Texas Tech University - Greek Life

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Undergrad Men in Fraternities		14%
Undergrad Women in Sororities		18%
Number of Fraternities		26
Number of Sororities		18

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Lubbock is a small town, and therefore Greek life is a huge part of the Texas Tech social scene. There are 11 sororities and more than 10 fraternities who have lodges on Greek Circle, and these are the ones that have the most social functions throughout the year. Especially for freshman who can’t go to bars, fraternity parties are the place to be on the weekend. There is at least one fraternity party going on every day of the weekend during the fall semester, and these parties range anywhere from being a refined dance party with a band to a foam party with a DJ and random costumes galore. Fraternity parties are random in venue and theme, but they usually have one thing in common: drinking. It is not uncommon to see people making-out in the foam or throwing up in it. Girls are always welcome, but only guys in that particular fraternity are usually allowed in.

Sorority functions are the opposite of fraternity functions because they are all date parties. Dates must be signed up, and most sororities make it mandatory to take a provided shuttle to and from the party. Drinking is not allowed for anyone under 21 because there is a third-party vendor who checks IDs, and the overall party feels like a high-school dance. Unlike the Greek life at other schools, no one lives at the lodge provided by their respective fraternity or sorority. This plays a huge part in the dwindling of involvement of students in Greek life after their sophomore year.

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Dwfishman26

'14

International Business

C+

Dumb Networking Life

The Greek community is very popular here, and so if your not in the greek community your seen as an outsider or inferior to most people. I think that the greek system is just a reason for everyone to think more highly of theirselves.

Jan 23, 2012

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maceyq

'14

International Business

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Greek Life at Tech

If you fit into stereotypes and can stand to look like everyone else then Greek Life is for you. Rules and regulations are enforced immensely and participation in almost every event is required. It is very time consuming but in the end there are great business ties and lifelong friendships that can be made.

Jan 12, 2012

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chy0517

'14

Industrial Engineering

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Engineering Sorority

I'm in the engineering sorority, and it was the best decision of my life. And all of the greek life here is amazing, it's one of the things Tech is known for.

Jan 12, 2012

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Fraternities		Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Tau Omega Beta Theta Pi Chi Psi Delta Chi Delta Sigma Phi Delta Tau Delta Farmhouse Kappa Alpha Order Kappa Sigma Omega Delta Phi Omega Psi Phi Phi Delta Theta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Kappa Psi Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Chi Sigma Lambda Beta Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Pi Theta Chi Theta Xi
Sororities		Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Kappa Alpha Alpha Phi Chi Omega Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Delta Sigma Theta Gamma Alpha Omega Kappa Alpha Theta Kappa Delta Kappa Delta Chi Kappa Kappa Gamma Lambda Theta Alpha Pi Beta Phi Zeta Phi Beta Zeta Phi Gamma Zeta Tau Alpha
Other Greek Organizations		InterFraternity Council InterGreek Council National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC) Order of Omega Panhellenic Council (PH) Rho Lambda

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