<p>I heard that Gettysburg College has a very big Greek life. Could I go to Gettysburg, survive, and have a social life without being greek?</p>
<p>My son is there and is not in Greek life and is fine.</p>
<p>Greek life is very popular at Gettysburg. Very active fraternities and sororities dominate the social scene on campus. Especially for guys, if you aren’t in a frat after sophmore year your party scene is limited. The college will tell you that there is a smaller percentage that is actually into Greek life but if you realize that only sophmores, juniors and seniors are eligible and do the math you will get a more accurate percentage of students involved in Greek life. If you enjoy Greek life it is no problem, if you don’t enjoy it you will find your options limited. Good luck.</p>
<p>theres alot on this here: [Gettysburg</a> College - College Confidential](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/gettysburg-college/]Gettysburg”>Gettysburg College - College Confidential Forums)</p>
<p>The college will tell you that 35% of the students are involved in Greek life. This is true, but… first year students are not eligible for Greek life. If you remove them from the calculation the number of “eligible students” who participate in Greek life is more like 47%. So nearly half of the sophmore, junior and senior classes are in Greek life. It makes a difference when you are trying to get a clear picture of the social scene. I hope this helps.</p>
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<p>It’s 38% for men, 26% for women.</p>
<p>And, Gettysburg’s CDS (as all do) make it very clear what the numbers are for freshmen (zero) and for all undergraduates:</p>
<p>[Gettysburg</a> College - Common Data Set](<a href=“http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/ees/institutional_analysis/cds.dot]Gettysburg”>http://www.gettysburg.edu/about/offices/ees/institutional_analysis/cds.dot)</p>
<p>The percentage of students eligible for Greek life is only 75% of the student population since First Years are not allowed to join Greek life. When you remove the 25% of the ineligible students and do the math it is 47% of the upper classes involved in Greek life. Yes, 35% of the entire population, but since 25% are precluded from joining it isn’t really fair to use them in the percentage calculation. This has been well known and discussed for years in the admissions office among the tour guides. It is what it is. I am not saying that Greek life is bad or good, I just want the numbers to show what the reality is on campus.</p>