<p>I was wondering if there were any current students on here who could elaborate about the social scene and Greek life.
Also, is it difficult for a minority (South Asian) to get into a sorority?</p>
<p>For your freshman year, the social scene often revolves around the people on your floor, but can also extend to people you meet in class, organizations, parties, etc. Sunday through Wednesday are pretty quiet on campus as people are usually getting work done in this period. Some people do go out on Thursdays, but it’s usually in the city at bars or clubs. Friday is by far the most popular night to go out because many of the frats are open and have dance parties. Saturdays are actually less active than Fridays probably because many people have too much work and don’t want to be hungover on Sunday morning. It seems like there are more parties in the fall semester as frats try to attract potential pledges. Spring semester still has parties, but definitely fewer open parties.</p>
<p>Sororities don’t have their own houses and there is a separate rush the week before the spring semester starts (usually mid-January). In terms of Asians getting into sororities, it really depends on the sorority. I would think it would be pretty difficult for an asian to get into sororities like KKG or APhi because those are populated primarily by blondes and Jewish girls respectively. However, there is usually a token asian in each of these sororities, so you could be lucky. Other sororities seem more diverse and accepting of minorities so that’s probably the best option.</p>
<p>Hi–
On that topic, son is accepted ( 
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Thank you!</p>
<p>There is absolutely no pressure whatsoever to join a fraternity. And they aren’t important, or dominant in a way that you would put it. They’re there for fun/parties/sense of brotherhood/etc. But they no in way “rule the school”. Wash U is an extremely laid back community. Most people don’t care what or who you are (i.e. they care about your qualities rather than if you’re a/an _<strong><em>, </em></strong><em>, </em>).</p>
<p>Greek life is only like, 25% of the student body or something.</p>
<p>It’s not that difficult for any minorities to get into a sorority. However, it does depend on the sorority you’re interested in. KKG often gives bids to quite a few South Asians. However, you would find less minorities in a sorority like AEPhi, which has a large Jewish population. The rest of the sororities are pretty diverse in my opinion. </p>
<p>Like marcdvl said, there’s absolutely no pressure to join a fraternity. Especially during the first semester of freshman year, there’s not a lot of association with Greek Life, with the exception of frat parties. However, second semester, you begin to feel Greek Life has a greater dominance. It entirely depends on who you’re friends with and whether they are pledging. That being said, no one is looked down upon if they decide not to rush.</p>
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<p>That may be true, but out of the people who party on a weekend basis, this percentage is much higher. There is a large percent of the WashU population that just does not go out on the weekends. Thus, most of the people you consistently see at parties are pretty likely to join a frat/sorority in the 2nd semester.</p>
<p>South Asian girls tend to get a lot of bids from sororities - both Pi Phi and KKG - which are considered the “top two.”</p>
<p>The dominance of Greek life depends on the circles you roam in. If you are friends with the partyers everyone knows and “loves” and don’t rush, you will definitely feel left out. I would highly recommend for girls to that have good friends rushing to rush.</p>
<p>For guys, Greek life seems to dominate right around now. Still freshman year, during pledge, etc. It dies down later. But again, if friends are rushing, rush with them: otherwise you will def feel lonely when everyone is at some date night or another and you dont have an invite.</p>