penn greek life!

pennplease123
Thu, 08 Mar 2012 02:13:24 +0000

Hey I’m also a freshman.

-How does Penn greek life compare to state schools? How about Cornell/Dartmouth/Duke? My older sister is at Duke, and my brother’s at UVA, so I was wondering how the greek life compared.
I’m not sure! I’ve never visited the other schools, but Penn is known as the social ivy! It’s probably more comparable to Duke, but then again I’m not sure.

-Are the sororities super exclusive? I’m a theta legacy, but there’s always that fear of not receiving a big or staying out of the loop.
It’s competitive, and there are always disappointed girls. You would have to go through rush in the spring where you visit every house! I received a bid but decided not to take it because of huge time commitments, but my RM loves it!

-How would you rank the sororities? I’m not trying to find one based on its rank, but I was wondering which ones were top tier, second tier, etc. and does which sorority you’re in affect which frats you mix with?
It definitely affects which frats you mix with. I won’t post rankings exactly because everyone wants something different. When you rush, you have to go to every house and meet with different girls. It’s pretty easy to find the houses that you like and the one’s you definitely do not like.

-If you don’t go greek, are there still parties? Can you still go to frat parties?
YES. Really the only thing you miss out on are mixers. Which are closed parties between a frat and a sorority. But Penn is only about 30% Greek and the other 70% still love to have fun. Philly is a great city and what makes Penn so great is that you don’t need to be in a sorority or frat to have something to do. There are tons of BYOs downtown and always fun things to do around campus. Or you can always hit up the frat parties on the weekends.