American University
- Greek Life

No Animal House

The Greek life at AU is good and there are plenty of frats and sororities that are chartered by the university. Nobody is going to pressure you to join anything and, for the most part, the frat brothers are nice. There aren't any university-sponsored Greek houses, but the individual frats/sororities usually have their own house off-campus.

Great If You Like Frats, Great If You Don't

Welcome Week = Frat parties. UNLESS you don't want them. Brothers and sisters are all around but they do not rule the school. It's just extremely fun if you're involved. You can have friends that are involved, and friends who aren't. Chances are, though, your whole freshman year will be full of frat parties in the weekends. And boy are they fun.

Greek Life

The sororities/fraternities are available if you like that kind of thing, but not annoyingly present if you don't. The university tries to create a sense of community in the dorms, so you don't need to be involved in Greek life just to have a group of friends.