Cornell University - CU Greek Life Reviews

Greek life is pretty much the center of the party scene here and it's really fun. Greeks are super present during o-week, homecoming, halloween, St. patty's, and obviously Slope Day. Only downside is the social-climbing/competi tive nature, which I feel is actually way worse here than other places because Cornell students just tend to be more insecure overall. That being said, brotherhood/sisterhood is amazing and it's great to have a whole organization standing behind you, and it's fun to get close with other houses. Mixers can be hit or miss but multiways make things way better as they're pretty much the size of an open party, just with way more people you know and cooler people you actually want to party with. Definitely worth joining if you go here.

Greek life here is pretty legit.

Greek life here is pretty good scene, visited a buddy a couple times in a frat there, had a great time. Even went out for a slope day and had a great time. Greek life seems pretty important there for the social party scene.

1/3 of the school is Greek. Almost every physical house is amazing or at worst on par with what Cornell housing can provide. It's becoming trendy to try to eliminate Greek life, so we may sadly see Greek life coming to an end in the near future. Unfortunate

Whole lotta greeks

If you were smarter and less of a loser you would have gone to a better ivy

33% of Cornell is in Greek Life, and with only a few bars to choose from, it's no surprise that Frats and Srats dominate the social scene. Joining one of these organizations is critical if you like to party, especially during the spring semester when open parties are effectively non-existent. Hazing is still pretty prevalent, as with every club and group on campus, but it's certainly been curbed back since the SAE incident.

huge difference between fraternities and sororities and mixing is kept between pretty well defined tiers, can be pretty exclusive, even within the system

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About a third of students are in Greek life - but most students that want to be social are in greek life, so if you want to party (especially if you're a guy) then you should rush. Mixing is very exclusive and can be elitist among the upper tiers. Brotherhood and sisterhood depends on what fraternity or sorority you're in - generally there's more brotherhood in fraternities than sororities. Sororities are more likely to be catty, especially in the top tier. Every single fraternity except for one hazes, some worse than others. Cornell is trying to crack down on this, so there is a lot of secrecy around hazing as fraternity brothers are forbidden from talking about it. Some of the hazing can be seen as light-hearted/team building, but some is actually dangerous/traumatic, especially with the amount of alcohol some of the frat guys are pressured into drinking. Frat parties are fun, and are basically the only way to go out on campus, unless you go to one of three bars, none of which are very good and all close by 1am.