Some people love it and some people hate it. No matter where you stand, I think we can all agree that Greek life is an essential part of the "traditional" college experience. The bonds you make with others, preoccupying yourself with philanthropy events, the parties, the mixers -- it all sounds awesome, really, but I just can't seem to appreciate it like most other people do. Granted, from this article (as I am sure you are able to tell), I am no expert here. I know nothing about what it really means to "go Greek," and I am certainly not here to bash on Greek systems. I do know they get a lot of flack, for good or bad reasons (you can be the judge of that); I have just came to the realization that I am truly happy my school doesn't have a Greek system.

To be honest, when I applied, I didn't know much about my school. All I knew was that it was far away from home and had pretty rad sunsets -- the no Greek life was just an added bonus, I guess. And I actually didn't even know that half of my campus existed, so you could say I did my research. Coming straight out of high school, I had the friends who couldn't have been more excited about joining a a sorority or a fraternity, and it made sense for the experience that they wanted. Then I had friends who were completely against the Greek system and bashed the culture as a whole. Then there was me, naive and ignorant to what this whole life entailed, but at least the idea of joining one wasn't constantly shoved down my throats from family, friends, and even the societal "norm" of what college should be like.

I never had an interest in joining a sorority. Why, you may ask? I guess that just wasn't the experience I wanted out of college. I wanted to do my own thing and not be tied down to a specific group of people all of the time. I guess this has made me venture out a bit more, you know, embrace the unfamiliar and bribe other sad and lonely freshmen to be my friends -- you know who you are. Sororities and fraternities give you instant friends, but also instant obligations that I just wasn't into. I don't want to have a social life that requires things of me day and night, attending meetings, and hosting fundraisers -- is it really your social life at this point, or someone else's? I suppose that if I went somewhere that did have a Greek system, I would know a lot more people and have a more extroverted experience, but eating ice cream and watching Netflix has served me well these past three years.

So I guess me choosing to go to a school that didn't have Greek life wasn't necessarily the sole reason for me choosing the college I did; I liked the sunsets, too, but the no Greek life was just an added bonus that I have learned to appreciate.

To me, Greek life isn't something I find necessary -- something that I must join in order to make friends, network, and do all of these other "things" -- I just had to work a little harder to obtain these aspects of a "college experience." It's the same reason why you don't join every single club on campus or go to every single event that is happening; some things just aren't for you, and Greek like isn't for me.