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Hamilton, NY
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Colgate University Greek Life had a new discussion posted by MarisaM123
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Colgate University Greek Life had a new discussion posted by MarisaM123

It depends on what you want to make of it. Many sorority women are interested in partying, drinking, etc. and there are plenty of spaces for that. Others are interested in hanging out with friends, going to Games a Foot, Take 2 movies with friends, etc. There is no one type of social life for first year women.

@MarisaM123-I'm a student working in the Office of Admission at Colgate. As echartier mentions, there is no standard social life at Colgate, it's totally what you make of the experience. Given we have more than 170 student organizations and over 1,200 scheduled events every semester, there is more than enough to do! Just to clarify, we have a delayed recruitment process for our Greek Letter Organizations so first-years are not eligible to participate until their sophomore year.

Thanks y'all!! :)

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Colgate University Greek Life had a new discussion posted by jatcox12

Each of them have a reputation on campus but I think (know) that those reputations are not correct. I have lots of friends in each sorority and all of them are very different people, and none of them subscribe to the overall stereotype of their organization.

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David Esber
Hometown
New Franklin, Ohio
Major
Peace and Conflict Studies
Grad Year
2013
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Greek life at Colgate is best described as a sizable minority. Across the six fraternities and three sororities, members can be seen participating in any of the 25 Division I athletic teams, volunteering with the Center for Outreach Volunteerism and Education (COVE), or performing on stage; simply put, going Greek at 'Gate does not mean that is your sole contribution to campus. In keeping with the tradition of an overinvolved Colgate student, Greek life continues to represent significant portions of Colgate's student body. Although Greek-letter organizations on campus do represent many social options on campus, they also take part in significant philanthropic efforts and often team up with other organizations across campus.

A few years back, the University purchased all of the Greek houses, and now, in addition to maintaining the houses, has taken a stricter stance on evening walk-throughs by Campus Safety. Colgate's delayed-rush system prohibits first-years from taking part in pre-recruitment and limits both sorority and fraternity recruitment to early in the first semester of the sophomore year. Parties at Greek houses are occasionally open events, but more often than not, they are "mixers" between different Greek-letter organizations. That being said, while a fair number of students are involved in Greek life, the majority of Greek students maintains strong friendships outside of their houses, creating a favorable relationship between Greek and non-Greek students across campus.

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