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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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Greek Life at Colgate University

mmoon

'13

Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution

4.2

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Pretty Big

6 frats and 3 (maybe soon 4) sororities 1 frat and 1 sorority that was kicked off campus are still going on For a small school, greek life does dominate. I think 40ish% of students are involved.

Jan 03, 2012

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ss278

'15

Neuroscience

4.6

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Greek Life Is Very Laid-Back

Greek life isn't dominating at Colgate and if you want to be in one, you don't have to deal with ridiculous pledging (at least for sororities). The worst things girls have to is, like, not wear make-up for a couple of weeks.

Dec 28, 2011

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jmallon

'15

Psychology

4.6

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Plenty of Parties

The frats are always throwing parties at Colgate. They are generally very good about letting people in.

Nov 30, 2011

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