<p>This has been brought up before: </p>
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<p>Looking just at the numbers, around 30% of the student body (about 840 students) is in a Greek society. Since you can’t rush until your Sophomore year, that translates to 40% of students that are eligible to join, so the majority of students are not involved. You are definitely not ostracized for not participating, especially since you don’t join until you’re a sophomore. Greek houses do host a lot of social events, but there’s plenty of other events on campus and parties in the apartments and townhouses.</p>