New Top 10 Greek Schools

[OleMissGlitter]

Originally Posted by Manning

I would add the University of Mississippi (Ole Miss) to the list. Oxford is extremely fratty and Ole Miss is all about greek life.

Agreed...as of this Spring 2006 Ole Miss has 3663 students in Greek organizations (NPC, IFC, NPHC) out of 11,651 undergraduate students. So that would be about 31.4% of undergrads are in Greek orgs. I don't know if that constitutes for a big enough percentage but it sure is a pretty big deal to be Greek at Ole Miss. You could say that 1 out of 3 students at Ole Miss join a Greek organization.

2075 are in 9 NPC groups
1497 are in 15 IFC groups
91 are in 7 NPHC groups

[sdbeta1]

Miami of Ohio, Kansas State?! This list is no good

[shinerbock]

I completely agree about Ole Miss. However, on a side note, I think that having a large percentage in the greek system isnt necc indicative of a strong system. For example, you have similar schools like Alabama or Auburn who have a lesser number, but the greeks have a large presence. I think a possible quality of a good greek school is when the greeks are quite distinct from the rest of the student body, and also hold a disproportionate amount of campus clout.

[macallan25]

That list is a joke. Diversity has nothing to do with a school having a strong greek system. I would say power, presence on campus, how much pull you have with the university, etc. etc. are all strong indicators.

In no particular order:

1.)Alabama
2.)Georgia
3.)Ole Miss
4.)Washington and Lee
5.)Sewanee
6.)Texas
7.)South Carolina
8.)LSU
9.)Auburn
10.)Vanderbilt

[sdbeta1]

Originally Posted by macallan25

That list is a joke. Diversity has nothing to do with a school having a strong greek system. I would say power, presence on campus, how much pull you have with the university, etc. etc. are all strong indicators.

In no particular order:

1.)Alabama
2.)Georgia
3.)Ole Miss
4.)Washington and Lee
5.)Sewanee
6.)Texas
7.)South Carolina
8.)LSU
9.)Auburn
10.)Vanderbilt

any southern bias present?

[macallan25]

Originally Posted by sdbeta1

any southern bias present?

Not being biased. Sorry, but the strongest greek schools are in the South, as are the strongest and most competitive chapters.

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by macallan25

Not being biased. Sorry, but the strongest greek schools are in the South, as are the strongest and most competitive chapters.

How do you know that? Have you visited the schools on the list? Have you been to Penn State, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Miami of Ohio or any other schools?

There are great chapters/systems in the South. There are great chapters/systems in every other area of the country as well. This "strongest chapters are in the South" thing is out of control. Even if there is a difference in culture in the South, that doesn't necessarily make it better.

I'm not much of a believer in The Princeton Review. A couple of years ago, my alma mater was listed as one of the ten top Greek Schools in the country. There's just no way that's true -- not even close. Although the system there is strong, it's not one of the best. I think their surveys are are highly unscientific and prone to error depending on how many students from any given school choose to respond.

But to say that all of the best Greek schools are in the South is an arrogant slap in the face to a lot of excellent Greek systems in the rest of the country.