boston college

[Katie9999]

Hey i'm trying to find a friend who goes to BC...what are all the types of sororities there?

thanks!

[emily2228]

I don't think BC has any sororities

Originally posted by emily2228
I don't think BC has any sororities

They don't. Social ones, anyway.

I'm pretty sure BC has a bunch of elite organizations which include professional and honor Greek societies.

[KSigkid]

Someone else just asked this a little while ago - not sure if it was the same poster...

BC does not have any social Greek life whatsoever. Boston University has a small (but thriving) Greek system, but Boston College does not.

Some people confuse the two schools, although I'm not sure how.

[alum]

BC is a private Roman Catholic University run by the Jesuits.
BU is a private university.

Catholic colleges rarely have GLOs because it promotes "social elitism".

[Beryana]

Originally posted by alum
Catholic colleges rarely have GLOs because it promotes "social elitism".

ReallY?! I joined a sorority at a Catholic college. Marquette, Franciscan University, University of Detroit Mercy, Loyola, etc all have social greek organizations. . . . (I'm sure there are more out there, though are just those that I know of off the top of my head)

Sarah

[Senusret I]

Originally posted by alum
BC is a private Roman Catholic University run by the Jesuits.
BU is a private university.

Catholic colleges rarely have GLOs because it promotes "social elitism".

Did you attend a Catholic college or university?

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by Beryana
ReallY?! I joined a sorority at a Catholic college. Marquette, Franciscan University, University of Detroit Mercy, Loyola, etc all have social greek organizations. . . . (I'm sure there are more out there, though are just those that I know of off the top of my head)

Sarah

DePaul! Duquesne! Creighton! John Carroll! Loras! Rockhurst! St. Louis! Santa Clara! Seton Hall! St. John's! St. Mary's in Texas! San Diego! Incarnate Word! Villanova! Xavier!

But yeah, Catholics are not so down with Greek life. Except for Theta Phi Alpha, Kappa Beta Gamma, Phi Kappa Theta...

[dukedg]

I know at Santa Clara, at least, the school no longer recognizes the greek system (happened a few years back). As an aside, once that happened sorority membership soared.

I'm not sure if that is the case at any of the other schools listed.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by dukedg
I know at Santa Clara, at least, the school no longer recognizes the greek system (happened a few years back). As an aside, once that happened sorority membership soared.

I'm not sure if that is the case at any of the other schools listed.

Yeah, but they're still there and the school doesn't care that there are Greek members.

[Beryana]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
But yeah, Catholics are not so down with Greek life. Except for Theta Phi Alpha, Kappa Beta Gamma, Phi Kappa Theta...

Please elaborate on this statement. Thanks!

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by Beryana
Please elaborate on this statement. Thanks!

It was sarcasm, meaning that many Catholic schools permit and even welcome Greek life, and those are Greek organizations that were founded by Catholics with the assistance of administration at their Catholic universities, where they were welcomed!

[alum]

Georgetown University, BC, College of the Holy Cross, University of Notre Dame don't have Greeks for the reasons I stated previously. There may be others.

[GeekyPenguin]

Originally posted by alum
Georgetown University, BC, College of the Holy Cross, University of Notre Dame don't have Greeks for the reasons I stated previously. There may be others.

Yeah, those are four. We listed about 30 Catholic colleges that DO.

[Beryana]

Originally posted by GeekyPenguin
It was sarcasm, meaning that many Catholic schools permit and even welcome Greek life, and those are Greek organizations that were founded by Catholics with the assistance of administration at their Catholic universities, where they were welcomed!

Thanks! I was getting confused!

To add to what GeekyPenquin said, yes, there are some schools that do not allow Greek Life - both public and private schools! To make a generalization that BC does not allow social greek organizations because it is a Catholic school is just plain silly! We have proven there are Catholic schools that allow social greeks (and as a recent example, Marquette is open for expansion!). One of the most orthodox Catholic universities in this country, Franciscan University of Steubenville, allows social greeks. Yes, for sororities it is Theta Phi Alpha which is a traditionally Catholic NPC group, but that disproves the theory that Catholic schools do not allow social greeks.

Sarah