@tiredstudent1 My first year D is a fellow extrovert and loves UChicago. She’s found plenty of social outlets and has made close friendships in her House, with students she met in class and through Greek life. She estimates about 15-20% of the student body is affiliated w/a frat or sorority. There are 4 sororities that are active on campus though unlike many frats none have their own houses: Alpha Omicron Pi (AOII), Delta Gamma (DG), Kappa Alpha Theta (Theta), and Pi Beta Phi (Pi Phi). They are all very active in the social scene and perform community service in and around UChicago.
Sororities along with fraternities have a fall rush and actively try to recruit new members beginning informally during O-Week and continuing into the 2nd week of classes. There was a bid process where she ranked her top choices and ended up with her first choice but would have been happy with her 2nd choice. She liked both sororities and basically let the chips fall. Her sorority sponsors weekly mixers (typically with one of the fraternities) and fundraising events throughout the year for various charities. What’s nice is that the sororities seem to be well respected on campus and are not exclusionary compared to Greek life on other campuses. Next year, she will be living with 3 friends one of whom is a member of a different sorority and one who didn’t rush at all. Also, she’s received some great advice from upperclassmen in her sorority on classes, professors and internships. Greek life is not for everyone and certainly there are detractors on campus, but for my D it has become one (but certainly not the only) center of life outside of class.
Here’s an article in the student newspaper on Greek life: https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2017/9/15/uchicago-greek-life/
And info on the sorority recruitment process from the UChicago Panhellenic Council for this past fall:
http://uchicagopanhel.■■■■■■■■■■/recruitment.html