Fraternity-Sorority ratio...
 

i'm just wondering what the ratio for fraternities to sororities is at your school?
at sdsu there is 13 fraternities to 9 sororities.
there are often times when some fraternities don't have anyone to have exchanges or events with because there isn't an equal ratio. one of the schools across town has the opposite problem, there are more sororities than fraternities.
what is it like on your campus? what problem do you have?

3 sororities, 2 fraternities

We usually do stuff with all the organizations at our school. We also hold many mixers with fraternities from another University very close by (they have 11 fraternities and 5 sororities).

Back in the day
 

When I was in school, there were 6 NPC and 1 local sororities and 12 IFC and 2 local fraternities. Some of the sororities with a total of 85 were almost twice the size of the fraternities with 40-something brothers.

University of Central Oklahoma:

6 Fraternities (one not recogized by university though)

4 sororities

5 fraternities

4 sororities

26 fraternities
5 sororities
5 coed independent living groups
1 women's independent living group

Can you say lopsided? :)

Ours is about even...12 fraternities and 10 sororities.

At IU, we have 24 fraternities and 19 sororities. Howevever, SAE and Delts were suspended this past semester so they are not active right now. Also, we may be getting Sigma Sigma Sigma.

I think everyone pairs for events pretty easily especially since IFC and Panhel are the ones who pair houses for IU Sing. But, we do a pretty good job when we have to pair for homecoming and Little 500.

Our biggest problem is that we are losing fraternities right and left. IU is a dry campus and the Dean is getting pretty strict with those alcohol violations.

We have lost Betas, Pi Kappa Alpha, Sammies, and Theta Chi...and this was all while I have been at IU.

Re: Fraternity-Sorority ratio...
 

Also going to SDSU, I know what he means. We just learned that beta Theta Pi and Lambada Chi Alpha are going to recolonize within the next year, making 15 fraternities plus TKE, and 9 sororities. All the sororities have over 100 girls (I think), and some of the fraternities only have 20-30 guys. So, you're right J. sometimes doing these events are impossible.

Wanna hear lopsided? My campus currently has 18 fraternities and 4 sororties. Even granted that the campus is two-thirds men, that's still crazy.

Boys:
Betas
Sigma Nu
Phi Delt
Deke
DTD
Phi Tau
Phi Kap
Sigma Chi
DU
Phi Psi
Theta Chi
Fiji
ZBT
AEPi
SAE
Sammy
Sig Ep
Zeta Psi

Girls:
A Chi O
A Phi
Phi Mu
Sigma Psi (local)

The NPHC chapters are represented by the city-wide chapters, but there are currently only about five or six students from CWRU in them.

Iowa State has 29 fraternities and 15 sororities, so for Homecoming or Greek Week, two fraternities (big and small) pairing up with one sorority. So far, we have no problem with the system
:cool:

UF has 24 fraternities and 16 sororities. 5 multicultural fraternities and 5 multicultural sororities, I think.

Works out well at Homecoming b/c there is some competition for sororities so courtship is more fun.

Penn State
 

56 IFC fraternities
24 panhell sororities
2 nphc frats
4 nphc sororities

+ 2 service female sororities
and penn state still won't let NEW female sororities join Penn state

Its a shame we need more womens organizations! There is definately a demand

What is courtship?

My school is
10 IFC fraternites
7 NPC Sororities
5 NPHC Fraternities
4 NPHC sororities
5 or 6 off campous fraternities
1 off campous sorority

Re: Penn State
 

24 PHC sororities? I thought as of last Fall Recruitment the number was down to 20+1 that wasn't an NPC?

When I was in school:

5 sororities (3 NPC and 2 NPHC)
6 fraternities

Also, there was a local service sorority and a national service sorority who were both just getting off the ground on campus.

It's when the fraternities that are interested in being paired up with you for Homecoming do "nice gestures" during the year, like sending the house flowers or writing they love you in chalk on your driveway. That's not official courtship, but it makes you keep them in your heart.

There's a week in October where the floodgates are opened and courtship takes place (I don't remember if it's the week right before Homecoming or if it's two weeks before) and it's a total circus. All the fraternities put up huge light displays on their lawns of the letters of the sororities they want...they come to the houses at dinner to bring dessert, they drop by later at night to bring treats for the girls who live in the house, they sing, they give all the girls roses, they decorate the sororities' lawns with banners and flags and even balloon displays, etc. etc.

I heard one of the fraternities was going to rent limousines for the girls. My favorite was when one of the fraternities had masseuses come to our house before dinner.

Then we all vote on who to be paired up with during Chapter. My house was split last year.

At my college that my husband graduated from they have 11 fraternities and 5 sororities between two different sections. For those of you who don't know, Kettering University (formerly GMI) is a co-op school where you work for three months then go to school for three months. The number of girls is very low. I think last years incoming freshmen class only had 24!!

Fraternities-A & B Section
Lambda Chi Alpha
Theta Xi
Delta Tau Delta
Phi Delta Theta
FIJI
Delta Chi
Beta Theta Pi
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Pi Kappa Alpha

Sororities-A Section
Alpha Phi
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Theta Phi Alpha

Sororities-B-Section
Alpha Gamma Delta
Alpha Sigma Alpha
Beta Sigma Phi

My days at U of M-AA

33 NIC Fraternities
17 NPC Sororities
3 NPHC Sororities, 1 Local Black sorority
5 NPHC Fraternities
6 MGLO's

Yeah kinda lopsided, Id say :)

UBC

9 fraternities
7 sororities


Things seem to be fairly balanced

At Purdue we have 40 fraternities and 22 sororities. We also have something called Cooperative Housing. We have "butterups" to be paired with other houses for football season and Grand Prix week. It's common for a lot of fraternities not to get paired with someone. Butterups are really fun. There are serenades, massages, bedtime stories, chalking, rides to and from class, flowers, ect.

It can get pretty competitive, especially if two houses are pursuing one house pretty hardcore.

Of course, it's all in good fun! :)

That courtship and butter-ups sounds like so much fun! I wish we would have had that.

For some reason I can't think today, but it seems to me we had 7 fraternities and 4 sororities at Whitewater. I'm probably wrong, though :)

When I was in school UCSD had about 10 IFC and 8 NPC. There was also 2 Asian fraternities and 2 Asian soroities. Now there's a third Asian fraternity, one Hispanic fraternity and I believe 2 Latina sororities.

Eventhough it's fairly even, lots of sororities have socials with sports teams (Waterpolo=Yummy!) and fraternities at other colleges in town.

Josh,
Which school has more sororities? Is it USD? Ya'll can always do socials with them.

Also, if there not enough sororities you can always do 3 and 4 ways with other chapters that your friendly with. :)

My campus has 2 fraternities and 4 sororities. We usually have events with EVERYBODY, sometimes all of us together and other times with specific orgs. Also, we have events with other clubs on campus such as:
MEChA (Movimiento Estudiantil de Aztlan)
Latinos Unidos of HSU
APASA (Asian Pacific American Student Association)
BSU (Black Student Union)
QSU (Queer Student Union)
MCC (Multi-Cultural Center)
and whoever else wants to have an event!

I go to University of San Diego (USD) and we have 5 sororities and 4 fraternities right now....

Josh were you talking about my school that's unbalanced? I never thought it was too bad??

We had 5 fraternities at the beginning of this semester but Phi Kapp got kicked off campus around March... Our chapter of Delta Tau Delta is also really struggling, and I thought that I heard that it was going to become a club rather than a fraternity next semester... but then again, that's all heresay

I heard that we might be getting SAE and DG next year too, but I dont know the validity of that info either:rolleyes:

I never thought we had problems finding guys to mix with though... my chapter usually does a lot with Sigma Chi and Lambda Chi... and we had some events with the UCSD Pikes...

:D

hey--i met one of your sisters last week...i cant remember her name...anyway, she was telling me how there are more sororities at usd.

i'm gonna PM you.

Wow ... what an organization name ...

Here at Long Beach State we have the Following fraternities:

Phi Kappa Tau
Sigma Pi
Kappa Sigma
Theta Chi
Delta Chi
Tau Kappa Epsilon or TKE
Sigma Alpha Epsilon or SAE
Sigma Phi Epsilon or Sig Ep
Alpha Phi Alpha
Iota Phi Theta
Phi Beta Sigma
Omega Psi Phi
Kappa Alpha Psi
Did I mention PHI KAPPA TAU!!

Sororities:
Alpha Omnicron Pi
Sigma Kappa
Delta Delta Delta
Alpha Phi
Gamma Phi Beta
Delta Gamma
Delta Zeta
Zeta Phi Beta
Alpha Kappa Alpha

There are about 5 Hispanic organizations, but I am not sure of all the names and I don't want to leave anyone out.

Before QSU became QSU it used to be GLBTSA (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Association). This past year they decided that it didn't matter what you were, for the most part people considered you "queer." So, now they the club is called QSU (Queer Student Union). I guess they don't care about being PC.

Before QSU became QSU it used to be GLBTSA (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Student Association). This past year they decided that it didn't matter what you were, for the most part people considered you "queer." So, now the club is called QSU (Queer Student Union). I guess they don't care about being PC.

From what I understand, in some circles gay/lesbian people use the word queer as an attempt to "reclaim" it from its negative connotations.

My school is exactly equal: 4 fraternities, 4 sororities. There used to be 6 frats but two were kicked off.

At Mizzou we have these fraternities:
Alpha Epsilon Pi
Alpha Gamma Sigma
Alpha Gamma Rho
Alpha Kappa Lambda
Alpha Tau Omega
Beta Sigma Psi
Beta Theta Pi
Delta Chi
Delta Sigma Phi
Delta Tau Delta
Delta Upsilon
Farmhouse
Kappa Alpha
Kappa Sigma
Lambda Chi Alpha (a colony)
Phi Delta Theta
FIJI
Phi Kappa Theta
Pi Kappa Alpha
Phi Kappa Psi
Sigma Alpha Epsilon
Sigma Chi
Sigma Nu
Sigma Pi
Sigma Phi Epsilon
Sigm Tau Gamma ( colony)

The sororities we have are:
Alpha Chi Omega
Alpha Delta Pi
Alpha Phi
Chi Omega
Delta Delta Delta
Delta Gamma
Gamma Phi Beta
Kppa Alpha Theta
Kappa Delta
Kappa Kappa Gamma
Pi Beta Phi
Phi Mu
Sigma Kappa
Zeta Tau Alpha

So I guess that makes 14 sororities and 27 fraternities. For most of events, we are in triads, 2 fraternities and 1 sorority. Most of these houses are big houses so there are always lots more boys than girls, which is fun!

There are also a bunch of other orgs. but I couldn't find a list of them anywhere! :(

At Lehigh University we have 29 Frats and 9 Sororities which is kinda ridiculous. But the male female is around 60/40. There still dont seem to be enough boys to choose from ;)