<p>Greek life really turns me off for some reason, and it doesn't help that Wake has like 42% involved in Greek life???</p>
<p>That doesn't mean I am ruling it out though, because obviously there are more Wake students not involved in Greek life!</p>
<p>However, does the social scene completely revolve around Greek? Do people who aren't involved feel left out of something? Basically, can anyone address the basic concerns that people tend to have with Greek life? Thanks!</p>
<p>I love Wake I am not in a frat or anything. I really don't have a problem with it, but it just was not for me. The only time I felt left out was during rush second semester of freshman year when lots of guys were doing pledging stuff. Honestly, after first year, you really don't care about it, I know I didn't and I am in my third year. Greek life IMO is a much bigger deal for girls.</p>
<p>Can you please elaborate on the last sentence, "Greek life IMO is a much bigger deal for girls?" I do not know anything about sororities and whether it is a good thing or a bad thing for my D to consider. Do girls feel "left out" of social life if they don't pledge? Do the fraternities have ties to certain sororities? I am clueless about this stuff.</p>
<p>I think what will was referring to was that probably more like 50% of girls are greek. I'm female and not greek. I just didn't think it was for me, and honestly, I was talking about this with my mom the other day and we agreed that I probably don't physically have time in my schedule for sorority events anyway. I'm heavily involved in quite a few extracurriculars and double majoring so that doesn't leave me much time...</p>
<p>I don't really feel left out - I have a group of friends that I hang out with and I'm not that big on partying anyway so it works for me. And I don't think the fraternities have ties to certain sororities, but I could be wrong. I know a frat/sorority will co-host a mixer or other event, but that's about the extent of what I know.</p>
<p>Well, its just that as the OP said like 35% of guys are in Frats. For girls in sororities, that number balloons to like 50% of girls in sororities. (I'm just looking at the latest USNWR profile on Wake). With that said, I have friends who have good social lives who are girls and not in sororities. </p>
<p>Greek life in a nutshell, just makes your life a little bit easier. Socializing is much more structured. However, I think there is a trade off for that structure.</p>