large chapters
 

what are the largest GLOs on your campus and about how many members do they have?

As far as fraternities go, we (Kappa Sig) are the highest with around 65 active brothers. For sororities, I don't know the exact numbers, but I think at least a couple are in the 50s.

Collin

Sororities at UCF tend to be much larger than at most school's. Every chapter at my school is strong with mostly all of them having over 100 members. I think the biggest with 130-150+ members are ZTA, ADPi, KD, AZD, and Tri-Delta. But, all the other sororities are very large too (Pi Phi, ChiO, Theta, DG) with over 100 members or close to 100.

As for the fraternities, I'm not sure the exact number of members that they have. I know some of the larger ones are SAE, SigEp, Kappa Sig, Pi Kapp, Sigma Chi, and Lambda Chi.

My school has sororities with around 45-50 members. Chapter total is 45. Our greek system is small (but small should not be confused with weak, because we are not weak :))

We have 4 sororities and quota is at 50. 2 of the 4 are at 50.
There are 6 fraternities at Bethany, ranging in size from 15 to 32.

When I was at school (this goes back about 5 years) the largest fraternity had about 60 members. The smallest was a new colony and had about 15. Fraternities were limited in size, because at the time, you had to move into the house as soon as you pledged - you couldn't be a non-residential member - so each fraternity was limited to how many beds it had. There are about 25 all-male fraternities, 5 coed living groups, and 1 all-female living group (not a sorority).

Sororities - total is 80, and 4 of the 5 sororities on campus are at or above total. My sorority is relatively new, and has about 30 sisters.

I believe Phi Tau is the largest at Miami with upwards of 120+ brothers when they pull in a pledge class. When we have a pledge class this spring, we're shooting for around 80 brothers.

On our campus, house total for sororities is somewhere around 135. I'd say that eight (of ten) of our sororities are at total, and the two which aren't at total pick up lots of quality members during COB.

Numbers go up and down each semester, but last time I heard the largest on campus were KKG, ADPi and ZTA. I know Tri-Delt and Chi O are also right up there. A lot of our sororities are on an even playing field during rush, so to speak, with high numbers. That gives PNM's some tough choices to make during rush but it leaves few feeling that there's only one or two houses they'd be willing to pledge.


Out of twenty or so fraternities, I think the largest are Sigma Nu, KA, Sigma Chi, Kappa Sig and Pika. They're probably at and above 70, while lots of other fraternities are hovering around 55 or 60.

Cap at my school for sororities is 90, and I think we are currently the largest with 90 girls, but I know others are very close, it was a pretty small rush this year, but I know that a few are struggling and there are 6 NPC's and one hispanic. As for frats the smallest is around 13 and largest is about 80 at best.

USC's total was actually at 90 from the beginning of the 90's until last year when it was increased to 115. Most chapters had about 120 members in the mid to late 90's and now they have anywhere from 110 to 210.

UCLA's total is 115 and most chapters are right around that number

CU Boulder has the highest total in my region at 140. Some chapters have over 200 members there as well.

U of A also has a very high total at 130. I know the A Phi chapter there is well over that number.

LMU, ASU and USD all have very large chapter sizes (with quotas each year of 50+) but total is lower than chapter size.

Total at Clarion is 60, and there are 4 sororities that are around that number now... ZTA, DPhiE, AST, and DZ. The other sororities are all around 30-40. The others are Phi Sigma Sigma, Tri Sigma, TPA.

Fraternities are generally pretty small. I believe Sigma Pi is the biggest, with like 40. KDR and Phi Sigma Kappa have 30 or so. Theta Xi, Theta Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, Sigma Tau Gamma are between 20-30, I believe.

At Montana State University-Bozeman, our chapters aren't nearly as big as some of the larger state schools that others have mentioned.

The largest sorority I think is Chi Omega with right around 40 members, and the other three (AGD, AOPi, and Pi Phi) not far behind. However, Pi Beta Phi was the largest until about 30 girls graduated, and that did quite a dent to their membership.

For the fraternities, Lambda Chi Alpha has somewhere between 50 and 60 I think, but the interesting thing is that they only have 17 living in their house this last semester! The other chapters on campus have somewhat less members, but no trouble. Sigma Phi Epsilon closed a couple of years ago, and want to come back. This most likely won't happen because we don't have quite strong enough of a system to support another fraternity or sorority yet.

Dan

On my campus when I was in school, the largest chapter was Alpha Sigma Alpha with 45-50 women. Total is 52. Nobody EVER reaches total, and if they do, it's very infrequent. Other sororities range from 15-45 members. There are 10 sororities, with 5 being NPC groups.

Today, things are slightly different. There are still 10 sororities, but the largest group is a local sorority, followed by Tri Sigma and ASA. The oldest sorority on campus, a local, is really really small, with not many members. The largest group is at total, 52 and Tri Sigma and ASA aren't far behind. The rest of the groups have between 8-45 women, most of them in the 20s and 30s.

The fraternities are a whole different ballgame. They range from like 7 guys to like 35 guys. One of the most popular fraternities is one that isn't even recognized by campus. With so many fraternities coming and going on campus (being recognized, losing national charters and going local) it's hard for them to keep up consistency.

At my school, the Betas are the largest fraternity with 62 men. Delta Chi is a close second with about 50, Theta Chi with about 45, Kappa Sigma with about 30, Delta Sigma Phi with about 30 and Sigma Pi with about 20. Phi Beta Sigma and Alpha Phi Alpha both have about 4 members each.

ZTA is always at cap of 50, Gamma Phi Beta always makes cap at 50, AXiD usually makes cap of 50, Tri-Sigma usually makes cap at 50 and Phi Mu has lingered around 35-40 the past few years.

Total is not based on the average number of women in the chapter at USC. It has been a problem since I became an advisor there in 1996. Total was still at 90 even when some of the chapters had 180 members. Thus, even though DG had 64 (lost 2 before initiation) and over 200 active members, total is only at 115.

Laura

At my school we only have 3 NPC's and one local for sororities. I am not sure how the numbers are but I think Tri Sigma is the biggest (I think they have between 60-80 sisters) Phi Mu has somewhere between 60-80 sisters but are smaller than Tri Sigma AOPi is the smallest with around 40-50 sisters and the local (my sorority) has about 40 sisters.

As far fraternities I think Kappa Sig is the biggest and Sigma Nu being next but I'm really not sure. I'm not sure how many brothers are in each fraternity but we also haveDelta Upsilon, Theta Chi, Pi Kappa Phi, Kappa Alpha, and TKE.

Total and ceiling are the same thing. Theoretically, under the quota/total system, chapters can pledge women until they reach quota for that year and/or total for their campus. The problem that exists at USC, and was probably a problem when you were there too, is that 4 times quota is 2 times total rather than total.

In other words, chapters that have retention problems or don't pledge up to quota one year have to pledge and retain quota for the next 3 years in order to be a competitive size. Right now, there are two or three chapters hovering around the 200 mark, 4 chapters b/w 140 and 175 and 2 chapters that are b/w 100 and 115. The hard part for the chapters at 100 and 115 is that they can only fill to 115 or their quota spots if they didn't make quota. This makes things difficult for them financially, during rush and socially.

Is this anywhere else to, that Junior and Seniors count as free pledges and are not counted towards quota?


Anywho, for sororities its:

Kappa Alpha Theta
Tri- Delt
Sigma Kappa
KKG


Fraternities:

Beta Theta Pi
Sigma Chi
FIJI (when they were on campus)
Theta Chi
ohhh and Pike (but there is this big thing on campus with fraternities about them giving anyone a bid who wants one, and taking away from other frats..)

Rush went really well for everyone this year...most chapters reached quota on pledge classes. Pi Phi, DG and Kappa never have problems making quota. But we are voting in Panhel. to increase quota I believe. All sororities are capped at 70. We are at 72 I believe. We didn't pledge any 3rd, 4th or aboves. I believe the only chapters that have had problems making quota in the past are Sigma Kappa and Chi-O. Which is a shame since the girls I know in these chapters are such rad girls.

Guys don't have totals...lucky them. Pledge classes have been getting rather large. Total for Pi Kappa Anyone (we have that running joke here as well) is around 130 I believe. Delta Sig and Sigma Chi follow in numbers of around 100. TKE, Sig Ep, FIJI, and DU usually have a hard time recruiting with low numbers, but our girls definitely got a pleasant surprise in chapter when about 20 Sig Ep Fall pledges came to serenade! Good for them! We love to see chapters get stronger, just makes the whole system something more to brag about!:D

Hey fellas -

Gotta love how ya need a minor in Mathematics to be a sorority rush chair or PHC officer. I could never figure that mess out.

lifesaver

Sorry if this is a silly question, but what does that mean? :confused:

u are wrong zz-kai
 

I'd hate to CLUE you in, but Phi Mu is at house total at UWO, and going into FAll 2002 recruitment, with 50 ladies. we've been in upper 40's for a while. thanks neighbor.

My sorority, Alpha Sigma, at UW-Whitewater, has about 50 active members, and the cap is 80.

Re: u are wrong zz-kai
 

Holy cow, relax......when I was a freshman, Phi Mu was top dog, then they fell off the boat for a few years. I guess they have made a comeback, which is great. I didn't think they were at house total, as a matter of fact, I am pretty sure they weren't at house total last year? Oh well, I'm probably wrong. Seens how they're at total, maybe the cap will be raised. I think they were waiting for Phi Mu to maintain cap several semesters in a row, before they raise it???

PS, how can you be going into Fall 2002 with 50 ladies, when Spring 2002 hasn't even happened yet?

For Iowa State,

Fraternities, I think between Pikes, Aggers (Alpha Gamma Rho), or SAEs. Lambda Chis used to be one, and nobody knows how TKEs next semester.

Sororities, I would say Tri-Delts, DZs, Chi-Os, Pi Phis or Alpha Chis. Hard to tell which one is the biggest, since they always have big numbers and all awesome girls.

3rd, 4th years in college... the year of the rushee in school.

I know at Arizona State sororities are very large. Most sororities usually add on about 50 girls during fall rush. ADPI added 48 girls to our 100 to top out at about 150. Most houses are doing really well out here with numbers.

Re: large chapters
 

our Greek system is officially Off-Campus now at Santa Clara University, but that dosen't mean we aren't bigger, better, and stronger than ever before.


After this January's Rush it will look like this:

Fraternities:
Sigma Pi will be the biggest, with 85-90 guys, then Pike with around 85, and then SAE with about 45-50.


Sororities:
Delta Gamma the biggest (and best IMHO) with 200 beautiful ladies, and Alpha Phi with about 190 beautiful ladies.


By the way ladies, if you are reading this, PLEASE colonize the Santa Clara University campus! These sororities are huge, and even with taking around 65 members each winter quarter, over a hundred girls are going to be turned away this year since DZ voted to fold. We need another sorority on campus, and with very good quality girls being turned away, you can capitalize on this! If you want sisters in Northern California, please Contact me for more info about SCU's status.



...United in Brotherhood...

If you have so many being turned away why is a sorority folding?? I know AXO closed about 6-8 years ago at Santa Clara, not sure why as no one ever tells us why a chapter closes. Now another chapter is folding-HMMMMM-what is going on if there are so many PNM's and chapters are folding?

There was a thread about this but I'm too lazy to search. SCU's prez decided to disband the Greek system so they are not recognized on campus any longer. Some sororities have a clause that says they will not operate at a place where sororities are not recognized or not condoned by the administration. DZ may have a clause like this - they didn't WANT to leave and the chapter hadn't done anything wrong, but according to their bylaws they cannot stay without school support.

Yeah, I think that is right. DZ won't let a chapter stay on campus if the school doesn't recognize the greek system. It allows for too many problems since there is no university to oversee their actions. This is what I have heard anyway.

Ahhhhh thanks for clearifying. I am not sure if that is why AXO closed but maybe? I did go to the SCU web site and I read about the disbandment, their reasons etc... Do any other sororities have a clause that will not allow having a chapter at a university that does not recognize the greek system?

How would a GLO colonize if the Greek system isn't recognized by the school? Would they still publish it as the "XYZ colony at USC"? Forgive me for asking what I'm sure is a stupid question, but I haven't ever heard of this before. I thought that if a college doesn't recognize GLOs anymore that means that they shut all of them down.

Re: Re: phiMu
 

sorry, people are always 'oh little phi mu.' being so old, we're pretty big, maybe not necesarily at uwo the past few years, but now. i didn't think everyone was at cap. before.
spring 02 we have 2 spots open for basically- so when we have 2 more lovely ladies, we will be at 50, cap for the fall. plus no grads.
didn't mean to come off as terrible as you thought! sorry ZZ-kai

Okay, gotcha! :) Thanks for clearing that up.

I know exactly what you mean, too. On my campus, it's a LOT more difficult for a sophomore to get a bid, but juniors hardly ever rush - it'd be next to impossible to get into a sorority during formal recruitment (I don't know anything about informal or COB) after your second year in school.

The GLO can still colonize and be a part of the off-campus InterGreek Council and the off-campus Panhellenic. The only thing that is different is that there is no formal tie to the campus, no rules coming from campus, no quotas, etc.

We still are members of XYZ Fraternity at Santa Clara University, of course. Our chapter names are all still the same. The only difference, is since the school cut ties with us, they lost all authority to tell us how to run our organizations. We support ourselves now, the way it should be.

The results are interesting. While the administration thought that ending Greek support would phase our the system by 2003, the exact opposite is happening now that they can't check our growth. The fraternities have doubled or tripled in size, and the sororities have done the same, all in a one-year span.

This school is ripe for expansion. We just need some help from the outside to bring in some new houses.

I know AXO used to have a chapter, and it would be very nice to have them back, considering they already have some existing history on our campus. I'm not really sure why they closed (back in 96 I think), but if there was any bad blood it is definately gone by now.




I Believe...

AEPhi recently colonized at a school where the Greek system is not formally recognized. I don't know if there are any other sororities there, but if there are, I imagine they'd set up a Panhel and institute a formal rush without involving the college.

Whether or not a GLO can colonize without recognition depends on state law, the GLO's bylaws and constitution and whether the school is a state or private college or university.

Florida State University
 

At FSU the sororities are very old, and strong. The largest have had as many as 150+ women each. The biggest seem to be Tri-Delt, Pi Beta Phi, Kappa Delta, Alpha Delta Pi and Delta Gamma. But those are not exclusively the largest or best. There are many very, very good, large sororities at FSU.
The fraternities are hampered by poor housing, but a new greek row is scheduled to open in 2003. The Pikes have about 165 and are the largest. Other big/strong fraternities are ATO, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Sigma Chi, Pi Kappa Phi, Phi Delta Theta and Lambda Chi Alpha. All have over 100 members.