<p>What is the Greek scene like? What are the reputations of each fraternity and sorority? When does rush occur and how much of a time commitment is a sorority or fraternity? Thanks for any feedback!</p>
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<p>There are roughly 3-4 active frats and 3-4 active sororities on campus. While their members seem to enjoy them, they are only a relatively minor part of overall campus community. For those who would like to pledge the traditionally black fraternities and sororities, city-wide chapters exist.</p>
<p>Frats/sororities are available, but not a dominant force in campus culture. I know a number of people who are involved in greek life, and they like it. It's a good way to meet people/have lots of social functions to go to. But if it's not your thing, it's not as if abstaining from greek life is going to detract from your social experience in any way. I knew that i wasn't really interested, so the small presence was attractive to me. But people in frats/sororities are perfectly integrated into the rest of campus life. A lot of members are athletes, but by no means is it an exclusively athletic culture. Also, lots of frat parties are open to the whole campus, and it's a good way to find something to do if frat parties are what you're interested in. </p>
<p>So in short, i think greek life is pretty ideal. Available and fun if you want it, but not necessary to have a good time on the weekends.</p>
<p>kwijiborjt nails it. It's not so prevelant whatsoever that one feels they MUST belong to one or be floundering socially -- schools w/big greek scenes were a turn off when I was searching. However, Y's greek events were very open and my friends and others who were in them weren't so tribalistic due to the strong bonds in the residential colleges. Ideal is a good word to describe it -- there when you want it, easy to not miss it at all.</p>
<p>We have I think around 8 frats, and 3 sororities...plus a few NPHC and other multi-cultural ones. Greek life is present here, but pretty minimal. I think our Greek orgs don't have as many distinct "stereotypes" as those at other schools. A couple of the frats attract guys from certain sports programs, but other than that the guys in them are pretty mixed. Honestly, just check it out when you get to campus. Because Greek life isn't dominating (even for those in frats/sororities) the stereotypes are really hard to give, so just wait til you get to campus!</p>
<p>Most of the people i know in frats/sororities don't actually live in the houses... which makes sense bc yale housing is pretty amazing (especially after the recent wave of renovations), and inexpensive off campus housing that's so much nicer than the average frat house is so readily available.</p>