SLACs with great Greek life?

[Anonymous]

DC wants to join a fraternity and be part of Greek life. His older brother is in a frat and loves it, and some of his older friends who have gone to college already have either joined or plan to join. For academic reasons, he feels (and we agree) that he will do better in a smaller school environment. What are the liberal arts colleges with the best Greek life, where it is a fun part of the college culture, not just shoved to the corner or seen as a relic? He won't be competitive for super selective liberal arts colleges but anything at or above about a 20% acceptance rate that should be fair game. We're looking to make a list of reach, target, and safety schools so we can start visiting. Ideally within 8 hour drive of DC metro area, but we could make exceptions.

[Anonymous]

Wake Forest ED, class sizes are very small and school is 5600 kids.

[Anonymous]

W&L if he can get in

[Anonymous]

Bucknell, Lafayette, Union, Gettysburg, Franklin & Marshall, Furman University, Trinity College, Washington and Lee, Lehigh, Muhlenberg, Susquehanna University, Rhodes College

[Anonymous]

Hobart & William Smith

[Anonymous]

Colgate

[Anonymous]

Elon

[Anonymous]

Washington & Lee
Davidson

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colgate

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Colgate

Colgate does not reach the OP's criterion for acceptance rate.

[Anonymous]

This site includes suggestions such as HWS and St. Lawrence:

Colleges with Lots of Greek Life | The Princeton Review https://share.google/xJPGWLrDnI4vmuBAS

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC wants to join a fraternity and be part of Greek life. His older brother is in a frat and loves it, and some of his older friends who have gone to college already have either joined or plan to join. For academic reasons, he feels (and we agree) that he will do better in a smaller school environment. What are the liberal arts colleges with the best Greek life, where it is a fun part of the college culture, not just shoved to the corner or seen as a relic? He won't be competitive for super selective liberal arts colleges but anything at or above about a 20% acceptance rate that should be fair game. We're looking to make a list of reach, target, and safety schools so we can start visiting. Ideally within 8 hour drive of DC metro area, but we could make exceptions.

If a boy and full pay, I’d add a few reach schools with acceptance rates closer to 15%.

[Anonymous]

Living where you do, be sure to check out the University of Richmond.

[Anonymous]

Bucknell

[Anonymous]

Bucknell and Washington & Lee were the first two that came to mind. Both have a high percentages of Greek Life participation. I like University of Richmond as a suggestion but would caution that it doesn’t have the same % of Greek Life participation as W&L or Bucknell. Would he want to transfer if he didn’t get into a fraternity? Would he have a better chance of getting into a fraternity at a place where most people are in Greek life?