Just wondering, on what standards do you judge these sororities (social, service, academics, leadership, how much money they have in the chapter account, etc etc)?

You view everyone EXCEPT your chapter on your campus as "lower tier". Why can't you just let people enjoy their experience in their GLO without commenting on how "inferior" they are to you?

You just like to post stuff to make people angry and get a reaction out of them. Don't you have to do downstairs and annoy your mom now? Troll.

XiDelt, no I don't. I don't even think my fraternity is the best on campus. We have great greek life, and the majority of the GLO's are quite good.

Opi, how do I judge the sororities? Hmm. Well, obviously ones packed with good looking girls are pretty popular. I think for the guy's interpretation of "ranking" it probably consists of looks, class of the girls, and how fun they are. I think for the girls, it is class first, with them considering looks, academics and involvement as well. Also, other factors include how exclusive they are and whether they have a long history of being a strong chapter.

Well it certainly isn't how many community service hours they completed the previous semester.

If being straight foward and honest makes you angry, I'm sorry, maybe I should be a bit more PC for you. I don't think I ever resorted to things such as name calling, sorry if I hit a softspot. A forum such as this is a good place to get away from the everyday BS political correctness and speak from the hip, so to say.

PS. I'm 23 and haven't lived with "mom" since 18.

It's a matter of perspective. If you're polling IFC/NPC Greeks (who joined their orgs for very different reasons than non-IFC/NPC), I'm not surprised they would see another organization as weak. But, from outside these councils, the other orgs might be considering the IFC/NPC orgs as weak. What are you basing your strong/weak, best/worst classifications on?

ETA: Woops, I see Opi asked the same question!

I think it's safe to say when most people think greek, they are thinking of IFC/NPC traditional chapters, so therefore polling would be similar.

I'm saying this only for my school, although I think SEC type schools would be similar. The polling thing was a comment about another NPC group. As for MC groups and service groups, honestly, I think the large majority of greeks on my campus couldnt name a single one. They just really don't have any kind of influence on campus, especially considering the weight that IFC and NPC groups carry.

So, as far as sororities, you're concerned with how popular the girls are in college as a primary factor? College constitutes a tiny percentage of a person's life. I'd be more concerned with what happens in the lifetime of the member after joining. Popularity was the LEAST of my concerns in college. I joined Theta Nu Xi after college for a number of reasons including networking and the joy of working alongside women of a similar mind toward goals that matter to me.

That is absolutely untrue. People think of the types of orgs they've been exposed to. Well...I suppose since whites comprise the largest number of people who attend college and many whites join IFC/NPC orgs, perhaps you're right to an extent.

Jeni, I didn't really say anything about popularity. Someone asked me how sororities are judged, and I said that naturally, the ones with good looking girls are highly thought of. You've also got to remember, this is the south. We don't have many minorities, and the girls going through rush often look more like beauty pagent contestants than college students.

I think this is where Preciousjeni thinks you were talking about popularity.

I don't know how "natural" it is. I went to UGA and I'm from Georgia with deep roots. I'm aware of the beauty pageant PNMs. :) But they want things in a sorority that don't hold any interest for me at all. BTW, I don't understand your "don't have many minorities" comment. Did you mean your fraternity or southern universities? If you mean southern universities, you might need to open your eyes.