just wondering

Not only does greek life largely revolve around drinking activities (its pretty common for actives to go out 3 nights a week), drinking is pretty ingrained in non-greek life as well. Wisconsin is pretty well known for being a big party school.

But thats not the biggest issue, drinking is pretty eminent in the whole "wisconsin culture" as well. Beers brats and brewers type metality is pretty prevalent through the school as a whole.

Im not gonna say you will be miserable while you are here, you are just gonna have to either accept that your friends will go out and drink without you or you will have to go out with them and not drink (which isnt fun). Or you could just drink which would be easier.

On greek life, you probably are not going to enjoy it if you dont like going out. Im just trying to be honest.

You sound like an arrogrant priss. I hope your sihtty attitude transpires into an even worse undergraduate experience. Don't rush, you'd be a plague on Langdon- conspiring with the administration to counteract the most prevelant aspects of this state's culture.

You need an attitude adjustment. Your undergraduate experience, regardless of where it is, depends on YOU. The same can be said for greek life. Yeah, there are lots of parties that involve alcohol, but there's also a lot of philanthropic opportunities and sisterhood events. I really hope that you can become more open-minded before beginning school here. If you go into it thinking that you'll be miserable, you're going to be miserable. It's a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Vandy has a big drinking culture---especially in greek life.

Pretty much what people are saying is that there is no reason to go to UW unless you wanna be a drunk. Thanks for the heads up. And for confirming what most people already know. And a special note of thanks to the person who said that if you don't drink you would be a plague on Langdon. Nicely put.

I have friends at Vandy. Plenty of drinking goes on, but there's lots of other stuff to do. Cool city, lots of culture. I go to UW but I love visiting there to remind myself I actually can have fun while sober.

Madison has tons to do and there are members of every chapter that are okay and willing to find things to do. Great arts, music scenes. School orgs also provide lots of entertainment.

And what we do on the weekends reflects nothing of our academic culture. Yes we're not exactly Duke or Northwestern or even Michigan but those who truly care for their academics can and will find great success.

There are several girls in my sorority who chose not to drink and may occasionally have one or two if they do drink. You can absolutely have fun in greek life even if you choose not to drink. Please don't shut out the option of going greek because of what these other people are saying.

Hate to say it, but UW really is not the school for you. Nor is Greek life. There are a lot of smart people who get accepted to this school, but as alcohol pickles their brains they seem to get stupider. And sororities and fraternities don't really attract the cream of the academic crop. Can you bargain with your parents? If they will pay for undergrad you will pay for the rest?

Really? You are boasting about the Greek GPA being 3.15? At Georgia it is 3.57. At Michigan it is 3.42. At Minnesota it is 3.34. At Missouri it is 3.50. At U. of Washington it is 3.38. I doubt there are many students at UW who got into this school with a 3.15 in high school. So for the person who said Wisconsin can be a top party school and a top academic institution, nice try. But GPAs seem to drop precipitously once someone goes Greek here. It's fun to be Greek. I know that. But there is no great brain trust behind the ivy walls of sorority and fraternity houses here.