<p>Tell me more about the Greeks scene at NU, especially for first years - 30% of students in Frats/sor. scares me a bit. Thanks!</p>
<p>Uh, what do you want to know? </p>
<p>I thought the figure was 40%, for what it's worth...</p>
<p>Greek life is pretty big here. It's a lot of fun. Rush is pretty fun/low key for boys, and sort of harsh on the girls, because it's so formal and rigid and hard to simply get what you want. It's great for social reasons... but even if you don't go Greek, you can still attend all the big parties, you just miss out on the formals and date parties and whatnot.</p>
<p>is it expensive to join a sorority. how's it harsh? are the girls mean?</p>
<p>Can you join a frat/sorority if you're a non-drinker (I'm muslim)? I mean just to hang out and make friends.?</p>
<p>Most frat/sorority parties are supposed to be dry anyway, aren't they?</p>
<p>dfleish - what are some of the different "personalities" of the frats? How many are there? Do you think First year students who don't rush feel left out?</p>
<p>Jessy: It is pretty expensive, but I don't know specifics. Although I guess relative to tuition it's not that bad, and there is aid available. And I didn't mean sorority girls are mean, but that the system is harsh itself. It's very formal, forcing every girl to go to every house and rank them, and the houses rank the girls they met based on a few conversations. The next day you get called back to the houses that matched with you, and so on, until the end when you are down to like 3 houses, or less if you didn't get called back to some that you wanted. It's not exactly fun if you don't get what you want.</p>
<p>Waleedk87, you can do whatever you want. There are people in my frat that don't drink and no one has a problem with it. But you should also be careful if you rush that you find a house with personalities that match yours- if the house is known for partying extensively or something, even if they didn't care about you not drinking, it might still be awkward or something, I don't know. But it should just be about making friends. </p>
<p>MGMom, it's not really fair to generalize the frats, especially since I'm probably biased. But there are around 10 frats with houses and some smaller ones without. It really depends on the person, as to how they will feel about rush. A very relaxed, social person would enjoy rush but probably wouldn't care about not rushing because they are great at meeting people, making friends, and keeping in touch with guys who did rush and whatnot. They just have to feel comfortable with it and not stress over it. That was a pretty crappy answer, I'm sorry!</p>