is greek life "bad" at tamu?

Every school says that. People not involved in Greek life will always say it's a bad idea to rush, because it's not what they'd suggest for themselves so why would they suggest it to anyone else? Even the GDIs at schools like UT or Alabama say not to go greek.

A&M greek life actually is huge. It's just that our school is super huge (~60,000 people) so it looks smaller in comparison to the sheer size of our student body. Sororities have events just about every week and there's a frat party just about every other week. Then there's mixers and date parties and crush parties and semi formals and formals and victory dinners and house parties and pre-games and bar tabs and bid days and tailgates...the list goes on and on. It might not be the popular "Aggie" thing to say but the social life of someone involved in Greek life here is infinitely better than that of someone who's not.

As far as huge events. Chilifest is like 20,000 people. Every sorority event I've been to has been absolutely packed. Most upper tier frat parties are anywhere from 300-800 people. I've been to SAE and SigEp parties in the thousands and others that have come pretty close. Coming from someone who's visited a lot of schools, A&M might not have the same strength greek system as some of the SEC schools or the ones particularly known for being greek party schools, but it's better than 90% of the nation

It just that it's a young system. We don't have the blue haired ladies rolling up in walkers who great grandchildren are getting ready to pledge. The University was around about 100 years before Greek life even broke through the scene so it's not as traditional as one like Texas who started their system in the early 1900's.

In terms of Aggies...90% of them don't know anything about Greek life and really don't care

Lol why are there a bunch of butthurt GDIs on this site? Clearly Aggies do care if people who aren't even involved are taking the time to talk about it on a Greek website

even if aggie greek life is a small number relative to the school, it's fun, but it ISN'T exclusive, snooty, money'd, it isn't the 'haves vs the have nots' and it's not hard to be a part of it. It's more inclusive, meaning, it's easier to get in versus ut, where it's mostly just the rich kids in 100 year old chapters.

Look at all the downvotes. Lots of non-Greeks on this website spreading hate. Wonder why. Ya'll say you don't care about Greek life yet you're posting on a Greek website and down voting anything that supports it? Sounds like you wish you were a part of the 10% and didn't get a bid.

There are around 6,000 Greeks at this school. And that number is rising exponentially. Anyone who says Greek Life is small here doesn't know what they're talking about. Greeks dominate academically, socially, philanthropically, and tend to be the ones involved in other well recognized organizations and prestigious programs. Not to mention the immense amount of connections, both social and professional, which just adds on more value to the Aggie network. They also give the most back to the school after graduation.

Do you have to go greek to have a good time here? Absolutely not. Are you going to have a better college experience and better opportunities down the road if you do? 100%

greeks have fun, gdi's have fun hating on us having fun. And then theres the corp

Honestly your perception of Greek life at A&M will be entirely different depending on your major. All the business/medical/law students are on west campus where it feels like A&M is run entirely by Greeks. All the STEM majors are on north campus where it seems like A&M is a bunch of nerds and foreign exchange students and the few sociable people are all Greeks. All the liberal arts and other majors in central campus are the ones who get more of a mix, and are coincidentally probably also the only majors who have the time to hate on the success of Greek life here