user name and post herself when she knows more about the specific college she's going to attend, if not well before.

Thanks everyone for listing all the colleges you're aware of in the W/SW that are active Greek schools. At this point our daughter wants to leave the southern CA area to attend college, but not at the expense of her education and career goals. She has a personal meeting set up with her college adviser this week, so that should help answer a lot of her questions, too. Thanks again!

Oregon and Oregon State also have active systems.

I, like OTW, am wondering which question you want answered. Is it "Which sororities are very active at Western/SW schools?" or "Which schools in the West/SW have active Greek systems?"

Apprently I don't know the lingo because I never joined a sorority....or because I need another cup of coffee!

Let me try to phrase it another way: Are there any schools in the West/Southwest that have great academics where you can also get a rather traditional sorority experience? I gave USC as an example, but wondered about other areas as well. I've received some great answers already, but posted this in case I confused anyone.

I totally agree with Lady Longhorn. There's something not right with the OP. :rolleyes:

Carbonbeach---
There is confusion because you've said several things (some of which are quoted above) that make it seem like YOU'RE the one rushing, rather than your daughter. But then you make a point of saying that your daughter is the one rushing and she has never used your screen name to ask questions...

A-MEN.