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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The only school that we felt had a strong divide (visible in the dining hall) was Dickenson. At my kid's overnight visit, the host confirmed it is pretty cliquey.

If this is a concern, pick a school that is not known for sports or Greek life. That suggests a more equal playing field, socially. [/quote]

It seems possible though that fraternities/sororities offer an opportunity to be part of a tight knit social group for a student who isn't on a team. [/quote]'

NP. Wow, so the world is divided into sports team members and Greek members. Not.

Any decent college or university of any size, SLAC or not, is going to have ample clubs, volunteer organizations, religious organizations, political organizations, arts groups etc. etc. Students can form their own groups if they don't find one they want to join. Too many opportunities for the world to be merely "jocks or Greeks" if you want a "tight knit social group," PP. And maybe they'll even find, you know, friends who don't come pre-packaged by being in ANY group/team/club/house and they'll be tightly knit anyway, eh? [/quote]

I was just saying fraternities and sororities, like other organizations, provide an opportunity for students to become associated with smaller communities.  So sports teams are not the only mechanism to achieve this type of bonding, and the social scene is not just "sports plus others."  The PP had suggested avoiding schools that had a greek system and I think the opposite might be true to address the segmentation of campus life between athletes and non-athletes.[/quote]

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