Wesleyan to Frats: Go Co-Ed, or Shut-Down

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<p>Students concerned about whether fraternity participation at a campus is heavy enough that the non-fraternity social scene may be limited may want to note the list here:</p>

<p><a href=“http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-frats”>http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/most-frats&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>(However, some data looks suspicious – UT Pan American with 99% fraternity participation?)</p>

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<p>^^Wow- MIT at 49%? I had no idea!! I would never have guessed that fraternities are so popular at MIT.</p>

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<p>To be fair, a large reason for that is the lack of desirable upperclassmen housing options on campus/nearby. Don’t know about recently, but as of the mid-'00s, most joined fraternities/sororities so they’d have convenient housing options with fellow MIT students. </p>

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<p>^It’s a self-propelling system, which the MIT administration promotes and sells to the incoming freshmen and their parents. MIT freshmen pledge before they even know anybody on campus.<br>
It started because MIT was at one time a commuter school with insufficient student housing. </p>

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<p>^^^^
That is no longer the case. All MIT freshman are required to live on campus in MIT housing for the first year. Only exception is if the student is married or living with parents.</p>

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<p>Yes, but they still pledge fraternities after a few weeks of school even though they don’t live there the first year.</p>