@Spongebob777 : They are frats and sororities…the whole purpose is to be cliquey and clingy (not intended to offend) and somewhat special/exclusive. Which school would be an exception. I feel without that element, they need not and would not exist. They are supposed to be a special network with a special culture. Also, it is a medium sized private school which would explain some cliquishness among non-Greeks. When some students are drawn from the same metro areas and perhaps the same schools, it is only natural. Non-Greek cliques aren’t particularly impenetrable though.
And a significant amount of people go out on weekends if they can…I mean you do what you want with it. Sampling CC isn’t useful. What you should know is that a significant amount of parties and “going out” also happens on Thursday.
And yes, the schools exchange parties. You’ll sometimes see AUC, Agnes Scott, and Tech folks at Emory and many students will also go to Tech to party. They aren’t that far away.
@Oliea98 I think the football school vibe is attractive (being from the south myself, let’s be honest, we grew up with it and the type of traditional school pride it brings. However, in HS, for the most part, I was focused on grades and eventually building an app. for college. If academics came easily I didn’t mind putting it in the background so long as I could make good grades because at my public HS, there wasn’t going to be much non-resume padding intellectual opps outside of class anyway. College is different and is an opportunity to seriously engage and explore while also doing other neat things that need not be the traditional “fun” associated with HS and college. You can basically redefine “fun” or create other traditions, which schools like Emory, kind of have done because of the lack of Division 1 sports. The traditions are perhaps even more quirky than other D-3 research universities) but ultimately over-rated if you are more academically and especially if you’re intellectually inclined. For this sort of person, a combination of strong Greek Scene plus a serious football vibe can damage the intellectual climate more than it would otherwise. Places like Duke don’t have that problem as bad because basketball is the main attraction which, in the south, is not anywhere near as intense as football fervor. But even the best ranked football and Greek oriented schools seem to have issues creating a solid intellectual climate. Emory could perhaps drum up more alumni support and applications if it had it, but it already does better than or as well as the other privates that do have it. Emory would also start attracting a completely different type of student which I don’t think would end up being a change for the better, even if those students had high scores or GPAs. The mindset would be much different and the atmosphere would be affected. Tech is another school kind of impervious, but that is because it is a STEM school so academics can’t just go to the background as easily