<p>do you need to join to have a good social life</p>
<p>no
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<p>like 12% of Michigan is in a greek house, so no.</p>
<p>what do u do on weekends if ur not in a frat? can u go out and have a good time? what are some examples? thanks</p>
<p>well if u need to get drunk once a week go ahead and join a fraternity… otherwise there is a lot of stuff to do. Games take up a lot of time for one</p>
<p>nice, is there a way to get a close group of friends not in a frat?</p>
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<p>False. More like 20%.</p>
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<p>Yes, easier with a frat.</p>
<p>I HIGHLY recommend trying out Greek Life. If you don’t like it, it’s not like you’re committed for life.</p>
<p>GDIs are very against Greek Life, but they’re the first ones asking for the Greek Life friends to get them into parties. I am in a Frat and I always have stuff to do (drinking and non-drinking related), whereas my non-frat friends are usually sitting home playing Beerio Cart all night, then hitting up random house parties which aren’t usually any fun. Most of them are now wishing they had joined Greek Life to have a much better social life.</p>
<p>is it smart to rush winter?</p>
<p>Actually Giants, it is closer to 16%! hehe! And making friends at Michigan is easy. Students tend to be friendly and approachable. One can make friends in the class room, in study groups, in the dorm, in college clubs and organizations, at the library, at a cafe at house parties etc…</p>
<p>16? I’ve always heard 20 quoted. I’m sure you have some official statistic to back that up, though. You can definitely make friends through other means, but I would argue that the structure of fraternity (particularly the pledge term freshman year, typically followed by living in the house sophomore year) makes it the best.</p>
<p>Greek life can seem very alluring during your first year because that’s when you don’t know anybody and have to go to frat parties. </p>
<p>Then you later realize that most people grow out of them sophomore year… So no, you don’t need to go greek to have a social life. I’d recommend joining a tight club/group on campus (professional fraternity, performance group, club sports team, ect.) that will help you find a group of friends with similar interests and a social life that will be relevant after freshman year. </p>
<p>No hate against the greek system, I have a lot of friends who went greek and did rush. If that kind of thing is going to make you happy for your entire college experience then you’ll enjoy it. It’s just that a lot of frosh get sucked in early and end up looking for something different by junior/senior year.</p>
<p>The frat social scene certainly wears out for most after sophomore year, but the people you meet and become friends with do not. I’m by no means saying Greek life should be someones only extracurricular involvement – I’m involved with multiple other organizations. If you can manage your time well, broad extracurricular involvement can provide a great social experience. I just think going Greek can be a great idea for a lot of people – that it’s something definitely worth looking into.</p>
<p>It has always been roughly 16% of men and 15% of women. Right now, there are a little over 4,000 greek affiliated students at Michigan…out of 26,000 undergrads. That’s 16%.
Social life at Michigan extends far beyond the Greek scene.</p>
<p>what are ways to get close friends/go to parties if you are not in greek scene?</p>
<p>friends from the dorm, clubs, people you meet in class, campus events, among others</p>
<p>interesting, but do u know how house parties work? and are there communities within areas of off campus living?</p>
<p>I graduated in 1975 and was a member of a fraternity. (BTW - we never called it a “frat.”) My friends from my fraternity graduating class are still some of my closest friends.</p>
<p>In visiting my old house these days, I get the feeling that the members now look upon themselves as tenants of the house, rather than members of the fraternity. It just isn’t the same feeling we had and this is not just the passage of time speaking.</p>
<p>interesting, by living off campus, in a student housing area, could u make close friends, and have a good social life with parties and such</p>
<p>highschool92, Michigan has:</p>
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<li>27,000 undergrads</li>
<li>A female to male ratio is 1:1</li>
<li>Students that come from all 53 states and territories as well as from over 100 countries</li>
<li>1,200 student clubs and organizations</li>
<li>20 Libraries, many of them with cozy study spaces</li>
<li>Unbeatable school spirit, particularly surounding Football (yeah, we suck right now) and Hockey</li>
<li>Impressive on-campus social, political, intellectual and artistic activities</li>
<li>Small lectures and discussion groups that encourage participation</li>
<li>Solid wetwork of dorms </li>
<li>A multitude of cafes and restaurants where students hangout on their own (get the hint)</li>
<li>An off-campus nightlife geared toward 18-25 year olds</li>
</ul>
<p>Now, I am fairly sure you know all of that. Do you really think that socializing and making friends is going to be difficult? If anything, the options are so plentiful, and the time so limited (because of the academic demans levied on students) that students rarely manage to make the most of what Michigan has to offer.</p>