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Greek Life

Quick Stats

Undergrad Men in Fraternities 16%
Undergrad Women in Sororities 28%
Number of Fraternities 6
Number of Sororities 6

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For some reason, Dickinson seems to have a much more prominent Greek life than similiar schools, and it often feels as though almost every other person you see walking around campus is wearing something with Greek letters on it. This might be because the Greek community is basically the heart of the party scene and dominates social life on campus. Thus, is not uncommon for students who are not Greek to feel bitter about the Greek scene as a whole. But, it is generally understood by those who are involved in the Greek scene that it is not for everyone, and non-Greeks aren’t particularly shunned from Greek social events and parties. Greek life, while it is big at Dickinson, is not the whole community, and there are many students who opt not to partake in it. Guys make this decision in the spring of their freshman year, while girls must wait to rush until the fall of their sophomore year.

A lot of students choose to become a member of a Greek organization because it is a great way to meet people and become involved on campus. Choosing to be part of a Greek society is really at the discretion if the individual and a matter of personal preference.

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Greek Life at Dickinson College

Kennisha

'10

English

3.8
B+

HISTORY IS THE KEY THROUGH MANY DOORS

Greek life is normal, they host events on campus which teaches students about the history of their sorority. Every year each sorority would have many students trying to pledge for their sorority and it takes a lot of dedication for each students. You have to be present at every meeting they have and you would need to be free from hours of 6-8 pm. Grades are very important so they look at students who meet the requirements and shows their very determined. There also very big on volunteer work and helping out the community so they encourage students to step forth and be apart of that. Each sorority is like a family. They all have social life’s to which they try to also include friends and family to join them in different activities they participate in. That for me is really great because it's nice to not just want to stick to your Greek family an get to know other people so students look up to them for that. Their also respected by other students. There are Greek housing available such as Capa Houses, Gama Houses and so much more so any student that is interested in joining sorority they can go in and find out about.

Oct 25, 2011

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Greek Life at Dickinson College

kgregory

'14

Neuroscience

4.2
A-

Not a Lot, but Present

There are only a handful of frats and sororities on campus but they try there best to be an active part on campus. Dickinson is VERY strict towards greek (sometimes biased against it). But, on the other hand that makes hazing minimal (very minimal, if there is any at all) but the greeks still party and have fun!

Oct 16, 2011

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Greek Life at Dickinson College

yw

'14

Political Science and Government

1.9
C-

Bad Greek Life

The frats on campus are known to be trouble-makers and there's very little choice in which frat one picks. The sororities are little better but again lack of variety. Dickinson isn't too big on Greek Life, there are a number of people that joins them but overall they're not the majority.

Aug 09, 2011

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Facts

Fraternities
  • Delta Sigma Phi
  • Kappa Alpha Psi
  • Kappa Sigma
  • Phi Delta Theta
  • Phi Kappa Sigma
  • Sigma Lambda Beta
Sororities
  • Delta Nu
  • Delta Sigma Theta
  • Kappa Alpha Theta
  • Kappa Kappa Gamma
  • Pi Beta Phi
  • Sigma Lambda Gamma
Multicultural Colonies
  • Delta Sigma Theta
  • Kappa Alpha Psi
Other Greek Organizations
  • Alpha Lambda Delta Freshman Honor Society
  • Alpha Phi Omega Coed Service Fraternity
  • Interfraternity Council
  • Panhellenic Council
  • Phi Beta Delta International Study Honor Society
  • Phi Beta Kappa Leadership Society

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