<p>Based on my personality alone, I am seeking guidance on which college is a better fit for me. As I am aware that academics are the true purpose of college, and I don’t disagree, I think that both colleges will offer me a fantastic education. As a side note, I have already cultivated my thoughts on the college’s individual academic plans, so please do not think of this post as shallow, I am merely just a girl trying to balance outstanding academics with a happy personal life as well. </p>
<p>What I am looking for:
I want to be at a college where I heavily enjoy my four undergraduate years. I want to push myself academically, but also be satisfied socially. In short, I am a very social person. I like going out with friends and I see myself joining a sorority in the future. I want my college’s atmosphere to be friendly, and the overall student body to be happy. I guess my main true issue is that …</p>
<p>At Dartmouth, I worry that its rural location might be too boring for my taste, BUT it might make up for that with its vibrant greek and social life. Still, I worry that I might get bored with four years of greek house basements. </p>
<p>At Brown, I worry that the greek/social/party scene is not a vibrant as I would like, BUT it has Providence as a fantastic outlet of leisure. </p>
<p>I want to stress that this post is not solely based around greek life and parting, I just want to be at a place where I am happy and don’t want to rip my hair out due to exasperated stress levels. HELP ME PLEASE</p>
<p>Have you been accepted to both schools? Since that’s not possible right now, I don’t understand why you are agonizing so.</p>
<p>Definitely agree with fireandrain, odds are you won’t get into both so don’t agonize yet.</p>
<p>FWIW, I’ll still answer since I’m a former greek council vice president.</p>
<p>it depends what aspects of the sorority scene that you want exactly. Dartmouth definitely has a larger more prominent greek scene but the (now 3 - one is a very recent addition) sororities are very active and the social scene at Brown has a large greek presence, it just doesn’t have the same exclusivity factor (i.e. if you’re not a greek good luck ever finding a party to go to) that more prominent greek scenes have. I’m almost 5 years out so I obviously don’t know any of the girls in the houses now, but I am still in touch with several from AXO and Theta and hung out with groups from both when I was on campus.</p>
<p>I have been to hanover once, and it was when I was in middle school but as far as I understand, you won’t leave Dartmouth campus ever because there is nothing in Hanover. I honestly didn’t leave Brown’s campus much either because there’s so much going on on campus but I can promise you that Providence has much more to offer than Hanover, and you can go from your dorm room to Boston in an hour (which I only ever did in the summer, although my house did once do a pledge event that involved going to Boston).</p>
<p>Don’t ask any more questions for now, just let this sink in and come April, if this is an issue, you can ask all the questions you want and we’ll all try to answer them.</p>
<p>As another member of the Brown greek scene, I will say that while greek life at Brown involves a smaller percentage of the total student population, it is still very vibrant, and the houses here offer quite a bit of diversity. I have never heard a Brown student lament the lack of a greek scene.</p>
<p>As an international student, can someone please explain to be what is Greek Life? Do people in the same sorority or fraternity really become “close”?</p>
<p>cosmocloud, that would be a hijack to this thread which is about Brown v Dartmouth. Start a new thread to ask about Greek life, maybe in a more appropriate forum.</p>
<p>OP, I’m surprised you think Brown wouldn’t have enough parties for you, you must need a LOT of parties. It seems pretty obvious that if you want a large Greek presence you should go to Dart. My daughter was never interested before Brown, but she did have friends at the coed Zeta and considered it, never joined, but she did go to parties there.</p>