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The social scene at Davidson takes one motto to heart: work hard, play hard. Greek life takes a big role in the latter part of the phrase, with 40 percent of men pledging fraternities and almost 80 percent of women self-selecting into eating houses. Students are in agreement, however, that while Greek life is clearly present, it’s not overwhelming, and affiliation is certainly not required if you want to have a good time on campus.

The key to partying at Davidson is the open, friendly environment on campus. While individual frats or eating houses will host parties, the events are not restricted to members only. Parties are typically closed from 8 p.m. until 10 p.m., and then open to all Davidson students from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m. In this sense, Greek life plays a central role in planning and throwing parties, but doesn’t become exclusive when it comes to enjoying them. Still, while you don’t have to belong to a frat or eating house to be considered ‘cool’ on campus, joining probably won’t hurt your reputation. Members of these houses who remain involved during their four years tend to be the biggest partiers and drinkers, but there are also plenty of exceptions. Students turned off by the whole idea of togas and Milwaukee’s Best are by no means out of luck on weekends and flock to events held in the college union and off campus. The biggest thing to remember about the Davidson party scene is that it’s definitely here and definitely happening, especially for such a small school. If it’s not your thing, that’s totally acceptable; there are plenty of other ways you’ll have a good time on weekends while you’re here.

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Greek Life at Davidson College

elcader

'12

Art History

2.7

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Only Exists for Guys...

Davidson is not much of a greek school. While there are fraternities, they are not very selective and parties are open to all students (if you are too exclusive at such a small school, you run out of friends rather quickly). There are two new historically-black sororities on campus, but the vast majority of females interested in joining "sisterhoods" join eating houses - non nationally-affiliated social and philanthropical clubs modeled after Princeton's eating house system. They differ greatly from sororities in that, rather than rush, freshman rate which of the four houses they would like to join and an electronic-algorithm determines which they receive.

Dec 05, 2011

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alclark13

'15

Political Science and Government

5.0

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Unique System

The eating houses are a great system and provide a good social community.

Dec 05, 2011

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Daj333

'15

Philosophy

4.6

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A Okay to Not Be Greek

with the economic crisis of Greece, many more students are avoiding the Greek scene, coincidence i think not,still, people not involved with fraternities are still invited to all parties which is nice

Dec 01, 2011

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