<p>Could someone give me a run-down and opinions...? Coming from far away (California) but not a party type. VERY SOCIAL however! The schools around me (USC, UCLA) are fairly Greek but non-Greeks do just fine too as far as I can see. Anyone know when rush is and how prevalent it is for the sorority end of things?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I saw someone on here do an amazing job of describing all the different dorms and the type of people in them. It would be totally awesome if someone could do the same with the fraternities and sororities. Then again I realize these fall into a category of secret societies so maybe that isn't likely. </p>
<p>One thing I read was that they are VERY expensive. What is expensive? How much do they cost and how much more is that than regular dorm room/board? And is there a variance in the amount of time you are required to devote to them? I have also heard that sometime the demand of time to these organizations can be equivalent to taking on another course load or two...is that true?</p>
<p>IU is a large school so a sorority is not essential for a social life and by no means will you feel left out if you don't belong to a sorority. </p>
<p>Here is a link about rush at IU</p>
<p>Untitled</a> Document</p>
<p>The first round of rush parties is in the latter part of the first semester; the major rush parties and pledging happens the week before school starts in January after break. You really can't classify the "people in them" and it's better not to have any preconceptions and go through rush with an open mind. Usually you will find the place where you fit in. Most if not all the sororities at IU have their own web sites though if you want to check them out.</p>
<p>19 party is what you want to look at.</p>
<p>Being Greek has its big pluses and minuses. If you go greek, your going to have a limited social circle of .... other greeks. IU does have a HUGE HUGE HUGE greek system. Do rush 19 party just to experience it at the very least... I am sure you would enjoy it.</p>
<p>The competition is tough, i do believe it was around 1500+ for around 700-800 spots.</p>
<p>IMPORTANT: Make sure you RESEARCH (aka ask around) what each sorority "REP" is, because once you join a sorority, its rep lives around you, even before the person talks to you (assuming he/she sees your letters).</p>
<p>But hey, get into DDD and the guys will be all over you ;).</p>
<p>Okay, my mom was a Tri Delt...what gives???!!! (Bad? Good?)</p>
<p>Tri Delt is a lovely house at IU. Definitely good.</p>
<p>Oh man, sororities love legacy's. Very, very good house. We had a formal dinner with tri-delts once, very nice, beautiful girls.</p>
<p>Some people may rag on you, just cause they are jealous of tri-delts, pi phis, zetas, etc.</p>
<p>Tri delts, who hasn't? is an unfair stereotype of the great girls in that house.</p>
<p>Among the girls at IU the Tri Delts (never met one so don't shoot me) don't have the best reputation. Sororities at IU are definitely pretty chill a few of my friends are in them and they seem to really like them.</p>
<p>Tri Delts have the a GORGEOUS house. However, the girls I have met from that house have absolutely no brain, stereotypical sorostitutes.</p>
<p>They do have a beautiful house. That house almost made me go to 19 party, but then the expenses to live in one make me re-think.</p>
<p>Soristututes? Sure they get up early to dress pretty for all the guys. Whats so bad about that? Of course, they get into their comfort zone in class with all their greek circle friends. Its natural. If you smile and go talk them, you will find them quite enjoyable to talk to.</p>
<p>Sorry, I don't find ugg boots, black north face, "leggings", and Dior sunglasses pretty. I have talked to them, taken classes with them, and sat next to them. They are pretty much worthless beings living off of their parents money.</p>
<p>Specifically, it was a communications class I was in with the sorostitutes. In their presentation, we tallied the amount of times they said "like" or "um". It was 126. Only the frat group was close, saying "like" or "um" 110 times. Next place you could count with two hands.</p>
<p>You can show me whatever house GPAs you want, but the bottom line is there is a terrible stereotype associated with Greeks at Indiana and the majority of people I met who are Greek conform with those stereotypes rather than show personality.</p>
<p>N I C E post A2Wolves. I graduated from IU last summer, I have to say that I agree with you 100%. And I would like to add that when you go to the library to try and study (which for them is one of the main places where they do their socializing) you can't get anything done because they are on their phones, etc. And they use all of the computers so that they can STUDY Facebook. haha. Don't get me wrong, I did have some friends that were in sororities, but they actually had brains (coincidentally, they weren't in any of the houses that had a bad rep).</p>
<p>Something I would like to add: My freshman year (2003) I asked during orientation what percentage of the school went Greek and I was told only 23%. I imagine that this has increased a little since it has been five years, but it couldn't be that different.</p>