<p>My daughter is considering attending UW in the fall and we are trying to figure out how competitive/ inclusive the Greek Life is on campus. Would appreciate any insight!</p>
<p>Head to the UW-Madison CC page and to greekchat.com. I post there regularly and they are the QUEENS of recruitment at pretty much any school</p>
<p>Wisconsin has a pretty prominent Greek scene, I don’t personally go there but my sister does and I would rate it as pretty competitive.</p>
<p>I guess it sort of comes with the territory being one of the top party schools and all.</p>
<p>I think Wisconsin is kind of unique in that you can rush, join a frat or sorority, and have that be a huge part of your life for four years…or you can not and it doesn’t have any kind of negative effect. Most schools are either very Greek and there’s a lot of pressure/competitiveness, or not very Greek and if they do have a system it’s kind of lame. Here we have a good Greek system, but it doesn’t own the school. I’d say rush is kind of competitive, but not overly so. But as someone who was in the Greek system and then dropped out, I can assure you that it is really not necessary to rush, it’s only 10% of the student body. Most people aren’t really aware of the Greek system other than the parties they throw and people wearing letters around campus. However, people who are in the Greek scene really seem to love it and to them Greek life is pretty all-encompassing. It wasn’t for me, but I’m not the typical person that would join. It’s a perfectly fine option, though. I advise anyone who’s interested to rush since you can drop at any time and you don’t lose anything just by checking it out. I will warn you that they’re kind of expensive if you do decide to join, though…my sorority was $600/semester and it was the cheapest on campus.</p>
<p>I also did kind of feel like the people in sororities were kind of all the same…different houses had different kinds of girls to some extent, but I would not consider it very diverse. That was a really big turn-off for me and it’s what led to me eventually deciding to drop (although I met one of my best friends in my sorority, so I don’t regret joining at all).</p>