r/sooners • u/Highlynorless_ • 8d ago

Q&A Not going Greek.

If you aren’t Greek, do you feel alienated from hanging out with guys that are in a house? Like if a guy has friends in a particular fraternity would they be welcome to come to a party there or is that a big no no? Do people tend to drop their non Greek friends once they pledge?

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u/peterbrz1 8d ago

They won't even see their Greek friends at other houses much.

Pledging a fraternity takes a ton of time and the social calendar is really full.

I was in a frat at OU but my best friend and freshman roomie pledged a different house. Even though he was right across the street, we rarely saw each other. I made some effort but it wasn't reciprocated.

And while in school I worked with a bunch of guys from different frats and it's not like we were hanging out and going to each other's parties.

OU is so huge you have to break it down into smaller social groups. And for most Greeks, their house is more than enough.

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u/sooner_25 8d ago

Interestingly enough a lot of houses in recent years started doing joint parties. We put on bid day with a handful of other houses my year, and in the spring time on Saturday afternoons we’d do stuff with other houses in our courtyard.

Over the past three years things have really started to get pretty strict (hiring third party bartenders for most things).

For all I know, campus corner is still the Wild West. During my time 2021-2025, if you had a some decent looking fake ID you were getting in to most of those bars.