Choosing colleges, did Greek life matter?

[ZetaGirl22]

Greek Life was sort of a deciding factor for me, but not really. All but one of the schools I applied to had greek life (St Marys College of Southern MD). The school I originally REALLY wanted had a very small greek system......heck the school only had 1500 students (Albright College) but I ended up at Maryland because my dad was "underwhelmed" with Albright, plus Maryland was cheaper and better academics wise. I can remember though looking at my parents college yearbooks (they both went to MD) and looking wistfully at the sorority pictures thinking it would be really fun. Maryland was HUGE and I was a commuter the first year and having a terrible time meeting people and I was miserable. It was actually my dad who suggested that I rush to make friends, even though neither of my parents were greek. My dad did get a bid at a fraternity at MD (wont say which) but turned it down because he didnt want to deal with the hazing LOL. I think in the early 70's the fraternity hazing at Maryland was pretty bad.