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i went to our website to see which states had the most(active) ZTA chapters and they are
Texas-17 Pennsylvania-16 South Carolina-10 |
I just looked up active Theta chapters for states according to our website:
California - 18 (or is it 17? Didn't San Diego just close?) Ohio & Pennsylvania - 8 each (wow! Because they're home to a lot of little private universities?) Texas - 7 Virginia - 6 |
I think there might be a semantics problem here. When I say "people don't care," I am talking about non-Greeks. In professional environments around the country, the chance of meeting a non-Greek is high enough that you risk the negatives brought up earlier. Now, if you're talking about joining the Junior League in any city USA, yes, you will probably encounter other sorority women and they may be impressed with your specific org based on their own preconceptions. But I wouldn't include it in an interview unless your skills learned there directly impact this particular job. And that's not really what we're talking about here.
And I was looking at the states I'm most familiar with and I think the reason I personally don't see this as much of a thing is because those states (Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana) have a lot of sororities represented at fairly even concentrations. No sorority really owns any of those states. So as a result, as a grown up, saying you're a sorority woman is going to be at least as valuable as saying you're a member of any given sorority. |
Theta Phi is pretty spread out. These are our "denser" states:
State - Active Chapters/Total Chapters New Jersey - 6/9 (including colony, 7/10) New York - 6/10 Ohio - 7/11 Pennsylvania - 7/13 (including colony, 8/14) |
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FWIW - I don't see how counting the number chapters in a state is indicative of anything. What are we looking at? I mean, poor North Dakota - how can they ever compare with New York, for example. Arizona isn't much better, we really only have seven four-year institutions of higher learning and to the best of my knowledge, GLOs are only present at four of those. Using that standard, Alpha Phi and Pi Phi would be top dogs in AZ as they are at UA, NAU, ASU. Know what I'm saying? ETA: lowCsharp just said what I wanted to say, only much more concisely (of course). |
It's just weird for me to think of things in these statistics. Arizona only has seven 4 year colleges in the entire state? Public and private schools included? I had no idea, and that is mind boggling to me. I feel extremely naive now.
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Yep, Arizona has only 7 4 year colleges and only 4 of them (UofA, ASU, NAU, and Embry-Riddle Aero) have greek life. Only 3 public universities.
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My interpretation is that a sorority stronghold is where non-members – including non-Greeks - often view members of a sorority (ABC) in a positive light simply because they *are* a member of that sorority. This perception is based on previous and ongoing positive reputations of ABC members in the local community (area) and perhaps at the inter/national level as well.
For example, the local community thinking might be “Scarlett just moved here. I hear she is an ABC and you know the ABCs around here have always been good community leaders. Therefore, I anticipate Scarlett to do the same.” Scarlett is already viewed in a positive way simply because of her ABC sorority affiliation. I suggest this also applies to non GLO groups as well. For example, certain groups (women's clubs, men's clubs for example) may be viewed as “stronger” in their community by non-members and members alike. And not just because of numbers, but because of the perceived (anticipated?) positive work the members of that group do (will do) within the community. |
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Waiting for the Big One so we'll have a coastline and lots of beaches, and THEN maybe we'll get some respect. |
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IMO, I think that the original article and the statement about Chi Omega getting respect in Arkansas goes back to the dreaded word: tiers.
I think that many people in Arkansas who are "in the know" about Greek Life will hear that someone is a Chi O at Fayetteville and think, "Wow." There are two other Chi O chapters in the state, one at Arkansas State and the other at UA-Little Rock. Now, the girls at both chapters are great, but as 33girl said in the other thread (referring to ASA at her school and the chapter at Truman State(MO)), neither chapter at ASU or UALR are "worse" than the Arkansas chapter, just "different". I think when someone hears that someone else was a Chi O from ASU or UALR, they think, "Oh, that's nice." And, not the "Oh, how nice for you," that is a different tone and meaning. I do think that the whole thing does come down to the perceived tiers. I honestly don't think in any state, one whole group (with two or more chapters in that state) are automatically seen as the strongest group in the state. The same goes for fraternities. Except Sigma Chi. We're wonderful everywhere. |
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FWIW I wasn't even thinking about SPORTS. |
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