Wow, I saw the name of one of my high school classmates that I had no idea had pledged Que. It's amazing they had the lines all the way back to the beginning. Good site.

Yes, it was also interesting to see how the line names evolved over the years.

Great website!

What is the average chapter size there? And although I'm not sure if I can ask this in a way that's most relevant to these orgs... is rush highly competitive there?

Are you asking whether the organizations have to compete for members?

No, the opposite. Is it comparatively MORE difficult to be accepted into the sorority of your choice at Howard than at other schools?

Take GPA for instance... say that to be an ABC, you need to have a 3.5 cummulative GPA. But to be an ABC at Howard, do only the girls with 4.0s get in? Obviously this is an overgeneralization that's focusing on only one aspect of membership selection, but I'm hoping you see what I mean.

I don't know about the discrepancies between collegiate chapters in NPHC orgs. Phi Mu has a national GPA standard, and individual chapters can bump it up if they would like. I also don't know about the size of your lines- can you take as many as the chapter wants, provided there are qualified applicants? Or is it something that is limited (which would be the case in NPC orgs)?

Delta has membership standards that can only be superceded by rules of the school (if they are higher or stricter.) That includes GPA, size of lines, etc. Chapters cannot impose their own such restrictions.

Thank you for that information. That helps me to better phrase my question.

My use of "competitive" then refers to the fact that there are a limited number of spots per semester. Although there is a baseline standard, I would assume at a school with such rich Greek history, the girls who are chosen for membership would truly be the "best of the best", making it more difficult to pledge at Howard than to pledge at another school. Is that an accurate assumption, or no?

With this in mind, (to the original poster of the question) it is highly competitive across the board but ESPECIALLY at schools with a large number of applicants.

Since these chapters with high numbers of "rush attendees" are not permitted to make up their own criteria, the cut-off point can become difficult. Particularly for Delta and AKA at Howard, there can be 50 to 150 young ladies who meet or exceed the bare minimum criteria for application acceptance and so forth.

Not speaking specifically on Howard, but this is IDEALLY the case at schools with a large number of "qualified applicants."

Best of the best would mean Howard is the best?

-Rudey
--They are over achievers

Best of the Howard women who are interested in that particular sorority.

Thanks to everyone for your answers- just one more, one that I asked earlier: What is the average chapter size at Howard?

Honestly it varies to each organization. For example, one organization only had 1 member for the 2004-2005 school year. Last Friday, they crossed 137 young ladies. Another organization crossed about 6 young ladies and maybe had 7 in the chapter for the 2004-2005 school year. Some organizations just have more people seeking membership and some have less.

So they are not the best of the best but the best of Howard?
If so why would it be more competitive there?

-Rudey

Because it's a school with a lot of history... I know if I were going there, I'd want to go Greek! So my logic is:

higher interest= higher # of applicants= higher standard to get in

I don't understand your logic one bit.

-Rudey