Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 16:08     Subject: Schools without Fraternities
Haverford
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 16:01     Subject: Re:Schools without Fraternities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:You can do a Super Search on Naviance and eliminate schools with Greek life. Many LACs have little or no Greeks - ie: Williams, Amherst, Carleton, Swarthmore. Caltech & Franklin Olin are 2 STEM schools.


Most LACs have plenty of booze flowing. As with any college search, visits and talks with current students are very important.


Correct. He won't avoid a drinking culture just by avoiding a school with a Greek system.


Very true. I went to Boston College, no Greek system and in a very fun and happening city (so the "they drink because there's nothing else to do" that's often used for the LACs doesn't apply), and there was still a pretty darn big drinking/party culture...


My son is a freshmen at BC and this is what he says about it too. He loves it, by the way.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 15:59     Subject: Re:Schools without Fraternities
Rice -- no frats, a great residential college system, and excellent STEM programs. Our son is an engineering student there and loves it.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 15:54     Subject: Schools without Fraternities
NOVA.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 15:47     Subject: Re:Schools without Fraternities
OP here. Thanks for the responses. I completely realize that no fraternities does not mean no drinking. I went to a Jesuit school with no Greek life and everyone drank themselves silly all throughout the week. I think my son just wants to avoid a school where there isn't much left for a non frat boy to do. He doesn't want to be an outcast.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 14:42     Subject: Schools without Fraternities
Reed, Rice, maybe Oberlin? All great schools.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 14:28     Subject: Re:Schools without Fraternities
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:JHU has frats but otherwise is known as a dull college with dull students and little drinking.

As others have said, it's not so much the college but the friends your child will make. All colleges have drinking regardless of the existence of frats or not. At my Ivy we had fraternities but where was also a whole segment of undergrads who never touched alcohol, although I will be frank and admit they were on the dorky end of the spectrum.
Dorky, huh? And I'll bet you were ever so cool, and the cooliest, the most with it kid on campus. Never a dull moment with you, right?
LOL! Nailed it. I'll bet nobody turned to the pp, Joe Cool, to compare notes for major exams. It might surprise those who call others dorky what their peers actually thought about him. He might be in for a real eye opener.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 12:24     Subject: Re:Schools without Fraternities
Anonymous wrote:There is drinking at every school. All schools tell you they don't tolerate underage drinking and all schools have underage kids who drink regularly. It really is all about the choices you make. If you don't want to drink you don't have to whether you're in Greek life or not. It won't matter if you choose big or small, public or private. You don't have to participate in that lifestyle and you will likely naturally gravitate towards kids who share your values. Focus on the school that fits your academic needs and you'll do well. Good luck OP.


+1 and agree with other PPs as well -- underage drinking happens at every college, Greeks or not. I went to Cornell undergrad -- huge frat scene, and plenty of underage drinking both inside and outside the Greek system. Also plenty easy to avoid the Greek and/or drinking scene because it's a large enough university that there is a huge range of people to hang out with.

In the end it's down to your kid to make smart choices about who he hangs out with and what he does with his life.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 11:31     Subject: Re:Schools without Fraternities
There is drinking at every school. All schools tell you they don't tolerate underage drinking and all schools have underage kids who drink regularly. It really is all about the choices you make. If you don't want to drink you don't have to whether you're in Greek life or not. It won't matter if you choose big or small, public or private. You don't have to participate in that lifestyle and you will likely naturally gravitate towards kids who share your values. Focus on the school that fits your academic needs and you'll do well. Good luck OP.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 08:03     Subject: Schools without Fraternities
I went to a Jesuit school and that's all we did- drink!
THIS.

I went to two schools. There was more drinking at the Jesuit school than at the public that had a Greek scene.

The benefit to the larger, public school was that there was so many school and club sponsored events that the drinking didn't seem like the main thing going on. At the smaller, Catholic school, the drinking was front and center. The school didn't really seem to try to provide fun alternatives for the students.

Look into events/programs and when they are put on.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 07:53     Subject: Schools without Fraternities
Hopkins might be a good choice, but I don't know if the residential system is for all 4 years. Students aren't dull, unless dull means pre-professional and hardworking.
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 07:46     Subject: Re:Schools without Fraternities
Anonymous wrote:JHU has frats but otherwise is known as a dull college with dull students and little drinking.

As others have said, it's not so much the college but the friends your child will make. All colleges have drinking regardless of the existence of frats or not. At my Ivy we had fraternities but where was also a whole segment of undergrads who never touched alcohol, although I will be frank and admit they were on the dorky end of the spectrum.
Dorky, huh? And I'll bet you were ever so cool, and the cooliest, the most with it kid on campus. Never a dull moment with you, right?
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 07:22     Subject: Schools without Fraternities
There are a few schools on this list I, personally, wouldn't avoid because of frats. Unless they drag you in kicking and screaming, you can always say thanks, but no thanks.

http://colleges.startclass.com/stories/9948/frattiest-colleges-america?utm_source=yahoo&utm_medium=sponsored&utm_campaign=ao.ss.yh.dt.9948
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 06:56     Subject: Schools without Fraternities
Check out Rice. Fits all of your criteria, and a reputation for good FA
Anonymous
Post 02/02/2016 05:42     Subject: Re:Schools without Fraternities
JHU has frats but otherwise is known as a dull college with dull students and little drinking.

As others have said, it's not so much the college but the friends your child will make. All colleges have drinking regardless of the existence of frats or not. At my Ivy we had fraternities but where was also a whole segment of undergrads who never touched alcohol, although I will be frank and admit they were on the dorky end of the spectrum.