Did Where You Went To School Play A Part Of Going Greek?

[jon1856]

I went to UPS ( That would be a whole new thread-what and where is UPS and who are some of the better known alumni's)
with about 2,800 students. At the time the GLO were 6 and 6.
And rush was held the week before orentation!

I went with an open mind but also without anyone from home with me as UPS not around the block from home.

For me this worked out well.

I did spend a summer at a near by chapter which is part of a 35,000 student population.

Rush alone would have been mind blowing. And full of stress.
Jon

[KDMafia]

I can almost guarantee if I went to a large school I wouldn't have gone greek. I was very anti sorority my freshman year and the only thing that changed my mine was that all but oneof my closest friends joined the same sorority. It was hard to not see the benefits of a sorority when you're sitting in your dorm room alone and all your friends are in the same place.

I think at a bigger school I wouldn't have run the risk of having all my friends in one sorority and therefore I might have felt less bored/lonely. Also since I didnt' rush til my sophmore year that could have prevented me.

[Buttonz]

I don't think I would have gone greek at a school with a large greek system, only becuase I would ahve been afraid of what rush seems like, and very intimdated. I'm a shy person, so a large rush part and a pledge class of 30+ girls isn't something I think I'd be able to handle. One of the reasons why I loved my schools greek system that it was small enough that everyone knew everyone, yet there was a lot of diversity (at least for a commter school). Also, there is no way I'd be able to afford it.

The funny thing is, my top chocie school, the school I almost wound up going to, the school I went to, and the school I transfered to, all have one thing in common: a chapter of SDT.

[Rudey]

The better questions is, if you had to go back to school now, would you go Greek?

-Rudey

[Buttonz]

Originally Posted by Rudey

The better questions is, if you had to go back to school now, would you go Greek?

-Rudey

If I was first starting school now, I'd go Greek...but I'd go through formal rush, unling COBing which is what I did.

[Tbagger Vance]

I would only join if I were to join the best and most good looking house.

[tld221]

i jus wrote a response, and GC is acting weird.

if i had went to another school on my list (namely, Syracuse, but SUNY Albany/Binghamton was on there, as was Union and Hamiliton), i dont think i wouldve. then again, i went through my phases of how i felt about greek life.

if i had to go back to school and join, i wouldnt have joined so late (senior year). i wouldve tried for membership sophomore/junior year.

[KSigkid]

It didn't play any part for me. I probably would have gone Greek at most other schools, and the fact that my school had a tiny Greek system didn't play into the thought process at all.

If I had to do it over again, I'd do it the exact same way (rushing Kappa Sig second semester of freshman year).

[carnation]

Because my older cousins were in sororities and because I spent a lot of my childhood at my grandparents' house--which was set among the sorority houses at the University of Arkansas--I could not have imagined college without Greek life.

[AGDee]

I ended up going Greek because I had good friends who were Greek and they introduced me to the idea. I don't know if I would have thought of it otherwise, so it's tough to say!

[PhoenixAzul]

Definitely. And furthermore, the *type* (local) sorority I joined had a lot to do with it. For being a small-ish school, Otterbein has a sizeable Greek life. A lot of people are involved in it, something ridiculous like 25 or so percent. I went to school with all of these notions of what sorority women and sorority life were like, and I got to OC, and absolutely NONE of them apply to Otterbein or our community.

I was really pulled in by the quirky traditions of each chapter, the unique identities each has, the ties with the school...things that I think joining another sorority would have lacked for me (not to say they don't have, but it's...different, hard to describe). The uniqueness of Tau Delta, our history, our traditions and how entwined they are with the history of the university really endeared me to the community.

On the more practical side, local sorority membership is affordable for me, Jane Average Student. While my brother is NIC, his dues/fees/costs would have absolutely devestated me. I can afford our dues ($50 or $45/quarter, depending on GPA), and that makes a difference...hearing some of the dues of some other greeks makes me almost have a heart attack, and makes me realize that I've got it pretty easy.

[JonInKC]

At any other school? Maybe not. The main reason I joined was b/c the older brother of one of my best friends was in the chapter.

[Scandia]

I would have rushed at any other school because the concept appealed to me.

[honeychile]

I grew up honestly thinking that anyone who wasn't a Greek had tried to get into a fraternity or sorority and didn't get a bid. I'll go out on a limb and say that, if I hadn't gotten a bid, I would have transferred to another school and tried again - I was that pro-Greek! So yes, I would have gone Greek, whatever the school & system.

[NutBrnHair]

Yes, me too -- I was pro-Greek before I arrived on my campus. Also, all of the other schools I considered had/have good Chi Omega chapters, so I like to think the outcome would have been the same!