Website says no but a friend mentioned her son is in one. Could someone clarify? thx
Yes. But they are not recognized by Princeton
Princeton does have Eating Clubs
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so what exactly does that mean? about what percent of students involved?
Fraternities and sororities exist as completely off-campus organizations that are not recognized by the university, which strongly discourages students, and prohibits frosh, from joining them.
https://odus.princeton.edu/community-standards/statement-fraternities-and-sororities
However, the university has eating clubs which have some fraternity and sorority like characteristics, but they are co-ed, and some are non-selective.
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@ucbalumnus summed it up
About 15%, if that.
About 2/3 of juniors and seniors join the eating clubs; although the clubs’ primary purpose is to provide breakfast, lunch and dinner, they do host parties, outings and other events, which makes fraternities/sororities redundant for the vast majority of students. Because the fraternities/sororities are not officially recognized, it’s hard to find up-to-date info on membership, but skieurope’s estimate of <15% sounds right – my sense (based on no reliable information whatsoever) is that it may even be in the 5-10% range.