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Let's just hope that she's asking just for clarification on the systems, and not that this is what she's basing her decision on. I didn't get the latter impression from her post. And while you all can be high and mighty about "Choose your college by the academics blah blah blah" -- that's NOT what it's all about. I chose my first school for things like the academic programs and experiences and then ended up hating my social life. When I transferred, I ended up passing up a school that has a very strong program in my field (Beloit College) for one that has just an okay program (Wisconsin). Why? Because I knew that the social life would be more what I wanted at the UW -- and part of that included Greek life. The UW's Greek system is much larger than Beloit's.
Let's face it -- college is NOT all about the academics. Granted, I am one of those people who is more in college for the social stuff and life-forming experiences than the classes. But I don't see the point of even looking at a school that has no Greek system if, for example, you know that you want to join a sorority in college. To me, that's just as stupid as going to school that has no architecture major if you know you want to major in architecture.
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