<p>Heard some mixed rviews about greeks on duke campus .. looking to find out more about it .. the good .. the bad ... and the ugly .. so to speak.</p>
<p>All I know is that it plays absolutely no role in my life whatsoever.
You can be as involved as you want, but if you really want to have nothing to do with frats/sororities, it's certainly possible. They don't "dominate" as some may have you believe or as they may at other schools.
I don't actively avoid frat stuff, and I know people in frats and I like them; I don't have anything against frats (though some people do), they're just not my thing.</p>
<p>But the opportunity is there for people interested in fraternities or sororities and I've heard good things about them. Each one has its own personality so you can probably find something you like. Someone else can hopefully say more about what that may be...</p>
<p>They're there. Each seem to have their own collective personality and stereotype. Frats have parties on weekend nights. When the parties are in the dorms they get really crowded and kind of start to suck in my opinion. I can't think of anything to say in real detail about them as a whole right now. What in particular about frats and sororities do you want to know about them, dukemom? We'll be honest.</p>
<p>like most things at duke, frats provide an option. it's not as though they dictate the entire social atmosphere on campus, even though their benches are quite conspicuous on west. in both sororities and fraternities on duke you can find the stereotypical frat boy or sorority girl, but for the most part you'll find a lot of great people involved in anything and everything you can imagine on campus. from what i know, the percentages are 40% of guys in frats, 60% of women in sororities. there is no "frat row" like at unc....rather the frats have a common room on west campus and are semi-resitdential...there are guys who are in the frat who don't necesary live in that quad. some frats are solely off campus, and others just own houses, mostly off of east campus. sororities are non-residential, period; hence, the larger involvement. you can opt to live together on west, but it's only up to you. most girls i know don't, but it's an option. so there's my take on it...</p>
<p>I am very interested in joining a fraternity, but I am afraid i won't be able to sort of learn/discover which fraternity is best suited for me. I really want to enjoy my college experience and I think the fraternity life of partying and having fun is for me. Maybe the frats arent like that (partying) at duke, so if someone could give me some insight that would be awesome. Like which frats are known for what? Will I be able to pick the right frat to rush during my first few months? Any info would be awesome.</p>
<p>You don't choose just one frat to rush. You choose a few that you are interested in (they give you like a booklet thing to tell you a little bit about each one. Of course that's not enough to make a decision on, but you may be able to eliminate some from your list using it). Then I think for a month each frat has various events and you have to attend a certain amount of the events (not all, like 3 or 4 I think). You get to know the guys in the frats and then at the end they give bids to the kids they want. You may get multiple bids, and you just choose the one you want. From what I've learned about the whole rushing process, you should be able to choose one that you like. (btw, this info is second-hand, I haven't rushed or anything, but I know some people that have.)</p>
<p>Also, as to whether frats here are "like that (partying)", yes they are.</p>
<p>and since rush takes place during spring semester, you have all of fall semester to get an idea of what the frats are like....trust me, it's plenty of time.</p>
<p>and indeed, they party.</p>