University of Illinois

DeltaBetaBaby · #1 08-02-2001, 02:41 AM

Is anyone rushing at U of I this fall, sororities or fraternities? We happen to have the largest system in the country; I am surprised no one has asked about it yet.

AXOprincess · #2 08-02-2001, 03:33 AM

We have one of the most active greek communities in the country. 65% of leadership positions are held by greeks. And we make up more than 15% of the campus. not to bad. good luck with recruitment.

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UofISigKap · #3 08-02-2001, 08:16 PM

Even though our system is huge, I definitely recommend going greek to anyone attending Illinois. It's very diverse where you can find your niche. I wouldn't trade the opportunities and experiences I had for anything! AXOprincess, isn't our campus now at 20-25% greek? I know it's been going up, but I couldn't remember the new numbers.

ees125 · #4 08-03-2001, 05:18 AM

I would be curious to know how many sororites and fraternities are at U of I? PSU was always told we were the biggest in the country with 21 PHC and 54 IFC.

UofISigKap · #5 08-03-2001, 11:34 AM

Hmmm, I had to check and total them up on the schools website. What I found was that we have 25 sororities listed. http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/panhellenic/chapters/
As for fraternities, there were 47 listed. http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/IFC/chapters.htm
The numbers didn't include BGLOs, and I can't be certain about any underground ones or upcoming ones. I had heard rumors that ZTA was trying to come back on the campus, but I could be wrong.
This is definitely interesting. I had no idea that your greek system was that big!

DeltaBetaBaby · #6 08-03-2001, 02:32 PM

U of I is the biggest due to both the number of chapters and the size of our chapters.

ZTA folded during the 98-99 school year. I believe it was due to low numbers. They were gone before I ever rushed.

There is talk that they will return, but I believe that requires a unanimous vote from the college Panhellenic, and it will never happen.

PenguinTrax · #7 08-04-2001, 12:25 AM

RE: UofI

Only 19 of the groups listed are NPC, though. Penn State has 21 of the 26 NPC groups in addition to all the NPHC, LGLO and multi-cultural groups.

If you are interested, here are the statistics for the last few years... http://www.odos.uiuc.edu/greek/sor_rush_stats.htm

RE: ZTA
We will be colonizing at South Carolina-Aiken and University of KS-Lawrence. I don't know anything about U of I. Our Alpha Kappa chapter was chartered there in 1921. I don't know when (or why) it was closed.

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Originally posted by UofISigKap:
Hmmm, I had to check and total them up on the schools website. What I found was that we have 25 sororities listed. http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/panhellenic/chapters/
As for fraternities, there were 47 listed. http://www.uiuc.edu/ro/IFC/chapters.htm
The numbers didn't include BGLOs, and I can't be certain about any underground ones or upcoming ones. I had heard rumors that ZTA was trying to come back on the campus, but I could be wrong.
This is definitely interesting. I had no idea that your greek system was that big!

[This message has been edited by PnguinTrax (edited August 03, 2001).]

psu_lions · #8 08-04-2001, 02:03 AM

in actuality, UofI is the biggest greek system in terms of number of greeks in the greek system, penn state is the largest greek system in terms of number of fraternities and sororities on campus. i remember that from an info meeting that they had on the greek system here at penn state

AXOprincess · #9 08-04-2001, 02:38 AM

Ok sorry i confused. I go to the u of arizona. We are the largest for greeks involved in the campus. dont i look dumb.

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