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This field biologist has to point out that turtles are not deaf. Sorry, but it's a myth. :o
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I've heard the same thing about Gamma Phi Beta and Alpha Chi Omega. "Most beautiful badge" is not a fact, it's an opinion. It could be a fact that in some specific, cited poll XYZ's badge was voted most beautiful.

I am pretty sure Chi Omega is "largest" is in terms of active chapters and total membership. Delta Zeta is the second largest in terms of number of active chapters, but not in terms of total initiated members.

It probably wouldn't be that hard to find most of the chapter and total membership numbers. I'm not sure how accurate Wikipedia is (pretty close for Kappa) but it maybe on orgs' websites.

ETA: For the record, Kappa is at 137 chapters and 235,000+ total initiated members.

Right, but I don't want to derail...this is a nice thread.

Yes yes, sorry. Now back to your regularly scheduled thread...;)

The most incredible Greek woman I know is a Delta Sigma Theta. Wow, just WOW at everything about her. I often tell her, "I want to be you when I grow up."

And because I'm crazy about every single badge, I would be thrilled to be a member of any GLO, simply because I have friends in almost every single sorority and have not yet met a sorority woman that I didn't care for. We are amazing, collectively, and I am proud of all of us and what we represent.

(Since I'm "happy and filled with delight to be sailing behind a Theta kite!" I have started a new search in addition to the opal badge search, to locate a kite that represents every GLO. So far I've found a panda, penguin, squirrel, dolphin, owl, frog, angel, teddy bear... and a shark. Lots of dinosaurs too. Love the shark but can't see that it quite fits anywhere, just wanted to mention it, it's way cool. I can just picture that shark kite flying high on a windy day at the beach...*cue JAWS theme*).

Not to mention, I think/hope we'd all choose our own sororities if it were a choice, but if some of these posters would read the original post...that's not the point of the thread.

I absolutely love this. Awesome idea.

It's a little sad if you wouldn't, right?!

I would choose:

Zeta Tau Alpha because I love their colors and the crown, and the Zeta's I know are all super amazing girls. Also I like the one word nicknames, and that applies to Theta and Kappa as well :)

Gamma Phi because I love their letters.

KKG because of the key badge. Like our Quill, their badge is in a different state than most. I'm not a huge fan of the badges that have the letters stacked on top of one another because it always takes me a while to figure out what it says lol.

Pi Phi and Chi O have super cute nicknames.

Finally, my favorite color is green so Kappa Delta wins me over in that regard :)

Oh and ditto the turtles soooo adorable!!

ETA: This was my 500th post. I think I've made it out of newbie land lol

For purely superficial reasons, I would choose Kappa Alpha Theta.

I love the badge, the colors, and the way the letters look together.

I might also choose Zeta Tau Alpha because my cousin and one of my close friends are members, or Chi Omega because twins, who I used to work with and are the sweetest girls I know, are members.

FWIW, I remember reading about the AXO pin as being the most beautiful. IF I remember correctly, it was a poll conducted by jewelers, and had several variables. That has to be at least 15 years ago, though.

Any of my legacies:
Alpha Delta Pi Every women from my father's family went Alpha Delta Pi except me, so it would have been nice to have that connection with them. Especially since now my sister joined.

Delta Gamma It really hurt my grandmother when she found out I wasn't going to a school with a Delta Gamma Chapter. She's been a huge part of my life and I would have loved to share that bond with her.

Delta Zeta I love my mother and grew-up loving everything DZ. I almost went DZ, but in the end, I knew I belonged somewhere else.


For their philanthropy (I love them all, but the top 2 that speak to me the most):
Pi Beta Phi As a 3rd grade teacher, I love Champions Are Readers. Actually, I love all their literacy philanthropies.

Delta Phi Epsilon Since I was a dancer my whole life through college, I've had a lot of friends struggle with anorexia (luckily I never personally had this).

But of course, I love my Sigma Kappa!

I'd say the same thing, except that for me, there are two of them! They are my personal heroes and mentors.
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And your Sigma Kappa loves you too!