Missing out on the social experience of college and having an easier time making friends after it, how common?
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At my University about 10% of undergraduates belong to a sorority or fraternity. When you consider all students (law, medicine, grad school, PhD) it is far less than that.
Yes, and that's not unusual. This is why I said the OP is probably overestimating the importance of the Greek system at their school. It's usually a small percent, unless it's a small school. But the OP went to a big state school. There are usually dances and other social events organized in the Student Union building and elsewhere that are non-Greek and aimed at the general student body, in addition to smaller on-campus groups and organizations that organize their own events.
Also, there is usually an off-campus scene, where a group of students renting a house or big apartment have parties for their friends. These kinds of things can be off the general radar if you don't know anyone who's involved, though. The Greeks may seem to have an outsized presence in that regard: word travels fast through their grapevine. Though I never heard about any of the Greek events when I was in college. The parties are hard to miss if you're walking down the street where they're located, though.
Greek life tends to look over represented compared to its actual percentage of students members. They're social groups that make themselves known. They have their own social calendar, they hold publicized events and do philanthropic work, they wear letters and other clothing and accessories that show off their affiliation. It's noticeable because they want to be noticed.
Greek life tends to look over represented compared to its actual percentage of students members. They're social groups that make themselves known. They have their own social calendar, they hold publicized events and do philanthropic work, they wear letters and other clothing and accessories that show off their affiliation. It's noticeable because they want to be noticed.
True. They're a high-profile bunch, compared to other groups.
Each stage in your life will present itself with opportunities to socialize and make lots of friends. I would say that while we have a lot of friends from college that we still do things with, our largest group of friends actually has come from the families we have connected with while our children were in K-12 schools. Those families are still our core group of friends and have been for 20+ years.
As for Greek life--college is what you make of it and in my experience, the network formed at smaller schools tends to be much greater than those at huge universities. You are able to get to know more of your classmates on a more personal level than you are with those huge 300 student lecture hall classes at huge universities.
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