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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My twins are first years at UVA which is described as "fratty" and is a party school in many ways.Yes, that is the scene that my DD is experiencing but she is enjoying it very much and will rush in the spring. My DS is NOT into Greek life and is not involved in any athletics on grounds. He did however join a bunch of clubs which have had parties and activities where he has enjoyed himself. He is not a drinker, usually two beers is very much his limit and that happens maybe once a month. He has been stone cold sober at these club parties and still had a good time.

I went to a SLAC that was oh about 60-70% greek at the time, and yes it was the only thing to do on the weekends. Which was fine, I found a sorority that I loved and thoroughly enjoyed my time there. Prior to, I would never have said I was someone who would rush. in fact i didn't until spring sophomore year.

My point is that there are kids at every school that are not Greek. She will just have to work harder to find them.[/quote]

[b]But why should they have to if they can identify schools ahead of time that don’t have this culture?[/b] And even though you may be able to find your people eventually at a school that has a high Greek life participation, they tend to be very high profile on campus and hard to get away from.

Op - my kid had the same criteria and is very happy where she ended up. There is some Greek life at her school but it doesn’t overshadow other social activities. 
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Maybe because UVA is only 6k-7K in tuition a term for in-state?  And is only less than a third greek.  And you can have a wonderful time in the 600+ clubs there (I am not exaggerating) without getting involved in greek life?[/quote]

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