<p>I hear if you dont do Greek life at Wake your social life will suck. Is this true or an over exaggeration? Also for those who have rushed: Is it hard to get into Wake Frats? Like do a lot of kids get rejected or do most kids get at least a bid from one frat? Also is there a lot of hazing?</p>
<p>Does every single person join a frat or sorority? No, but it does feel pretty overwhelming at times. Greek life does dominate the social scene here, particularly freshman year. Obviously you can find a place outside of the Greek system, but it does make things seem a bit clique-ish.</p>
<p>As far as actually rushing it really depends on the place. Some are pretty hard to get into and others not as much, it depends how many brothers you know going into the rush process. Because it’s so popular, though, it can get pretty competitive at times.</p>
<p>Hi, @jcole7300: </p>
<p>I believe this is an over exaggeration. I think that (and I could be wrong here) most of the people who say this are actually Greek themselves. I have a lot of friends here who are not involved in Greek life and they absolutely love Wake. It is a different experience, but you definitely will be able to have a social life if you do not go Greek. </p>
<p>I agree with @thenatural7 about recruitment. There are some frats that are relatively easy to get into and there are some that are very exclusive (as with basically any other social scene). This goes for both sororities and fraternities. Chances are, if you would like to be Greek, there will be a spot for you within the Greek system somewhere. </p>
<p>With sororities, there is a 0 tolerance policy on hazing and I have truly never heard of a sorority hazing incident on campus in recent years.</p>
<p>I had a good social life at Wake and was independent. That said, I got lucky that I had friends in every fraternity who were very accommodating about letting me party with them. That said, if I had to do it again, I’d seriously consider joining a fraternity. Some of the frats are really nice about letting non-brothers hang out, some aren’t.</p>
<p>I had a good social life at Wake and was independent. That said, I got lucky that I had friends in every fraternity who were very accommodating about letting me party with them. That said, if I had to do it again, I’d seriously consider joining a fraternity. Some of the frats are really nice about letting non-brothers hang out, some aren’t.</p>
<p>Im currently a freshman at wake and intend to transfer for this very reason. I dont love the idea of greek life, though I rushed and got a bid. There is a HUGE divide between Greeks and non-Greeks. If you are normal and be yourself you can get a bid from somewhere. Top tier places you pretty much need to know some brothers or come from a good private boarding school. Also the best looking girls join sororities and they exclusively interact with guys in fraternities. So you can join a fraternity and have a great time or otherwise expect to head to the library to make friends. As for hazing, it depends where you go. The easiest ones will just force you to drink an absurd amount of alcohol and clean the house after parties while the toughest will make you do that on top of constant other work, strict rules, and disgusting tasks/overall mild torture. But it’s all manageable, and no one seems to drop out during the pledge process. hope this helped!</p>
<p>As a senior, I’d say Greek Life becomes much less relevant in your upperclassmen years, regardless of affiliation or lack thereof. Most people realize that a) Not everyone in their respective Greek organization is their cup of tea, per se b) There are people you’d like to hang out that is in your Greek organization, in different Greek organizations, and people who are completely independent - honestly, I have met very few seniors who care about the whole Greek vs non-Greek thing.</p>
<p>It does dominate the social sphere your underclassmen years, but again, Jr/Sr most people prefer bars and will interact with whoever they want to socialize with.</p>
<p>If you want to go Greek, there will be an organization that will take you in… Obviously, some organizations are very competitive, but if you’re a cool person it usually works out.</p>
<p>All fraternities do so sort of “hazing” - ie drinking, designated pledge drivers to shuttle people to the parties and bars, and cleaning up. Some groups will have a more intense pledging experience, but from personal experience, it is not nearly as intense as some larger state schools.</p>
<p>For sororities, only one group was/is known for some sort of hazing. Once you get here, it is pretty common knowledge which group that is. As for the other sororities, the worst I heard was maybe some pressured drinking, albeit not at all forced or required.</p>