University of Florida - Greek Life

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Freshman Men in Fraternities		18%
Undergrad Men in Fraternities		17%
Freshman Women in Sororities		18%
Undergrad Women in Sororities		17%
Number of Fraternities		38
Number of Sororities		26

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Greek life is pretty big at UF. Only a little more than 15 percent of students belong to social fraternities and sororities, but Greeks tend to be very active in student government, the Student Alumni Association, and other campus organizations, which means you see and hear them pretty frequently. The one thing about Greek life is that you get to establish connections with so many people inside your house and on campus because Greeks are very involved. Greek life is not all about partying, either, unlike Hollywood movies. The true meaning of Greek life is to make connections between a group of guys and girls who you'll have at your wedding one day, to reminisce on the times you had in college.

If you decide to pledge, keep in mind that you’re going to have to budget your time uncommonly well. If you don’t pledge but have friends who do, try to stay supportive; it’s not an easy semester for the pledges. If you don’t care about this stuff at all, great—that’s one less (big) thing to worry about. But what everyone should remember is this: people joke around about the “differences” between Greeks and independents, which is something very different from actually using these "differences" to make decisions about who should and should not be friends. It should be noted, though, that if you are a guy and want to go to fraternity parties, you will not be able to get in because fraternities do not let other guys into their houses during the academic year.

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mattdevr

'15

Mechanical Engineering

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Greeks at the Game

All of the sorority girls wear dresses to the foot ball games.

Feb 06, 2012

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bperez1992

'14

Psychology

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Greeks

Greeks run the student union, which sucks because scooter parking keeps going up, and even though I vote for a different leader, they always get the spot in office. Greeks are viewed by others as rich kids, because pledging at UF is extremely expensive. But, Greeks definitely don't dominate the social scene, so its not a big deal if you don't pledge. There is a funny story about the alligator that gets painted by the frat members of a house. Its a funny UF tale.

Jan 24, 2012

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nikigreen

'15

Pre-Law Studies

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Greeks Are Very Popular

There are so many Frats and Sororities but being that the campus is so huge, they don't dominate the college. Its fun to go to their events and party at a Frat but you won't be a loser if you never join one either.

Jan 20, 2012

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Fraternities		Alpha Epsilon Pi Alpha Gamma Rho Alpha Phi Alpha Alpha Tau Omega Beta Chi Theta Beta Theta Pi Chi Phi Delta Chi Delta Tau Delta Delta Upsilon Iota Phi Theta Kappa Alpha Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Sigma Lambda Chi Alpha Lambda Theta Phi Omega Delta Phi Omega Psi Phi Phi Beta Sigma Phi Delta Theta Phi Gamma Delta Phi Kappa Tau Phi Sigma Kappa Pi Delta Psi Pi Kappa Alpha Pi Kappa Phi Pi Lambda Phi Sigma Alpha Epsilon Sigma Beta Rho Sigma Chi Sigma Lambda Beta Sigma Nu Sigma Phi Epsilon Sigma Pi Tau Alpha Tau Kappa Epsilon Theta Chi Zeta Beta Tau
Sororities		Alpha Chi Omega Alpha Delta Pi Alpha Epsilon Phi Alpha Kappa Alpha alpha Kappa Delta Phi Alpha Omicron Pi Chi Omega Delta Delta Delta Delta Gamma Delta Phi Epsilon Delta Phi Omega Delta Sigma Theta Delta Zeta Gamma Eta Kappa Alpha Theta Kappa Delta Kappa Kappa Gamma Kappa Phi Lambda Lambda Theta Alpha Phi Mu Pi Beta Phi Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Kappa Sigma Lambda Gamma Theta Nu Xi Zeta Phi Beta
Multicultural Colonies		Alpha Kappa Alpha alpha Kappa Delta Phi Alpha Phi Alpha Beta Chi Theta Delta Phi Omega Delta Sigma Theta Gamma Eta Iota Phi Theta Kappa Alpha Psi Kappa Phi Lambda Lambda Theta Alpha Lambda Theta Phi Omega Delta Phi Omega Psi Phi Phi Beta Sigma Pi Delta Psi Sigma Beta Rho Sigma Gamma Rho Sigma Lambda Beta Sigma Lambda Gamma Tau Alpha Theta Nu Xi Zeta Phi Beta
Other Greek Organizations		Interfraternity Council Multicultural Greek Council National Pan-Hellenic Council Order of Omega Panhellenic Council
Did You Know?		Most pledge processes last between eight and 12 weeks. Judge accordingly if this is something you want to do.

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