<p>Is Greek life pretty big on campus? What is the overall impression that most students get from it? What are some good sororities/frats to look into?</p>
<p>are you looking into sororities or frats? You can only be interested in joining one or the other. There are 2 sororities, 2 coeds, and 6 fraternities. They are Alpha Chi Omega, Kappa Alpha Theta, Alpha Delta Phi, Zeta Delta Xi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Delta Phi, Delta Tau, Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Chi, and Theta Delta Chi, respectively. Due to the small number and diversity of chapter personalities, there aren't really "tiers" like at bigger schools.</p>
<p>Greek Life is not a large proportion of the student body (I think we're at 12% now) but it is certainly a strong (but not dominating) presence on campus.</p>
<p>What is the overall impression? That's hard to classify. For such an "open-minded school", there is a large chunk of students who come onto campus with preconceived notions of what Brown's Greek Life is, and without any interaction with us, they seem to "know" more about us than we do. Brown's Greek scene is without a doubt very, very different from the big boys (i.e. schools in BCS conferences). I know virtually no one who regrets going Greek, and many people who regret not giving it a fair chance. If you're going to be here in the fall, I'd wait until you start meeting some Greeks to really form your opinion. If you're still going to be in high school, I recommend making a visit.</p>
<p>oh thanks. i am looking into sororities. how do the co-ed houses work? does everyone mesh well together? i'm in college now but hopefully transferring to brown soon.</p>
<p>Everybody always forgets St. Anthony Hall (Delta Psi), another coed. </p>
<p>If you really want to be in a sorority, and do your hair, (and have campus care that you are doing your hair) Brown's probably not the best place for you. As if if you want the typical state school big greek scene. It's just not here. </p>
<p>If you want more of clubs, then Brown may be just fine. </p>
<p>I can speak to the coeds. They work just like the sororities or frats, but they attract a different breed of people. They attract the anti frat frat people, in other words, usually the type of people who wouldn't joint a typical fraternity or sorority. I know the coed houses tend to clash. People fight for members and faction themselves. The Zetes hang out with Zetes, the ADPhis hang out with ADPhis, and the Hall hangs out with the hall. I really wish we had more interaction. That said, I'm in St. Anthony Hall and it's great. I was also mildly affiliated with Zete for a while and they are a fun group of people as well. And I have a lot of friends in ADPhi. Basically, you can't go wrong. I think the co-eds are really a unique feature at Brown and really awesome.</p>
<p>And I can also speak to transferring. PM me.</p>
<p>I always forget about St. A's because they're not part of Greek Council and the house is so far away.</p>
<p>OP, I was wondering about your name, it all makes sense now. Greek Life at VT (at least I assume that's where you are) is definitely very different. The sororities at Brown get a lot more **** from the student body than they deserve. As a whole, the sorority system is without a doubt, terrible here, but I know a solid chunk of girls from both groups, and they are nice girls.</p>
<p>The problem stems from the fact that the NPC (National Panhellenic Conference) rules apply to all campuses regardless of size/culture. With only 2 sororities on campus, these rules by and large are useless and in my opinion only detract from the system (I can see how they'd be useful if we had like 8 groups on campus). Thanks to the issues with the NPC rules, they often struggle to maintain numbers (although these past couple years have shown huge steps for them) and so particularly with the older girls in the houses, a lot of them were somewhat coerced into joining because the sororities can offer really nice housing (as can all greeks). For the girls who joined because they wanted to be in a sorority, they all appear to be enjoying themselves. It's definitely worth considering, so if you end up on campus, you should check them out.</p>