Quinnipiac University - QU Greek Life Reviews

It’s true that Quinnipiac is not a huge university with 20k undergrads and forty different Greek organizations, so the dream that some have (or want) of college life that includes tailgating with thousands of other sorority and fraternity members before a football game at your school’s 40,000-seat stadium isn’t going to happen here. However, at least 25% of QU students are members of a fraternity or sorority and the number of people participating in Recruitment increases every year so the Greek presence is only going to increase. Not a week that goes by (except during midterm and finals) without some Greek-related social or philanthropy event. That’s not what I’d consider “watered down”. The majority of fraternity and sorority members are chill, inclusive and have a great time while also giving back to the community. Local law doesn’t allow fraternity or sorority housing. A lot of people think that’s a good thing. Most of the horror stories you hear about fraternity life come from something that happened inside official fraternity housing. Trust me there’s still a lot of brotherhood and sisterhood bonding without living in a huge house together. You don’t have to be Greek to have friends and be involved with campus life at Quinnipiac,but for those involved in one of the twenty fraternities or sororities at QU I think most would say it’s a great experience.

very accepting

Being in Greek life is the way to go. So many things to do and so many people to meet. Parties are all so fun nd the orgs actually care about one another, they don't trash each other, bring each other up!

Made the mistake of joining greek life my freshmen year before really looking into it. It is really pathetic compared to almost every other university. Someone else put it perfectly as a "Watered down" experience. For anyone looking more for the social aspect, there are plenty of other parties, clubs, or bars in the area that don't require you to be in greek life. The whole community is just a joke around campus, so don't even bother.

About 1 in 3 girls are in Greek life and it's much less prevalent for guys. Without housing, the orgs become less cohesive / intimate and more full of smaller cliques. Greek parties are usually subpar and lack much alcohol. Pretty good and successful philanthropies. Needs better sistershoods and brotherhoods. Needs to mix more. Mostly just a lot of pretentious rich white kids.

Explaining in order: Greek population is small due to that there is not many students that are enrolled as it is a smaller school. The campus is split up between underclassmen and upperclassmen and it reflects as such with poor social settings. Greek Housing is non existent, people live in dorms for up to 4 years in college which is rare considering most large public colleges have apartment complexes and houses close to campus and cheaper than dorm life, which gives you a lot more freedom.

This school is what I would refer to as a water downed greek life campus. They have no real housing, they have no formal events that allow them to leave the state and stay a weekend at a hotel, they have no homecoming weekend, nothing of the sort. The dues are really low in most cases, and they are highly restricted on what clothing they can make. I think if you are coming to QU and looking to put half ass effort into greek life this is your spot. Go to a real large public college way better.