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Anonymous
Goes out to bars, restaurants and clubs in NYC or frat/house parties? |
Anonymous
| Fun is really kid specific. |
Anonymous
looks like 6: https://www.greekrank.net/uni/184/fraternities/ |
Anonymous
I think a lot of kids and parents listen to the school presentation on greek life and few ask the actual students. there are a lot of "unassociated houses" at Georgetown with all the rushing and pledging as frats. it's more of a thing than people realize |
Anonymous
Yes, it has changed a lot in recent years. I'm also an alum. Dartmouth was one of the last to fall to the "grinder applicant" culture but they've very much conceded over the past few cycles. |
Anonymous
I work at Georgetown with a lot of young alumni (and interact with the alumni community), and I have never heard a single reference to Greek life—to being a member of a house or to Greek life’s existence at the school. I also see no evidence of it walking around campus, in the student newspapers, etc. To the extent that it’s a thing, it’s not a thing like it is at schools with formally recognized Greek systems, where Greek identity is very obvious. |
Anonymous
Agreed, also know a few like minded kids very happy at Colby, Middlebury, Hamilton and Amherst. |
Anonymous
All of the above, but bars, clubs, and restaurants are more popular choices than frats and house parties. |
Anonymous
Should my gay DS who wants to party rush a fraternity at one of the 4 schools mentioned above next year? He's worried that he will be shut out of frat parties if he isn't a part of a frat, but also isn't 100% set on rushing. |
Anonymous
We've heard Columbia is very sceney and pricey - lots of private clubs/bottle service. It's almost like the kids lead a 25+ life at 18? Everyone has a black card or Centurion card too. Out of control but maybe all city schools are like this now. |
Anonymous
That is mostly reserved for the very wealthy kids, which make up a large proportion of Columbia but doesn't represent the whole class. Going out scene is more relaxed than that for most people - free entry clubs, restaurants, house parties, frats. |
Anonymous
| Define fun. Dor a type B student, Emory, WashU, Rice are fun. |
Anonymous
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If that’s the case that’s a bummer. Columbia and NYU always had a very tiny group of what we then called “Eurotrash” kids who were super-rich expat or international kids with a ton of money who led very separate lives from everyone else. But Columbia used to have a great, chill social scene. We would take the train down from Yale sometimes to go to parties in the university-owned apartments with friends. This was the early 2000s and the schools were still cautious about off-campus violence in the 90s, so they looked the other way and allowed a lot of on-campus partying. Phones, better understanding of liability and risk, and job pressure have really taken the fun out of college. It makes sense that students are looking for more organized socializing in schools with Greek systems or really formalized southern social scenes; it seems like the only way to be sure there will be a little fun. |
Anonymous
Cornell recently sanctioned fraternity members for waterboarding pledges with vodka. Is that fun? |
Anonymous
Link? |