How do parent feel about Greek Life?

RobD
Wed, 24 Nov 2010 13:05:22 +0000

My D is at an SEC school and chose not to go Greek for a number of reasons, including the fact that she knew she’d be very involved with some other organizations. Please do not assume that SEC schools are “all Greek.” Hers has Greek involvement at just under 30%; that means 70% are not involved. Her observation is that a lot of the Greek affiliated kids drink more than the non affiliated kids, but the campus (in her experience) is not dominated by drunken Greek parties. Now, the small Episcopal LAC an hour away from us (complete with seminary) is 80% Greek and is on the top 10 list of Party schools. And the stories that I’m hearing about unaffiliated students up at public schools in NJ would put the SEC parties to shame.