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New students foreign to the Greek system will be stunned by the phenomenon created by the fraternities and sororities here on campus. Greek life feeds directly into the community created by SMU with its small student population and functions as the primary way of life—well, at least socially. On the other hand, while people may assume what they will about Greek life and attach certain labels to it (such as elitism and “buying your friends”), most will soon find themselves amongst the crowd, either by joining it or making friends who participate in it. Being Greek allows you instant access into theme parties that are held every weekend. Most Greeks are proud that they are a part of an organization, but by no means will they treat you differently because you are not Greek . . . you just won’t be able to get into most of the parties. Because SMU is in the South, recruitment is an immense ordeal, and quite a bit of emphasis is placed on the entire scene.

Every day, different colored jerseys are visible all over campus, in addition to Greek T-shirts that everyone wears to class. Girls are also equipped with buttons on their purses and backpacks. But once again, Greek life does not take over the entire campus. It’s just highly noticeable. On the flip side, the percentage of students joining fraternities and sororities is slowly dwindling.Don’t make assumptions about the people or the system; check it out and judge for yourself.

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Greek Life at Southern Methodist University

JLF5492

Business '14

5.0

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The reputation for greek life now a days is all about parties, drugs, and drinking. At SMU drinking is present but all the guys and girls are very nice people trying to become active in their community! The Greek Life at SMU is what the definition of what GREEK is supposed to be life helping the community out and making the school a better place! IT'S AWESOME!

May 27, 2012

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Greek Life at Southern Methodist University

Sparkle2

Spanish Language and Literature '13

4.6

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ALL or NOTHING

You are a Geek and want fit in well if you are not part of Greek Life at SMU. I attended OU for one year and was part of a sorority however football ruled there. The Greek Life is night and day at SMU vs. OU. It totally rules the Campus. Greek housing is suberb, elegant and relaxing with great food and snacks and not to mention sisters.

May 10, 2012

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Greek Life at Southern Methodist University

tracillly

Advertising '15

3.8

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Greeks at SMU

The greek life at SMU believes that they run the school. Although they may think this I have been here for a few months and have seen many more GDI's than greek people in my classes overall. The greek system at SMU is different than most school because recruitment is in the spring, which I believe is a good thing because it prevents clicks from forming so soon and allows people to make more friends outside of their sorority or fraternity. In general most of the greeks I have met have been friendly, but not invitational to any type of outside the classroom bonding.

Mar 28, 2012

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