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Today I was thinking back to when I used to read all these college guidebooks 2-3 years ago when I was looking at colleges. One thing I remember was that many Southern universities had large percentages of students went Greek, and I always wondered why.
Why do so many Southern students go Greek, but not as many anywhere else in the nation?
I have nothing against fraternities and sororities, but I always wondered that.
Most students do what they do on college campuses based on the traditions of the particular school. I would bet that at least half of those Southern students going Greek wouldn't if they attended a school in a state or region where Greek life is not as prominent.
So, to answer your question, it's because of tradition.
I didn't go to school in the South, but I agree that it's related to tradition, both school and family traditions. In my Northern family the Greek system is a foreign concept in many ways, and given that my school didn't have a big Greek presence it wasn't anything I ever really thought about. That seems very different from my Southern Greek friends, who often had parents who did the Greek thing, and who went to campuses where it was a long-established campus tradition and norm. As to why initially it was bigger in the South than in the North, don't know, but would be curious to hear the answer!
Being a native Northeasterner, and having gone to college in the South, I often wondered the same thing.
I agree that it is a cultural thing; although, there are a lot of fraternities in the North--they just call them secret societies *LOL*
Today I was thinking back to when I used to read all these college guidebooks 2-3 years ago when I was looking at colleges. One thing I remember was that many Southern universities had large percentages of students went Greek, and I always wondered why.
Why do so many Southern students go Greek, but not as many anywhere else in the nation?
I have nothing against fraternities and sororities, but I always wondered that.
My son starts college this August in GA. He has already received two letters from fraternities inviting him to pledge.
He doesn't seem interested anyway, but we told him no fraternities his freshman year.
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