New Top 10 Greek Schools

[AOII_LB93]

Schools claiming they are diverse with a 8% minority population need to reevaluate their "diversity" claims...maybe they mean they are diverse inasmuch as all the caucasians are from different parts of Europe. The school I went to it massively diverse...and the greek system is too....ahh the joys of living in California! It's about 35% white, and 65% everything else, from Black/African-American, to Hispanic, to Guamanian! I didn't know people from Guam even went to CSULB! So when I see schools posting their stuff for diversity, they need to take a look at my school....then they can say they are diverse.

Enough of my rant.

[Kevin]

Originally posted by breathesgelatin
rawr!!!!! i go to washington and lee, the best greek school in the nation!! (well, number 3 is close enough, right?) it so rules! i loooove it! and one of my best friends from high school is a sigkap at elon! hooray greek schools!

my guess is, that they based the results on the surveys they conduct. at washington and lee around 80% of men are in fraternities. around 75% of women are in sororities. and 99% of the freshmen class goes through rush, even if they don't intend to pledge.

I stayed up at Washington & Lee 2 Summers ago for the Sigma Nu College of Chapters (a national convention that focuses on member education, leadership training, etc)... We got to stay in your lovely dorms (and will be back next summer). I can really see why you'd want to go greek there. Those dorms don't even have A/C! Pretty spartan living accomodations.

The Greek houses on the other hand (at least the Sigma Nu one) are very nice (and all of them without exception are huge). A very nice campus ya'll have up there!

[breathesgelatin]

thanks! one of my best friends is a sigma nu at W&L... our chapters date a lot...

[Eirene_DGP]

Originally posted by AOII_LB93
Schools claiming they are diverse with a 8% minority population need to reevaluate their "diversity" claims...maybe they mean they are diverse inasmuch as all the caucasians are from different parts of Europe.

ROTFLMAO!!!!!

[shinerbock]

I don't think diversity is a prerequisite for being a top greek system. After all, we're talking about sororities and fraternities here, not a microcosm of society.

[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.

[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

[Manning]

1 University of Wisconsin-Madison
2 Ohio University-Athens
3 Lehigh University
4 University of California-Santa Barbara
5 SUNY at Albany
6 Indiana University - Bloomington
7 University of Mississippi
8 University of Iowa
9 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
10 Loyola University New Orleans

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by Manning

1 University of Wisconsin-Madison
2 Ohio University-Athens
3 Lehigh University
4 University of California-Santa Barbara
5 SUNY at Albany
6 Indiana University - Bloomington
7 University of Mississippi
8 University of Iowa
9 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
10 Loyola University New Orleans

Damn, there's Ohio University again! I just don't see how that can be true, even though the "new" president (well, he's been there a couple of years now) is a BGLO member.

The last administration was, if not anti-Greek, neutral at best.

The system is good, but I can't see it as one of the best.

Maybe part of it is that O.U. was on both the Princeton and Playboy list of top ten Party Schools(?) That, I can buy at least.

[Sailboat Sis]

That list isn't correct, Manning. The list you posted were the largest party schools as rated by the PR, which is inherently flawed in its "formula." The list for campuses with a "Major Frat(ernity) & Sorority Scene" is as follows: DePauw U, W&L, Birmingham-Southern, Wofford, Elon, Sewanee, Bucknell, Wasbash, SMU & TCU. U-IL polled at 12; Dartmouth at 13; Vandy at 15; Mississippi at 17. Six out of the top ten are in the South.

That being said, as someone who has been to both Northern & Southern schools with fellow Greek friends, the North does not hold a candle to Southern Greek life. They are two completely different animals. Thus it's like comparing apples & oranges. There are pros & cons to both systems, but I'll take a Southern school steeped in Greek life over a Northern one... any weekend and/or party night.

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

Damn, there's Ohio University again! I just don't see how that can be true, even though the "new" president (well, he's been there a couple of years now) is a BGLO member.

The last administration was, if not anti-Greek, neutral at best.

The system is good, but I can't see it as one of the best.

Maybe part of it is that O.U. was on both the Princeton and Playboy list of top ten Party Schools(?) That, I can buy at least.

A few years back, UCLA was pretty high up on Playboy's list. No offense to UCLA, people there are nice and all, but it has no right being anywhere on a Playboy list. Even in California, it just can't compare. On another Playboy list regarding bars, I went to a supposedly great one and it blew...all old people that should have stopped drinking and smoking years ago before their skin turned to leather (it would be acceptable if the women were young but they all looked like Bea Arthur). Either the list editors at Playboy have non-functioning penises or someone is paying them off.

-Rudey

[DeltAlum]

Originally Posted by Rudey

A few years back, UCLA was pretty high up on Playboy's list.

...all old people that should have stopped drinking and smoking years ago before their skin turned to leather. Either the list editors at Playboy have non-functioning penises or someone is paying them off.

OK, Bud. That does it. You've gone too far. I'm turning your butt over to the AARP. I'll tell them you're nearing fifty, and you won't have room in your mailbox (snail mail) because of all the recruitment stuff you'll be getting.

(And Ohio University was on BOTH lists -- so that must make it so!)

[Rudey]

Originally Posted by DeltAlum

OK, Bud. That does it. You've gone too far. I'm turning your butt over to the AARP. I'll tell them you're nearing fifty, and you won't have room in your mailbox (snail mail) because of all the recruitment stuff you'll be getting.

(And Ohio University was on BOTH lists -- so that must make it so!)

I'll have you know I get enough requests for donations from my college and mail from MBNA/Capital One for new credit cards that the AARP won't even be able to get into my mailbox.

-Rudey

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by Rudey

On another Playboy list regarding bars, I went to a supposedly great one and it blew...all old people that should have stopped drinking and smoking years ago before their skin turned to leather. Either the list editors at Playboy have non-functioning penises or someone is paying them off.

-Rudey

It's PLAYBOY...aka HUGH HEFNER...of COURSE it's a bunch of old people!!!