Greek life

Much2learn
Wed, 19 Aug 2015 02:51:28 +0000

Remember that Penn has about 10,000 undergrads and only 30% are in a greek organization, so that leaves 7,000 undergraduates that are not. You should be able to find any kind of peer group in a student body of that size. The key is to get involved in clubs and activities, and work to make friends in that first 3 or 4 weeks when everyone is in the same boat. Once students have established their friend groups it will be somewhat more difficult. Also there are a huge number of clubs and activities on campus. Some nights DD has had 4 or 5 different events to choose from. You will not be short of things to do. The binding constraint is that there are only 24 hours in a day.

You don’t need to worry about Greek organizations right away because Penn has a second semester rush. That means you will have some time to decide if it is of interest to you. Some of them seem to roughly fit the Animal House stereotype, and some completely do not. In fact, many of Penn’s very best students are in greek organizations. In many cases it will not be what the average student would expect. It may not be for you, but as PenCAS2014 said, it is work a look.