Princeton Review: Most Intense Greek Life Scene

[33girl]

US News and World Report is the one that some schools are not giving data to. The Princeton Review is mostly student surveys and things that are findable on the school's websites, so there's really nothing the school can do to stop participation.

Scandia - the party school thread is somewhere else, baci started it. This thread is to discuss the Greek Life rankings.

[exlurker]

Originally Posted by 33girl

US News and World Report is the one that some schools are not giving data to. The Princeton Review is mostly student surveys and things that are findable on the school's websites, so there's really nothing the school can do to stop participation.

Scandia - the party school thread is somewhere else, baci started it. This thread is to discuss the Greek Life rankings.

Re: US News and World Report: their 2009 "Best Colleges" issue is out now. They have some info posted on their site too. Here's an address for their "most fraternities" list:

http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandre...ege/most-frats

I notice that there are a few entries that're odd, but it looks like those are small specialized / religious-focused schools with locals. ,For the most part, the list seemed in line with that I've observed or read elsewhere. Note, though, that the US News list isn't necessarily the "most intense" Greek life just "the most" (percentage) of students.

[nittanyalum]

Originally Posted by exlurker

Note, though, that the US News list isn't necessarily the "most intense" Greek life just "the most" (percentage) of students.

And it's not necessarily "the most" in number overall, it's "the most" in terms of percentage of their own enrollment. For instance, Penn State may be "only" 12% greek, but that's out of 40,000 students. Clearwater Christian has "100%" (though I think they're all local groups), but that's of their (less than) 600 total enrolled students.

[breathesgelatin]

Originally Posted by nittanyalum

And it's not necessarily "the most" in number overall, it's "the most" in terms of percentage of their own enrollment. For instance, Penn State may be "only" 12% greek, but that's out of 40,000 students. Clearwater Christian has "100%" (though I think they're all local groups), but that's of their (less than) 600 total enrolled students.

Yes, I believe what I remember hearing about Clearwater Christian was that they have a bunch of locals and everyone is required to be in one - thus the 100%.

W&L is #3.

I find the list to be a tad misleading, actually, because if it was fraternities they were counting and not Greek life as a whole, the number for W&L would be higher. Women's enrollment in sororities is around 75% usually and mens at 85% usually, so it balances out to 80%... but the list makes it seem as if it's only FRATERNITIES being discussed when in reality they are talking about both.

(And yeah, yeah, many sororities are technically fraternities, but this list is aimed at the general population who doesn't realize that.)