<p>I am looking for a school with a good frat scene in addition to strong academics, I heard Tulane has a decent frat scene, is this true?</p>
<p>Look at all the responses Im getting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! lovely!!!!!!!!</p>
<p>yes, i'm almost certain it does.</p>
<p>I think I read somewhere that 37% of students are greek?</p>
<p>it's somewhere around there. according to collegeboard:</p>
<p>guys in frats: 26%
girls in sororities: 32%</p>
<p>wow, thats pretty good, I love sorority girls.........</p>
<p>are the frats on campus or off?</p>
<p>they're off campus on broadway.</p>
<p>how far is that? can u walk? would it be safe at night to walk?</p>
<p>its a short 5-10 minute walk depending on the house. students returning home from a night of revelry are the most common victims of crime on Tulane's campus- muggings, strong arm robbery, armed robbery, lewd conduct, and the gamut. nothing too serious crime related such as murder happens on broadway though. NO residents just know its a good place to pick up some extra cash. drunken, rich tulane students are a very easy targets. strangely enough i've never heard of any rapes occurring in this area before, and in general tulane doesn't have a lot of that, which is something you get more of at a large public school.</p>
<p>the frats scene is really different than anywhere else in the country. i hate frats, and i have to admit that its a lot of fun and many of the frats are generally less "fratty" than your run of the mill national frat at a state school. rush is in the spring which changes the dynamics of it all A LOT. generally speaking joining a frat at tulane is esp. dumb since frats spend all of their money in the fall throwing free, open parties. when you join you are paying for something that everyone else gets for free. based on the experiences of my friends, second semester after pledging frats more often than not go out to bars- which means you are likely to pay out of pocket.</p>
<p>New Orleans is a great city, there's so many places to go out and have fun and spend less than the insane dues. But yeah, the frats seem pretty cool, one I went to the first weekend here had a dog haha</p>
<p>"victims of crime on Tulane's campus- muggings, strong arm robbery, armed robbery, lewd conduct, and the gamut"</p>
<p>nothing too serious though? lol I call getting robbed by some scum katrina looting "victim" serious.</p>
<p>yeah sorry, what i meant was that the crimes are generally non-violent and don't result in anyone getting hurt. they only happen about a couple times a month. usually one guy or two keeps on doing several hold ups in a string of crimes then gets caught. then so on and so on...it's really not too bad considering its in a big city.</p>
<p>i wouldn't recommend joining a frat at tulane since most are alcoholics. frats at tulane are truly all about drinking and they do little else, it almost gets tedious. things just must not get old for the most of them. however, i strongly recommend taking advantage of the scene, or perhaps even rushing, but not pledging, i cannot impart on you enough how fun it is until you come here and have experienced it. although tulane has its faults, this place really does give an unbelievable freshman first year experience.</p>
<p>^^^
Who needs a liver anyway? Livers are for weak people that actually need to digest and filter there food, wussys.</p>
<p>I don't think it is really fair for someone not in a Fraternity to talk so badly about it. I am in a sorority, and many friends that are in Fraternity's and clearly you don't know any of them. Yes they have parties, and yes they drink alot. But I would hardly blame that on the Fraternity. And saying they do nothing else? How can you even make that judgement if you arn't in one to find out what else they do. </p>
<p>Now, to answer the question...
Greek life on Tulane's campus has a large presence, 30% are greek, but by no means would it negatively affect your experience here if you decide not to go Greek. They are alot of fun, but as not as exclusive as alot of southern schools. There are 6 sororities and 13 fraternities. (There are a couple more, but there arn't considered "on campus"... although none of the houses of any greek organization are techinically on campus grounds). </p>
<p>Being Greek is a great experience, and allows many oppurtunites besides drinking. To be honest though, there are certain fraternities that are don't do much else, but if there are some that are comprised of great people, that do great things.</p>
<p>yeah great things like accidentally lighting a girl on fire who is drenched with alcohol and giving her third degree burns- which actually did happen last year and i'm not going to name any names.</p>
<p>yeah and there couldn't be even a hint of prejudice in your post either.
i'm sure you have no bias seeing that you come from a sorority.
i've interacted with a lot of frats from about five different fraternities. i've lived with guys who were in two different frats. trust me tulane frats due nothing else. sororities do do other things, and you are coming from a different perspective. i will even admit that fraternities elsewhere do do other things such as community service, but i have never seen frats doing anything of the sort in NO in a meaningful way.</p>
<p>joining a fraternity at tulane is not a good idea, considering you can get all of the party perks without paying</p>
<p>but i mean if you're insistent on having the experience by all means go for it- just know that its a little untraditional here.</p>
<p>Some guys and girls like Greek life, some don't. People don't become alcoholics by being in Greek life. Some are like drinking clubs, some aren't... But it's not fair to lump them all together because they're all extremely different. Pike and the Delts are like night and day, for better or worse, for example, and AEPhi and Theta are also really different. Explore it if you want, and if you like it, do it. If you don't, don't. It's hard to view fraternities from the outside, because the only time an outsider sees brothers all together, it's generally at an open house party. It's not fair to say "joining a fraternity at Tulane is not a good idea" because apparently 30% of the student body thinks it's a great idea.</p>
<p>As for the parties... Fraternities have a lot more "party perks" than the open parties. Formals, semi-formals, date parties, mixers, theme parties, etc. I know less than half of our parties are open, especially second semester, when open parties essentially stop. If you just want to get drunk, you don't need a fraternity for that.</p>