University of Western Ontario - UWO Greek Life Reviews

The Greek scene at Western took a hit two decades ago when interest waned away, but starting in early 2010s it has started to come back in a big way. Currently we've got around 1500 Greeks (about 3% of the school populace) and almost 2 dozen Greek organizations of which a solid dozen have set up good roots and will stay around for a long time. The Greeks have the most school spirit on campus and most fraternities at least have contacts within the London nightlife that permit them to claim a local club as their own (though they still visit other clubs, they receive VIP treatment at the club they associate with). Most of the fraternities are fairly successful at throwing large parties and they regularly compete to show who can provide the most community service. The city of London isn't very accommodating for Greek life since to put up letters on houses requires a house to be rezoned as a fraternity/sorority housing unit and large parties frequently have police presence on the street of the party. That being said, the Western Greeks have made their scene work very well and as the current generation of Greeks graduate and go out into the working world, they'll become more influential and their chapters will gain more leverage with the city. In 20 years there will likely be an official Greek Row for Western University, the Greek Orgs. that have set up roots here will be comparable to their associates down in the USA, and my evaluation of the Greek scene here will be completely wrong. That's a guarantee I'm willing to make.

even though there are far more frats than sororities, it all balances out. sororities are pretty big compared to frats, mine has about 90 girls which is twice the size of some of the frats. housing could definitely be improved on (went to a frat and the ceiling was literally leaking, the house was practically flooded). hazing really depends on who you join, i didn't get hazed but my friend in another sorority did but it wasn't too bad either. overall, joining the greek scene was the best decision i could have made for my university life.

my experience within the greek community has been surprisingly very similar to what u see in movies. I have personally experienced no hazing within my sorority (actually tons of support, and during rush I felt that had i confronted any issues I would have been able to speak up comfortably) obviously i can't speak for other sororities though. yes we embody a lot of the stupid stereotypes associated with greek life but i have actually met such genuine, accepting people here. hate to say I've become a basic sorority girl, the type i used to make fun of, and don't actually hate myself lol

when i was choosing schools I decided my program would be frat life

stern

Probably the most typical 'TFM'-y Greek scene you'll find in the country. Extremely hot guys and girls, good involvement and great social life. Housing situations isn't great across the board, that's the only thing I'd like to see worked on.

Go greek or go home

:)