<p>Please rank Greek life (as in how much it dominates the social scene) for some schools D2 is researching. LESS is better in her mind, as she's not at all interested in Greek life. Her list, however, certainly looks like it could be a list of Greek-dominated schools. Her warm weather, med/lg size with sports criteria are kind of limiting. </p>
<p>Please rank dominant to not a big presence/non-existant:</p>
<p>U of Miami
Tulane
UT Austin
U of SC
UCSB
LMU
UF
UGA
UA</p>
<p>I dont’ know if anyone has the perspective on each univ to be able to provide a rank.</p>
<p>What may be better is if you tell us more about your D. What will her major be? What is her career goal?</p>
<p>At many schools with a popular Greek system, there are few STEM majors participating…so it really doesn’t matter what the students on the other side of campus are doing.</p>
<p>You can probably get a rough estimate by looking in the common data set, or the campus life section of the college’s entry on [CollegeData:</a> College Search, Financial Aid, College Application, College Scholarship, Student Loan, FAFSA Info, Common Application](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com%5DCollegeData:”>http://www.collegedata.com) , to find the percentage of students in fraternities and sororities. Sometimes, the college’s own web site indicates what percentage of students are in them.</p>
<p>Be aware that large schools may have very prominent looking fraternity and sorority systems, even though the percentage of students in them is small. 10% of 20,000 students is 2,000 students, enough to fill a lot of fraternity and sorority houses, but the 10% is a small enough percentage that it is unlikely to be dominant in the overall social life.</p>
<p>Example sorority/fraternity percentage from [CollegeData:</a> College Search, Financial Aid, College Application, College Scholarship, Student Loan, FAFSA Info, Common Application](<a href=“http://www.collegedata.com%5DCollegeData:”>http://www.collegedata.com) :</p>
<p>Miami (FL): not listed (16.0%/16.0% according to USNWR)
Tulane: 40%/26%
UT Austin: 4.9%/3.4%
USC (Southern California): not listed (20.5%/25.3% according to USNWR)
USC (South Carolina): 28%/13%
UCSB: 12%/8%
LMU: 33%/16%
Florida: 15%/23%
Georgia: 25%/20%
Alabama: 32.7%/22.1%
Arizona: not listed (sororities/fraternities are present)</p>
<p>From another site ( c o l l e g e p r o w l e r )
( http: // colleges . niche . com/rankings/greek-life/top-where-greek-life-rules/ )</p>
<p>‘Where Greek Life Rules’ </p>
<p>Rank Name Rating
1 University of Florida 10.0
5 University of Georgia 9.8
6 University of Texas - Austin 9.7
9 University of Southern Cal 9.5
13 University of South Carolina 9.5
15 University of Arizona 9.4
16 University of Alabama 9.4
50 Tulane University 8.8
58 UCSB 8.7
119 LMU 8.3
143 U of Miami 8.1</p>
<p>That’s great info, thanks. Looks like D is going to have to roll around in her mind how much weight to give this aspect. Mom2collegekids, here is some basic info that may help with advice: junior, undecided as to major (has been looking into athletic training and also advertising, PR, fashion merchandising, communications/media, photography). Counselor told her bigger may be better since she is tossing around majors. 31 on ACT and not taking a third time. Over 5.0 weighted GPA as of last marking period but IB pre-calc giving her a smack down right now so that may drop. Looking for atmosphere opposite of her hs…it’s very competitive academically and socially (quite preppy and conformist). </p>
<p>She has in her mind that a school ruled by Greek life might be socially stratifying. In addition, she feels she doesn’t fit a sorority girl mold as she’s a little edgy and unique. She considers herself a hipster although I can’t figure out exactly why other than she likes Dr. Martens, which D1 at BC said no one wears.</p>
<p>We checked out Stephen Antonoff’s book, The College Finder, and it lists Tulane and UA as having high percentages of students joining sororities. USC, UT Austin were also mentioned as schools where sororities are important, although none of the above made the “top ten dominate campus life” list.</p>
<p>Interesting that UT Austin ranked 6th on C P (I know it’s very un-scientific data) but has such a small percentage of Greek members according to Collegedata. Is it due to the student body size and a perception thing ? Tulane has very high numbers of Greek members yet it ranks 50th on C P.</p>
<p>Multiplying the 4.9% in sororities by the undergraduate female enrollment of 20,653 gives 1,008 sorority members, enough to fill many sorority houses. A similar calculation gives 659 fraternity members.</p>
<p>However, that still means that a great majority of students are not in fraternities and sororities, even though they are large enough that students interested in them can certainly find them.</p>
<p>The higher percentages do indicate that Tulane has more sorority and fraternity members in actual numbers, at 1,943 and 927 respectively, despite Tulane’s smaller overall size. </p>
<p>But there may be other characteristics of the school and its fraternities and sororities that are not captured by numbers and percentages. For example, Tulane requires students meet certain conditions before pledging, such as completion of at least 12 credit hours with a 2.5 GPA and not be on any kind of probationary status. Tulane also requires that recruitment and intake activities be dry (alcohol-free).</p>
<p>" Is it due to the student body size and a perception thing ?"</p>
<p>It’s due to the strength and history of the Greek system there and how important it is to its members. There are a lot of huge, 100-year-old chapters there with statewide power and influence. There’s a million other things to do at UT, and most students do those other things. I wouldn’t let worry about this keep a student away from UT. But boy, it’s a big deal for the folks involved. Tons of multigenerational legacies, multimillion-dollar houses, etc.</p>
<p>At Tulane, by contrast, a high percentage of students get involved, but it’s not a be-all end-all even for those students.</p>