what's it like here?
by: Possible TransferCan someone describe the social scene at Arizona? I'm currently a freshman at Alabama (originally from the west coast), and I'm thinking about transferring. I love Bama and my sorority but it's just SO far away.
Comment#2 by: social
U of a is considersd big on Greek life but I know Alabama is huge!! So I think we're probably smaller but yes it is easy to switch chapters they will affiliate you- what house are you in? There is definitely clear Greek life rankings between sororities and fraternities (for instance top houses will only go to homecoming/spring fling w other top houses) and frat parties are a big part of our party scene. It's great though!
by: HonestlyMar 22, 2017 1:29:11 PM
Honestly, U of A's party scene is a lot better than ASUs. ASU has the rep of a party school, but that's mainly due to Tempe's nightlife scene and the amount of people at ASU that party. At ASU basically half the school goes hard every weekend in their apartments and 2000 sq ft houses, U of As scene is kind of dominated by Greek Life and there isn't much to do if you're not a member. You will find U of Arizona very familiar at it is probably closer to a "lite, west coast version" of Bama if anything. Tailgating is big at U of A, no where near as big as Bama, but most Fraternities have things at their houses and "The Mall" is always full. Basketball games are tough to get tickets to but I would recommend going to a few games the team is usually always great.
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by: AlsoMar 22, 2017 1:44:23 PM
Chapter sizes will probably be similar to Bama too. Good fraternities are usually around 150 guys +/- 30 depending on the time of the year. Actual numbers will be higher than what you find online, some fraternities have lower academic and class credit standards than the school does. For example, if someone is a part time student for whatever reason, the school may not consider them a member of the chapter even though they actually are.
Sororities are probably around 300 +/- 50. They take huge PCs in the fall and by the time senior year hits a lot of girls go inactive either due to cost or for the same reasons as stated above.
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our kappas here will be very accepting! And im honestly not saying this because I go here but we are much much more of a party school than asu haha, I'm in state and have so many friends who go there and it's honestly nothing because they no don't have fraternity or sorority houses. Football and basketball are a big deal, but honestly we all tailgate Saturday's during football season and people rarely make it to the games lol. Everyone always regrets buying a zonazoo pass for the games because it's very unlikely you'll make it if you tailgate. We're definitely not that tradition oriented, but yes basketball it bigger and I guess some people go but it's mostly outside of Greek life I think
by: Thanks!Mar 22, 2017 12:28:56 PM
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by: Thanks!Mar 22, 2017 11:59:42 AM
How much of a party school would you say U of A is? Bama is a party school but definitely not on say ASU's level. I don't mind if it is, I'm just curious. Also, what are football and basketball experiences like? I've personally never been to a Crimson Tide basketball game but obviously football is a huge deal and we have game day dates and game day dresses and it's a huge deal. Very tradition-oriented. I know basketball is much bigger at U of A, I'm assuming lots of people go to the games? I'm a kappa at Alabama btw.
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