<p>Just wondering what the party/general social scene is like at American! Inclusive? Fun? Wild? Normal? Thanks!</p>
<p>bump. anyone have input on this?</p>
<p>I am a freshman girl at AU and have gone to a fair share of frats.
the frat brothers are very nice which is surprising because at other universities they are usually snobby.
the party scene is fun on friday nights and very chill on saturday night.
clubbing in DC is also very big and common amongst college students. </p>
<p>Do you see a large difference between the social lives of sorority girls vs girls who don’t join a sorority?</p>
<p>Relatively few women participate in sororities at AU, so that’s a hard comparison to make. Keep in mind there are no Greek houses allowed on campus, so the experience is different from that at many schools. You have to leave campus to attend a frat party. My D mentioned that frat bothers would use their cars to shuttle groups of freshman women to the frat houses for parties, but getting back to campus was another story. She opted out of that scene very fast, so my knowledge is necessarily limited. None of her friends were in sororities and they didn’t have any complaints about their social lives, but none of them were into the party lifestyle to begin with.</p>
Actually, about 30% of girls at American pledge a sorority, but for most girls, Greek life is not the priority (even for those who are involved). There is no real difference in social status or acceptance whether you participate in Greek life or not; I chose not to rush. Many frats will have brothers or pledges drive you both to AND from the parties, but not all. It is mildly easier to get into parties if you are/bring girls. Most people don’t drink on campus, and if they do, it;s usually solo and very low-key.
@murrrr, I think your numbers are inflated.According to the AU data below, the overall participation in frats and sororities at AU is 26% of undergrads, but that includes the coed service and honor organizations, which aren’t part of Greek life as most people understand the term. In any event, since the undergrad population is over 60% female and there are more frats than sororities, I don’t see how the sorority participation could be as high as 30%. Simple math says 30% of the approximately 4500 female undergrads would be 1350 sorority members–when the whole Greek system at AU has only approximately 1800 members. Are my calculations faulty?
http://www.american.edu/ocl/orientation/neweagle411/upload/FSL-INFO-UPDATED-SP2014.pdf
@MommaJ, Thank you for that info on the Greek Life. where did you find that? I am wondering if there are similar reports about other aspects of American that might be helpful, that I just haven’t discovered.