University of Colorado Boulder - UCB Greek Life Reviews

Definitely a solid Greek community

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Boulder greek life for frats at least is so messed up. 20 frats but only around 8 are worth joining, about 1400 kids rush per year and only 500 get bids so extremely competitive and exclusive. also brotherhood is weak and parties are average nothing special

very competitive at the top and definitely top 5 greek systems

CU has 10 active sororities and around 20 active fraternities. Greek life isn't a large percentage of the student body but that doesn't make it bad. CU has so much more to offer than being in a house. This makes greek life less popular unlike other schools where all there is to do is join a frat/srat and go to the bars. Besides that, It is physically impossible to build new fraternity and sorority houses with the boulder housing laws this makes it hard for more chapters to get on campus because houses aren't available. With that said, greek life has been getting super competitive. Less than 50% of people who rush get bids. It is definitely a different type of vibe than most campuses, but there is a house for everyone. Hazing isn't that bad, usually the bigger houses tend to haze a little more, and many houses have annexes which help to run the social scene. If you want to join greek life, do it. It is freaking awesome. If you don't, you can still have an amazing time at CU.

Everyone talks about the greek life at CU. Honestly it's a total joke. Everyone is a west coast wanna be. Rich kids doing dumb things. No body has an understanding of true greek life. Posers. Parties are dumb and rarely anything special. Bar scene is dead. IFC not being part of the school has a huge affect on the weakness of greek life. In addition many of the fraternities are incredibly informal. Half of these dudes are just kids that drink together, they dont care about the brotherhood only about being cool. rarely any true gentlemen in any of these fraternities. Kinda lame, but nobody really does philanthropy. Also many GDI house parties are equally lit to frat parties. CU deserves better Greek life, make the PAC-12 greek life great again.