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Some parties, mixers, buses to South Beach clubs. A lot different than a state school.

Greek life has been getting more and more popular very quickly. We have 11 fraternities and 7 sororities, but we are adding another sorority within the next few years to accommodate the growing number of girls interested in rushing. Some fraternities have houses, but no sororities do. Fraternities often get buses to south beach, football games, and some other events, which is free for girls. There is a panhellenic building on campus where all of the greek organizations that do not have houses can have meetings or hang out during the day.

Greek life has been getting more and more popular very quickly. We have 11 fraternities and 7 sororities, but we are adding another sorority within the next few years to accommodate the growing number of girls interested in rushing. Some fraternities have houses, but no sororities do. Fraternities often get buses to south beach, football games, and some other events, which is free for girls. There is a panhellenic building on campus where all of the greek organizations that do not have houses can have meetings or hang out during the day.

In the Spring, Sororities and Frats go through their recruitment and pledging process, so It's very big then but other than that they only have a large presence if you want them to. If you are looking for a party, almost every weekend a frat house will have one. If you are not into social frats, then there are plenty of service, academic and professional frats if you look for them.

Greek life is a big part of UM, but not as much as many people think. The percentage is something like 20{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of students are in Greek life. From what I've seen, if you're interested in Greek life, especially sororities.. Join it! I don't know many guys in fraternities but multiple girl friends of mine are in sororities. As far as I know, all of them love it and are so happy they became a part of it. However, know that if you do want to join, it involves a lot of socializing (obviously) and it's a BIG time commitment.

Some fraternities have houses on campus but the girls DO NOT. Girls and "excess" fraternities have suites in the panhellenic building. Girls aren't allowed to have houses because they are "brothels." The most sexist thing is, however, UM has a rule only for sororities which states that sororities (women only) must take provided transportation to and from a mixer and must be back before midnight AND sororities only are not allowed to leave city limits when throwing a formal (fraternities are allowed to go to the keys or the Caribbean)! Greek life is not so huge to outsiders, but once you're inside it will consume you.