Choosing colleges, did Greek life matter?

[Scully]

When applying to colleges, the only things that much mattered were the location of the school and my major. At the time, I was thinking about whether or not it had a decent art program. I had absolutely no idea about Greek life - nor did I want to. No one on my mother's side was Greek and I was the first on my father's side to attend college. There were only a few locals on campus and I didn't know much about them.

It wasn't until I transferred to a school with a larger Greek population, with many national organizations, that I made friends with girls in GLOs. They all seemed sweet and suggested I go through Rush. I think I made a good choice

[ISUKappa]

No. I only applied to one school and knew I was guaranteed acceptance. The fact that everyone in my family attended held more sway than anything, including my anticipated major (which ended up changing anyway).

[LucyKKG]

It really didn't matter for me because I didn't know UCSC even had Greek Life! I only applied here and Davis (I know, I know, I should've applied to more places) and Davis has a bigger Greek life. (Also, Kappa's president is from that chapter!)

I don't know if I ever thought about being in a sorority when I was in high school. Hmmm...

[KSUViolet06]

I knew I wanted to be in a sorority, but it didn't impact my college search. I chose my college based on the amount of scholarship money I would get.

[SigKapSweetie]

What really mattered to me was the free ride. Becoming a Sig Kap was the icing on the (all expenses paid) cake!

[PANTHERTEKE]

Nah, it didn't influence me.

I knew I wanted to join a fraternity when I was a senior in high school and all, but I chose my school because its close to home and the cost.

[Cutie_Hootie]

I guess it did for me. Two of the schools I applied to did not have Greek life, but they were also all-women. They were out quickly.

Every other school had Greek life, and I chose my small liberal arts school because I wanted to be a part of that (among other reasons). I was confident that I would have a better shot at sorority life than I would at a large school such as IU.

I guess I was right!

[Thetagirl218]

Originally Posted by AGDee

The only thing that mattered to me was whether they had my major and how much scholarship money they were going to give me.

^^^^Ditto that!

I didn't really know what a sorority was, and the only things I "thought" I knew where from stereotypical images in movies!

[zetababyjo]

Hey ya'll! I'm new here... just thought I'd put my 2 cents worth in...
I always had wanted to be in a sorority, but I never thought I'd actually have the opportunity to do so... thus, I didn't really pay attention to it, but as it turns out, I did get to go Greek at my school. I love it and I'm so glad I did!

[Benzgirl]

I didn't really know what a sorority was, so it had no impact. And if I had it to do all over again, it would still have no impact.

[KappaKittyCat]

I wanted the option to rush, but lack of Greek life wasn't going to be a dealbreaker for me.

Greek Life was not a factor in my decision. I didn't even know my campus had any fraternities and sororities.

Had I chosen any of the other schools that accepted me, it's likely that I wouldn't have rushed.

[KappaKittyCat]

Originally Posted by OTW

I didn't even know my campus had any fraternities and sororities.

It's funny; until I "met" you on GC, I didn't know your alma mater had fraternities or sororities, either.

Also, I just realized that you have roughly 10x as many posts as I do. That's pretty pathetic on my part.

[ZTAngel]

It didn't make a difference to me. I knew that I wanted a school in Florida and I wanted a large school. I considered applying to UCF, UF, FSU, USF and Miami which all have Greek life. I never really thought about a sorority when applying. I guess because I knew that there would be sororities no matter what school I went to. The specific Greek organizations didn't matter to me either.

[DGTess]

I wanted only a top-tier school, and Carnegie Mellon offered that and an acceptable financial aid package.

Their rush program at the time was top-notch as well. I admit to being quite naive from time to time, and I didn't realize I was being rushed, really - or at least what rush meant. I rushed only DG and pledged because they added something to my college experience.