<p>I have been recently admitted to UMich, and I've heard conflicting reports on whether someone needs to be in a frat to have a social life. </p>
<p>All help is greatly valued. Thanks!</p>
<p>please tell me you are not ****ing serious…</p>
<p>this is not true at all. the school is so big that there is plenty of other stuff to do, and also michigan doesnt necessarily have a huge frat system, the percentage in a frat is not that high.</p>
<p>Noooooooooo. Definitely not. It may seem that way in your first semester, but once you start meeting people you can have a really active social life sans sweaty frat parties just with your circle of friends. House parties are all really open if you just know somebody who’s already there. And a ton of things are open if you just find the invite on facebook by seeing which of your friends RSVP.</p>
<p>I highly recommend against joining a fraternity if your reason is having a more active social life. Join the fraternity because you"vibe with the guys" in it.</p>
<p>Rush and figure out what you want; no one can tell you what to do. I have friends that are GDI’s and I have friends that are in frats and I hang out with both. I can tell you that a frat will open up your social life to an endless amount of opportunities. Evaluate the pros and cons of both options. I can promise you that depending on the frat you join, your grades will slip through pledge term (at least mine did) and you will spend quite a bit of money (for pledge things). If you ask me if it was worth it, heck yes, and I’d do it all again.</p>
<p>I second that. The Greek system makes a “vibrant” social life more accessible but is by no means a requirement for a vibrant social life. This is coming from a member of the Greek system.</p>
<p>bump bump</p>