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Old 05-30-2002, 11:48 PM
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It's just a fun list. I went to a school with a small greek community and no houses so I always wondered what it would be like to attend a school with a strong greek system. It's all in fun.
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Old 06-02-2002, 05:32 AM
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Originally posted by 33girl: [B]I think that is what they are going by - % involved and influence of the system on campus, because DePauw doesn't have a lot of students either. Penn State doesn't have a giant %age but from what I understand the influence on campus is large.[B]
I go to Penn State and I think there is only something like 12% involved in Greek life. There are approximately 52 fraternities and i want to say 31 sororities. I should really know this since I'm involved in Greek life, but it's also 4:30am so I apologize. Maybe it has something to do with the number of Greek organizations? How they rank them I mean. PSU's Greek system may enroll a small percentage of students, but it is a very powerful influence on the entire University.
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Old 06-02-2002, 02:05 PM
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Iowa State

Iowa State would be a good candidate for the top Greek School, in my opinion. Eventhough it's only 13% of us, but we're strong. Our Pan-Hell won the best Pan-Hell in the midwest for two years in a row, and the university supports us .. which is good. We hold around 80% of school activities (nothing new about that ... Greek rules!). Oh, we have 29 fraternity houses, 15 sorority houses.
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Old 06-15-2002, 09:56 PM
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Ok, I am a 2002 grad from the U of Colorado--Boulder (#12)...only 9-10% of the student body is greek! And the community hates us! How on earth did we make the top 20? Now I admit it was tons of fun, the bar scene is great, and there are tons of places to hold great parties....but I just dont get it? Maybe ranking for a party school I could understand (and the riots do not count, they are not greek related!) but for fraternity and sorority life...hmmm.
CU was a great party school though (staring wistfully out the window to south easter oklahoma).
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Old 06-18-2002, 09:23 AM
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I went to Lafayette, and I am also perplexed as to why we're in the top 20. I think the greek percentage has dropped to about 35-40% from 60% my freshman year (so it's dropped 20-25% in 5 years). There have been 4 fraternities kicked out in the past 6 or 7 years. The administration and the community can't stand the greeks and have been trying to kill the greek social scene (which is pretty much the only social scene at Lafayette) over the past few years as well. Plus, we only have about 2500 students, 6 sororities (2 of which are well under chapter total, which is 75), and 8 fraternities (their numbers range from about 80 to 5 brothers). Maybe the Princeton Review needs to do their research again.


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Old 06-18-2002, 12:35 PM
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I know a few girls who went to DePauw and they can vouch about the Greek scene there. I have been told that as freshmen, when you show up at parties, if you are not Greek... you will not get in to the party.

One of the girls I know had no intention of rushing whatsoever, but decided to just so she could have a decent social life.

I don't really know how much that says for DePauw's Greek system. At my school (Purdue), I couldn't imagine someone being turned away from a party because they didn't belong to a house.

It just wouldn't happen. And I think its a damn good thing that it doesn't, too.
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Old 06-18-2002, 12:47 PM
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I know a few girls who went to DePauw and they can vouch about the Greek scene there. I have been told that as freshmen, when you show up at parties, if you are not Greek... you will not get in to the party.
I think that is part of the pre-rush restrictions - freshmen aren't allowed on Greek property. They're not being turned away cause the Greeks don't want non-Greeks at parties, but because the house will get a rush infraction if they let them in.

I am 110% for deferred rush, but not with stupid rules like that...defeats the whole purpose.
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Old 07-05-2006, 03:34 PM
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Washington and Lee (#1) has only a little over a thousand student. Almost 80% of their campus is Greek because you can have little to no social life if you are not. I wonder if this is why they are ranked first-- because such a large majority of people are Greek?
They have a TON of fraternities (15) but only 5 sororities. And the sorority GPAs are excellent.
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Old 07-05-2006, 03:37 PM
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And the sorority GPAs are excellent.
That's also a function of the school. Look at the all-women average. The sororities are right about that or a little above. Looks like W&L has grade inflation.
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Old 07-05-2006, 04:17 PM
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That's also a function of the school. Look at the all-women average. The sororities are right about that or a little above. Looks like W&L has grade inflation.
Do you think W&L really suffers from grade inflation, or do you think their student body is just extremely grade-conscious? I don't have a clue... just thought I'd ask if there's a reason you'd say that or if it's just speculation. ??

Grade inflation is one of my all-time greatest pet peeves.
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Old 07-05-2006, 04:21 PM
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How long has Sewanee had NIC fraternities? It only has 1 NPC sorority, KD, which I think faced some resistance because all of the other sororities are local.

So maybe it would be a top one for guys, depending, but I don't know about the sorority half.
I think they have always had NICs, it's just the sororities that are local. It was all male for a long time.
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Old 07-05-2006, 04:22 PM
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Do you think W&L really suffers from grade inflation, or do you think their student body is just extremely grade-conscious? I don't have a clue... just thought I'd ask if there's a reason you'd say that or if it's just speculation. ??

Grade inflation is one of my all-time greatest pet peeves.
It says the non sorority women's average is a 3.3-something. I'd say that a pretty high overall grade average. That's over a B+ average for all of the women in the entire school. You can only be so grade conscious. What about curves? It seems off balance, to me.

I don't think you can outright see a sorority's grade point average and be like WOW! You should look at the all-women's GPA as well, for comparision.
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Old 07-05-2006, 05:19 PM
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Do you think W&L really suffers from grade inflation, or do you think their student body is just extremely grade-conscious? I don't have a clue... just thought I'd ask if there's a reason you'd say that or if it's just speculation. ??

Grade inflation is one of my all-time greatest pet peeves.

Most recent stats on the W&L website:
The Class of 2009…
Applied: 3949
Admitted: 1139
Enrolled: 466
Gender Ratio: 50% Female, 50% Male
Middle 50% for SAT I: 1340-1430
Middle 50% ACT Composite Range: 28-31

The school is known as a work hard/play hard school that takes both aspects of life very seriously. It's ranked #14 of top nationally ranked liberal arts colleges which as we all know have a different focus than research universities. In terms of LACs the only southern school that beat W&L's ranking was Davidson in NC and they don't have women's fraternities.
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Old 07-05-2006, 05:55 PM
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Are You talking about the Un. Of the South In Tenn.?

Located on Mont Eagle, East of Chattanooga and West of Nashville?

Called The Harvard of The West?

It is a Parochial School, Small, but Highly Thought of.
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