California Greeks!

[GPhiB_007]

At Berkeley we have a pretty good greek life! About 12% of the students here are greek... which isn't very high, but it's not bad. We have 12 Panhellenic sororities, 36 IFC fraternities, 9 National Pan-Hellenic fraternities and sororities, and 8 Cultural fraternities and sororities. Then we have a bunch of service/professional fraternities and sororities. There isn't really any anti-Greek feeling on campus, but in my area at least, we don't grow up thinking that going to college and rushing for a sorority go hand in hand. I didn't even know much about greek life at all until I came to college.

I know that at one point (around the 60's-70's) Berkeley's sororities really suffered in membership because at the time, it was really cool to be anti-establishment and sororities were seen as something to be avoided. But membership is going strong now.

Also, most of my California high school friends who went to other colleges went greek (one is a Kappa Kappa Gamma!).

[Jill1228]

Originally Posted by GPhiB_007

At Berkeley we have a pretty good greek life! About 12% of the students here are greek... which isn't very high, but it's not bad. We have 12 Panhellenic sororities, 36 IFC fraternities, 9 National Pan-Hellenic fraternities and sororities, and 8 Cultural fraternities and sororities. Then we have a bunch of service/professional fraternities and sororities. There isn't really any anti-Greek feeling on campus, but in my area at least, we don't grow up thinking that going to college and rushing for a sorority go hand in hand. I didn't even know much about greek life at all until I came to college.

I know that at one point (around the 60's-70's) Berkeley's sororities really suffered in membership because at the time, it was really cool to be anti-establishment and sororities were seen as something to be avoided. But membership is going strong now.

Also, most of my California high school friends who went to other colleges went greek (one is a Kappa Kappa Gamma!).

I need to check out the campus there. I just have not really taken the BART up to that neck of the woods

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by Jill1228

I need to check out the campus there. I just have not really taken the BART up to that neck of the woods

Yes you should. Berkeley is a hoot, the campus is beautiful, and the views back across the Bay are stunning.