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I transferred from a state school where greek life was a REALLY big deal. Cornell's greek system as a whole is a little bit different than what I experienced before I transferred. Cornell is a lot more of a city vibe so you don't NEED greek life as much as you do at big state schools where your social life revolves around what house you can physically enter. Cornell is more like you have this for actual sisterhood/brotherhood/friends and then you live together/go out together and you bop around from place to place. The tiers are not as strict as a traditional school and since greek life as a whole is so selective, everyone basically rocks! Huge problem is people make judgements based off of one experience with one person from any given chapter (at CU it's usually called "house" colloquially) so you definitely need to be cognizant of that and ensure that you meet a few sisters/brothers at each place from different friend groups before judging.

For example
-Phi Mu sometimes gets criticized for lack of involvement of individuals but they stated Cornell's dance marathon, Big Red Thon, and raise probably the most money altogether for philanthropy (which when you look at the real world means A LOT).

- people think DG is very snotty but in reality they're one of the most diverse (experientially, racially, socioeconomically, etc.) on campus and they are very very very close as a whole (def like a wolf pack squad. They also boast athletes and campus leaders.