<p>Would you suggest that if you are interested in joining a frat that you pick housing that is mostly up north?</p>
<p>For laaaaala :</p>
<p>"Allison (South, this is where i lived. don't live anywhere else South campus if you want to be in the greek system, unless it's willard- even then that's a stretch..."</p>
<p>I can't follow this sentence having not attended NU. What does living in Allison have to do with wanting to be in the Greek system and why is Willard a stretch?</p>
<p>Please explain. You lost me.</p>
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<p>Thinmint asked for you to clarify this and I didn't understand it, either. What does living at Allison or Willard have to do with whether or not one is interested in the Greek system? Please someone explain.</p>
<p>what is Mee-ow?</p>
<p>Can anyone tell me more about Shepard?</p>
<p>Mee-ow: <a href="http://www.mee-ow.com/%5B/url%5D">http://www.mee-ow.com/</a></p>
<p>I think I answered that in my post, I can't speak for the original poster but let me reiterate:</p>
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Well, I disagree with the Willard being a stretch part, but I think it's because Allison and Willard are the "social" south dorms. I don't want to stereotype, but for guys, more artsy/theater people live in Jones, Chapin, etc. and rarely want to rush. Those types of girls are also usually the ones really turned off by sorority life. I am assuming the original poster means that you will lose interest in the greek system by living in dorms surrounded by such people?</p>
<p>That said, Willard has plenty of frat guys, and pretty much every girl I know in Willard rushed this year, if not pledged. So, that's all I can speak for.
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<p>As to answer dcb07, If you are SURE you want to join one, living up north couldn't hurt, as you will be right next to all the frats. But this by no means implies that you won't be able to rush successfully if you live down south. An equal number of Willard and Allison kids pledged my fraternity this year as those who live in Bobb and Elder, it's literally 50-50.</p>
<p>So typically the dorms/houses that have a lot of kids that pledge and join frats would be Bobb, Elder, Allison, and Willard. Are there any others that sterotypically have a lot of greek kids or are those pretty much the big ones?</p>
<p>I mean, if you want to rush, you can/will rush. I just think it makes it easier when you have potential to be living with sophomores already in fraternities, and when your friends from your dorm are all rushing too. All the sophomores I know are living in Bobb, Allison, and Willard, and you are more likely to find friends to rush with in those dorms + Elder as well. (This past year a few sophomores lived in Sargent as well.) In the end it is entirely on you though.</p>
<p>It's just more convenient (location-wise) rushing the fraternities if you live on the North campus (opposite for the girls if they want to rush the sororities).</p>
<p>agree with dfleish entirely.</p>
<p>it's much different from girls. while it's technically not supposed to be this way, knowing girls in sororities will help you during rush. however, most sophomore girls in sororities live in houses so aside from classes, being out, etc. there isn't nearly as much interaction as with the guys. it's safe to say there is much more variety within the sororities of where girls lived their freshman year, though still a ton of Bobb/Elder girls are represented.</p>
<p>is greek life pretty big there?</p>
<p>There=??? Northwestern?</p>
<p>yeah..this is a northwestern thread, isn't it</p>
<p>there are tons of threads on greek life. either do a search or just browse the first few pages.</p>
<p>Didn't know if you meant particular dorms or whatnot. I also thought the answer was pretty obvious because of the abundance of greek threads. Sorry. Yes, it is.</p>
<p>Not that I think is really a valuable topic of discussion, but I completely disagree with those who suggest that Allison is the only path to frats. For example, South Mid-Quads (a hell hole dorm, to say the least) found a way to have a dozen guys in frats and a half dozen girls in sororities. Considering it's a dorm of 60 people with about 30 freshmen, these rates are pretty impressive. Where you live is important, but if you want to go greek (especially a frat), then just start going to parties during Fall Quarter. It's really a non-issue.</p>
<p>So i'm 90% sure i want to join one but I don't really understand how the process works. So you visit the frats and their parties in the fall and then u apply to certain ones and they select you based on how much they like you and whatnot? Sorry but I'm just new to the whole greek system and how it works.</p>
<p>Do Marching Band people belong to frats? Do they have their own frat?</p>
<p>The frat system works as follows:
During Fall Quarter frats throw parties. Usually you can just ask any upperclassmen you may meet who are in a frat. Otherwise just walk up to north campus and go in the frat quad. Look for two guys standing outside of a door (hint: that's where the party is). Frats are huge on getting Freshman guys during September and OCtober. So go out and sample some of the frats. Some have better parties than others, and some have nicer, more genuine brothers than others.</p>
<p>So spend Fall Quarter figuring out if there is a frat (or two, or three) that you enjoy.
The first week of Winter Quarter is Rush Week. This means that for 7 straight days all the frats will have dinner, usually something catered like fast food, Chipotle, or Chinese, from 5-7 and than an event, pub games, hookah, bouncey boxing etc, from 8-10. You can go to any house you want during those 2 2 hour blocks of time. During those times you should be meeting brothers. While you are seeing if you like this place, the brothers are seeing if they want you. If you try too hard to impress people, you'll likely be transparent, so be yourself. After all, you don't want to be someone else for 4 years anyway.</p>
<p>At some point during that week, the brothers may offer you a "bid". This means they want you in. You can "drop" (accept it and join the frat as a pledge) "sit" (you don't make a decision immediatelly...call your parents, sleep on it, think some more etc.) or "reject". </p>
<p>Guys who spend time at multiple frats may end up getting 2-3 bids, so they then pick their favorites. </p>
<p>One final note, the more "selective" frats want you to be at every party during Fall Quarter and every rush event. Some of the more relaxed ones will give bids to people who first show up during Rush Week. Each frat has a decidedly different environment.</p>
<p>Hope all of this helps. If you have any more questions, I'll be happy to help. Though I can't imagine this willl be that helpful until you set foot on campus.</p>
<p>actually that is really helpful because I knew absolutely nothing about how they work. So basically if you visit around you usually get a good feel of which frats you best fit into and such? Is there certain sterotypes of some frats that are well known or should be aware of?</p>