<p>I know rice and hendrix have no frats, what are some other schools for free thinkers that want to attend a school were the social life is not a repeat of high school cliques with frats dominating?
I prefer no frats but, also schools with small % of frat members or at least where frats do not dominate the social scene.</p>
<p>Many of the liberal arts colleges have no fraternities.</p>
<p>But this is not rocket science - just do a search on Princeton Review!</p>
<p>I was looking for real insight not just a list!</p>
<p>Reed, they are over run with “hippies” :D</p>
<p>As an int’l student … I dont know what a fraternity is really … could anyone explain?</p>
<p>Pay attention to how frats are on campus, not just the percentage. For example, when I visited Wash U I asked about Greek life (I’m not a big fan either). She said they have both fraternities and sororities, but sororities don’t have houses and aren’t really a big deal. Even if people are involved it’s more like just another club. So, I guess what I’m saying is, look at how Greek culture is handled on campus in addition to the stats.</p>
<p>Social life will be a continuation of high school not a repeat, unless that’s what you want. What did you learn from yours? How do you want to evolve socially? Cliques continue with or without a Greek system but other opportunities also present themselves once one moves out of the house and into a college environment. The responsibility is now upon you to rethink and explore social options with an open mind.</p>
<p>There are hundreds of schools with no frats; everything from Harvard to Barb’s Beauty College. So until we know your stats or the level of school you are looking for it’s tough to give specific recommendations. </p>
<p>However I know where you are coming from because this is also important in son’s search. Schools where the student body gels together as a tight-knit community are so much more appealing than those with social groups that seek to divide and exclude.</p>
<p>Here are some that we have found that seem to have exceptional student communities sans greek life: St. Olaf, Kalamazoo College, Gonzaga University. Some more selective colleges would include Rice, Reed, Carleton, Grinnell and Wesleyan. And a couple where greek life is small scale include: Lawrence University, Truman State University and Gustavus Adolphus. I know there are many more but these are the ones that appealed to us the most.</p>
<p>The Jesuit schools and Notre Dame have no frats.</p>
<p>st olaf has no frats?</p>
<p>Not sure about St. Olaf’s, it is Lutheran not Jesuit so you need to check, but likely it isn’t big into frats. Looks like there is just one co-ed service based fraternity there, no real Greek life, but you should check for yourself.</p>
<p>What do you mean by over-run? Many state universities have greek life and statistically, even though they seem to have lots of Greeks, actual percentage is low. For instance University of SC, greeks make up slightly over 20% of students, meaning there are vastly more non-greeks. I’m guessing many state uni are like this so don’t count them out because of a big Greek row!</p>
<p>St Olaf has no Greek system of any kind. There are theme houses and “honor” houses that morph from year to year around special interests - academic, volunteer, etc. About 95%-98% of students life on campus.</p>
<p>Dartmouth doesn’t have a big frat scene</p>
<p>6% greek at uab… most of that is sororities</p>
<p>the validity , very funny dartmouth is 40% or more, I just looked it up. that is a frat college, but I think you know that.</p>