<p>I:
-am a female in a committed relationship with another female
-am not a drinker...ever, and I'm not particularly fond of being around people while they're drinking, especially in a party setting.
-don't really like partying
-hate drama
-am somewhat liberal</p>
<p>Would greek life be a terrible mistake and be very weird for someone like me to be involved in? My ma says that I should give it a chance and stop judging the system before I've even seen it in person, but my biased memory of frats on television has given me a terrible stigma against joining any sorority. When I think of frat/sor life, I think:</p>
<p>-boy meets girl... in more ways than one and very often... socks on door handles...
-alcohol...vomitting...drugs...
-pressure to be participating in the above
-tons of drama</p>
<p>Is this incorrect?</p>
<p>I'm an outgoing person, but only usually hang out with people I've grown especially close to. And even then, I would never drink. I'm pretty easy-going, and do not like to get involved with people's arguments. I'm just wondering if I'm not giving this thing enough of a chance.</p>
<p>Don’t know much about sororities, but frats are mostly like that. However, I’ve seen some sororities, and they definitely fit your typical bimbos.</p>
<p>So it will probably turn out to be what you expect. But don’t expect it to be much different outside of Greek life though. Especially the alcohol / vomiting part. I swear, every goddamn Friday there’s some idiot vomiting in the bathroom.</p>
<p>I think it would be definitely a mistake. The biggest reason is that the Greek system at UIUC just isn’t that welcoming to diversity, particularly in regards to sexual orientation.</p>
<p>It’s somewhat of a moot point as you’d be unlikely to even get a bid. That doesn’t mean you should humor your mother by trying to rush. The rush process is abusive for anyone, and especially so if you’re not well suited for the system.</p>
<p>@Brahmin: Is this in the Champaign residence halls? The Urbana residence halls have much less of that kind of nonsense. I’d strongly recommend the latter if you’re looking for relatively sane behavior, diversity and inclusiveness.</p>
<p>as someone involved in greek life at uiuc, i wouldn’t be too worried about your situation. i have brothers in my fraternity who don’t drink nor party (religious or personal reasons) and are a pretty liberal. although the stereotype is that greek life is conservative, the truth is that its an eclectic mix. there’s a good mix of both political views and it rarely gets in the way of brotherhood. peer pressure isnt really an issue, as people usually respect your views. and alcohol and vomtting will be everywhere regardless of whether you’re greek or not. people are dumb and the get trashed. its not exclusive to greek life. and as for drugs, its mainly just booze. a small portion of people do weed but its not prevalent and you’ll rarely hear about it. as far as other drugs, i’ve never came across any of them. </p>
<p>that’s my little brief narrative on greek life, if you want to know more, feel free to pm me. my advice would be to go through rush and see the houses that you like. you’re not obligated to join a house and you can leave rush at any time.</p>
<p>also, greek life is more than just partying. yes they do that and its a good way to end the week, but there’s sisterhood/brotherhood, service, academics, philanthropy, and intramurals that they are all very actively involved with. just wanted to include that so you don’t think its all what it looks like on tv :3</p>