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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My current HS senior would not consider  Dartmouth - even though it checked a lot of her boxes - because it is 65% Greek. This article is devastating but there are many of them, about many kids at many other colleges with the same type of toxic culture - the common denominator of the kids who die from hazing is they are almost never white, and never wealthy or legacies. It will be kids of color, often of immigrant parents and/or parents who did not attend that type of college/university, are middle or lower income, etc. They are outsiders who join Greek life because there want the acceptance and major transactional benefits (and btw the McKinsey spokesperson is FOS - it's not just having the name of the frat on your resume that gets you an internship or job, it's everything else - the contacts, networking, fraternity alumni, brothers who prep you for exams, entree to professional clubs, etc etc etc). As a prospective parent or student, I would  pay careful attention to the campus culture - can the kid get the experience they want and need? Can they access the opportunities important to them? Will they only be happy or feel successful if they can penetrate an exclusive social culture that literally exists to make sure a certain type of student will always have an edge? And it's not just limited to a specific type of Greek life - it includes final clubs, eating clubs, etc. - there is a reason they exist and it is to maintain the status quo. Now that elite colleges and universities are not mainly filled with the progeny of "elite" families (though of course they get huge advantage in admission), there need to be other social structures in place to make sure only certain "others" are admitted, and to not water down the true intent of this structure. Go in with your eyes open, talk to current students - not just tour guides - about their experiences, and think hard about what you want out of your college experience. [/quote]

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