Strong Academics and Greek Scene

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<p>What are some schools that have both strong academics (Undeclared major) and a strong Greek Scene?</p>

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<p>This college you are looking for is Duke… trust me here.
There are also Dartmouth, NU, and Vanderbilt.</p>

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<p>Anyone else?</p>

<p>Maybe a LAC?</p>

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<p>LAC –> Colgate</p>

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<p>Colgate, Washington and Lee, Lehigh. case closed.</p>

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<p>According to data from collegeboard.com, the following are the top National Universities and top LACs with fraternities and sororities:</p>

<p>% of men in Fraternities, Women in Sororities, College</p>

<pre><code> NATIONAL UNIVERSITIES
</code></pre>

<p>55% , 26% MIT
30% , 26% U Penn
29% , 42% Duke
38% , 38% Dartmouth
15% , 10% Columbia
25% , 25% Wash U StL
28% , 22% Cornell
32% , 38% Northwestern
11% , 9% Brown
21% , 22% J Hopkins
27% , 32% Emory
34% , 50% Vanderbilt
10% , 10% UC Berkeley
8% , 9% Carnegie Mellon
16% , 15% U Michigan
30% , 30% U Virginia
13% , 13% UCLA
16% , 19% USC
15% , 4% Tufts
11% , 12% U North Carolina
34% , 50% Wake Forest
22% , 27% W & M
35% , 38% Lehigh
20% , 20% U Rochester
9% , 8% U Wisconsin
10% , 10% UCSD
22% , 27% Georgia Tech
29% , 23% Case Western
22% , 23% U Illinois UC
33% , 21% Rensselaer
12% , 11% U Washington
9% , 8% UC Irvine
26% , 32% Tulane
9% , 8% UC Davis
4% , 7% UC S Barbara
14% , 12% U Florida
12% , 11% Penn State
9% , 13% U Texas</p>

<pre><code> LACs
</code></pre>

<p>3% , No Pomona
40% , No Davidson
3% , 1% Wesleyan
33% , 29% Colgate
83% , 74% W&L
29% , 19% Hamilton</p>

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<p>The first school tha came to mind was Wake Forest.</p>

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<p>Yale, Princeton and Harvard all have Greeks as well.</p>

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<p>Yeah, but none of the Ivies, with the exception of Dartmouth have anything that would be considered a “strong” Greek Scene. And I wouldn’t look at how many people are in a Greek chapter as necessarily an indicator of the strength of the Greek system at that school. </p>

<p>VANDERBILT, Wake Forest, Emory, Georgia Tech, UT-Austin, UFlorida, UNC-Chapel Hill, Missouri-Columbia, Washington & Lee, and Indiana-Bloomington are probably your best bets for schools that have really strong Greek Systems with academics to get typical members of College Confidential excited (Depending on what field you’re looking to go into). </p>

<p>For the most part, your strongest Greek Schools are going to be SEC schools and Big 12 schools. SEC schools have the much stronger traditions and societal value placed on Greek membership - esp at places like 'Bama, Ole Miss, and UGA. Many of the Big 12 schools - Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, Kansas State - have really successful, high-achieving Greek Systems. But certainly the academics aren’t at the same level of the schools I listed above.</p>

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<p>Northwestern and Dartmouth for sure</p>

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<p>CoolaTroop is a Duke ■■■■■.</p>

<p>Strong academics and Greek Scene- Dartmouth- No question about it.</p>

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<p>The first schools that came to mind were MIT and Duke. However for an undeclared I dont think MIT is worth it. </p>

<p>so Duke works.</p>

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<p>Dartmouth and Duke for sure.</p>

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<p>Washington and Lee and DePauw are dominated by Greek culture, for better or worse, with virtually the whole student body joining frats/srats. This also means that there is pretty much a frat/srat to fit most students’ tastes at each place.</p>

<p>As a side note, the major Catholic schools (Georgetown, ND, BC, Holy Cross, etc.) all appear to have no Greek scene whatsoever. Does anyone know if there some sort of historical connection with this, either the colleges prohibiting it or Catholics not being welcome in the old “WASPy” clubs?</p>

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<p>Cornell is very fratty</p>