<p>My daughter is a freshman at Cornell and she's bummed out because ALL of her friends are joining sororities(she has many reasons for why she didn't want to) and now she's worried that she won't have any friends and no one to live with next year. She's thinking about transferring to a place with no Greek life. Any thoughts from students already there? Are the dorms on West Campus nice? Do the kids there have a social life?</p>
<p>noooooooo don't transfer!!!!!!!!! haha jk but don't transfer just to go to a place with no Greek life. that's wack. i am sure that your daughter will not only still be friends with her sorority girls but also make new friends all of the time, wherever she lives. west campus is fine. everyone can have a social life should they choose to do so. best of luck to her!!</p>
<p>The newly built Noyes Center on West seems pretty sweet and much better than the old one. I find it hard to believe that ALL of her friends have joined sororities. Even if that's the case, I'm sure she'll make many more friends next year. There are plenty of social people who don't join sororities.</p>
<p>One of the girls that works summers for me is a sophomore at Cornell. Her circle of friends did not join sororities and is happily living on West Campus this year. They are a social but studious bunch, moving to a house off campus next year.</p>
<p>Can any of you tell me approximately what percent of students at Cornell are in fraternities/sororities? Thanks.</p>
<p>I think it's usually pegged at 1/3 of the student body.</p>
<p>Yeah, it's 1/3 of the kids. I know it's hard to believe that all of her friends joined, but it's true. Yes, she knows other kids that didn't join, but they're not in her close circle. I told her to get involved in something else, get a wider circle of friends, etc., etc. (all the motherly things to say) and she'll probably do that. But I wish the second semester was getting off to a better start!</p>
<p>I'm not sure it's 1/3 overall. There are more than 40 fraternities but something less than 15 sororities. So I think the % of women that belong is under 30. </p>
<p>The West Campus dorms are beautiful.</p>
<p>They can still be good friends, you know.</p>
<p>I think SuNa is right -- that a smaller percentage join sororities than frats. I think it is about 30% who join fraternities.</p>
<p>Most sorority pledge classes are at least double the size of most fraternity pledge classes, though.</p>