<p>nowwhat, can you give a description of the fraternities and the type of people/personalities for some of them? thanks</p>
<p>Hey wow NowWhat, check this out! I’m on campus, and I’m disagreeing! Amazing!</p>
<p>Get a life. Greek Life IS amazing, but it’s superficial rankings like that that ruin the system and give us all a bad name.</p>
<p>And to clarify once again NowWhat- I’m not saying RumorRoyalty types have no real influence on campus. I’m saying they have no real social influence outside their self-defined social sphere of the “elite.”</p>
<p>Greeks pretty much control all the major organizations on campus to some degree or another.</p>
<p>I thought I heard somewhere that members of sororities at NU don’t actually live together in houses that are on campus. Can anyone confirm or deny this?</p>
<p>Denied. Sort of.</p>
<p>NPC (The normal sororities) houses all have houses on campus. The multicultural ones do not have official houses on campus, though will frequently rent an apartment all together.</p>
<p>[Office</a> of Fraternity and Sorority Life, Student Affairs, NorthwesternUniversity](<a href=“http://www.northwestern.edu/gogreek/organizations/rowhouse.html]Office”>http://www.northwestern.edu/gogreek/organizations/rowhouse.html)</p>
<p>Anyone know which sorority houses have fall rush? I haven’t been able to figure that out.</p>
<p>It depends which are under quota (meaning have less than the nationally mandated number to fill the house, or some such, usually 100 members). I know Alpha Chi Omega is likely to hold fall rush. DEFINITELY rush informally (fall) rather than entering the main pool in the winter. Trust me on this one.</p>
<p>Yeahh, I rushed informally last fall. Best. Decision. Ever.</p>
<p>sorry to be so naive about all this but what exactly do you do in a frat/sorority besides party/date/meet other greeks?</p>
<p>Make friends. Go to formals/ date parties. Play IM sports (if you want). Do philanthropic events. Live together. They’re kind of like residential colleges where everyone cares, but there’s more alcohol and sex, and the bonds are much, much stronger.</p>
<p>Yeah, from what I’ve heard from my friends, winter rush was a huge pain and terribly time-consuming at times. So there aren’t any sororities that regularly hold fall rush? Also, I heard it’s easier to get in if you already know someone in the sorority.</p>
<p>Both of your assertions are true. You could find out now by asking around who’s going to be holding Fall rush- it’s not something they like to do- it’s kind of like signing free agents after the NFL draft- good to pick up some pieces you need or diamonds in the rough for “cheap”.</p>
<p>I think this Fall it’ll likely be something like Alpha Chi Omega, Chi Omega, and Kappa Delta, at least. Ask your friends in various houses. Kappa Kappa Gamma and Pi Phi are also possibilities, from what I’ve heard, but again, ask people who know better than me (girls in the houses).</p>
<p>So how is the social life in general at NU? & for someone who doesn’t participate in Greek life?</p>
<p>^ Perfectly fine (as long as you meet the right people).</p>
<p>My social life (and that of most of my friends) didn’t change much before I went Greek.</p>
<p>I’ve always wondered if MCG (multicultural) sororities had sorority houses haha</p>
<p>Not on campus.</p>
<p>when i visited the campus, the tour guide was a sorority girl and told us that 1/3 of the school was involved in greek life but keep in mind- that means 2/3 isn’t</p>
<p>I’m glad current and prospective students can do fractions.</p>
<p>This is a valid point, there are tons of people that aren’t in the greek system. greek life doesn’t run the school like it can at other schools. To some people, 1/3 seems like a huge number, so putting in perspective is a good way to make it not seem like a huge deal.</p>
<p>arbiter, just because someone called you out on something, doesn’t mean you have to give it back to others. at least this point is 100% factual :P</p>
<p>Hey, I’m just teasing is all 
I find obvious advice useless. And my bad being mean before nuraider. My bosses had told me repeatedly I wasn’t allowed by NU regulations to work more than 12 hours (without them filling out special paperwork).</p>
<p>You WERE wrong on the not being able to fill your quota on only 10 hours though. You just have to work reading weeks :P</p>