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Originally Posted by 33girl
In response to another post, yeah it is a small amount of $$ compared with what you pay in tuition there - it's the principle of the thing. Like I said, if it was working, the fraternities and sororities would have died out - instead, we keep hearing about the pledge classes getting bigger and bigger. If the administration were NFL coaches they'd have been fired long ago.
My question is, if the eating clubs are so the be all and end all, why did the Greeks come onto campus in the first place? Or is it like an article I remember reading about Yale - to summarize, the old money, "white shoe" students joined the clubs that had been around forever and the new money/foreign students joined sororities.
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I'm not sure if the pledge class sizes are going up at all at Princeton, or whether the numbers have stayed stagnant. I think the size of Greek life on campus has been fairly consistent over the years, although I'm not entirely sure on that.
As to the administration - the Greek Life thing is such a small part of their job that I'm sure that most of the influential alums (including trustees) don't care how they feel about Greek life, or are happy with Greek life's small role. I'll again compare it to my school (a school with a less prestigious reputation, haha)...administration has downplayed Greek life at Boston U for about 15-20 years, and it has had little to no effect on the perception of administration. For the most part, alumni are fine with Greek life being marginalized at the school. Heck, I was extremely involved in Greek life in college (between my chapter and the Interfraternity Council), and although I'd like to see my chapter thrive, the vitality of Greek life will have no impact on how I view the administration.
As for the eating clubs - I've heard the same things as Munchkin (at least as far as Princeton is concerned), in that they attract a wide range of socioeconomic backgrounds.