<p>My daughter got accepted to NU for the fall and was wondering if there is Greek life on campus? She wants to go to a school that offers Sororities as an option but I could not find anything on the NU website stating they have a Greek system in place on campus. Help!</p>
<p>Yes, NU has several sororities, they rush in the Fall.</p>
<p>From what I’ve read Greek life is not a central part of northeastern. There are no sororities/frats on campus(they all have off campus housing) but basically, Greek life is there if you want it, but is avoidable if you don’t.
P.S. I am not currently a student at Northeastern, but I was accepted EA, and this notion is based off of what I have researched and heard from current Northeastern students. Best of luck!</p>
<p>My D is very involved in Greek life at NEU and loves it. She was having a hard time connecting due to the nature of an urban school. After she joined her sorority, she became very involved in all types of activities - social as well as community. Her particular sorority is tied into a women’s executive group in Boston and she has had the opportunity to meet all types of people through joint community activities. Her sorority gets together socially with fraternities and various clubs at Harvard, MIT and BU. She attends quite a few socials and is now holding her second chair position which helped her land her first coop job. During her interview process, companies asked quite a bit about her sorority activities and specially what she did holding a chair position.</p>
<p>To the EA accepted above-</p>
<p>Our frats and sororities do NOT have off-campus housing, nor do they have on-campus housing.</p>
<p>There is a law in the city of Boston (commonly known as the brothel law) that forbids more than 4 undergraduates from living in the same apartment. This means you can’t have 5+ frat guys living in the same house. The only exceptions are places that were grandfathered-in before the rule took place. That’s why MIT has a lot on the Boston side of the river, BU has a lot, etc. We have ONE frat with a sanctioned house, and it’s on comm ave.</p>
<p>Any other situation in the city of Boston where five or more brothers/sisters are living together is illegal, and they can get in a lot of trouble for it (including with their chapter, their national organization, and Northeastern itself).</p>
<p>Having said that, a lot of brothers/sisters live together as four or less in regular apartments because they are close friends.</p>
<p>My daughter has also been very active in the sorority she joined as a freshman. She has served as the vp as well as other committees and boards. It has been a great experience for her on many levels , and she has made wonderful friends and connections</p>