<p>I had a GDI son at Vandy and a Greek son graduated from Duke. The Duke son continues on in his delusional system (kidding but only partly) that anyone who wasn’t Greek at Duke missed out on the best of Duke on weekends. GDI son had a fantastically rich life in Nashville and on campus at Vandy with non Greeks and of course had many Vandy friends who were Greek…girls he dated, people on Alternative Spring Break when GDIs and Greeks work together far away from campus. However, I will support Swimmer726 (so proud of your kids…sad to know they are graduated!) in the perception I have which is if you are sensitive/likely to feel left out/not very tolerant etc to the reality that a third of the men and half of the women have weekly bookings and obligations exclusive to Greek orgs, Vandy may not be ideal for you. In son’s case, he picked Vandy as less than ideal in this category and over the top great in other categories…he might have liked a Greek free campus to grow up on. My take after 8 years of two sons doing it two different ways: dealing with the Greek scene for independents is a perfectly good way to become a stronger individual ready for a workplace where a percentage of work force colleagues relied on their Greek orgs in college. what makes you stronger…and more able to take charge of your own happiness and social life is AOK.</p>