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Originally posted by kddani
And truth be told, I think we had more fun with the non-top fraternities. We trusted them more, became friends with them, and knew that they weren't going to be skeezy with us. They were happy to hang out with us and made an effort to show us a good time. Unlike many of the top fraternities who thought their mere presence was enough 
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I know I'm coming in late to this conversation, but ITA on this point. We had socials with the "top" fraternities and "mid-low" fraternities back in the day. My school wasn't terribly cut-throat then although there was a clear and strong tier system in place. Let me share the story of how an AOII started dating a guy in a lower tier fraternity. A big reason they were lower tier was that their house was well off the row and they just didn't know a lot of people. That was due to a combination of location, youth (this was a relatively young chapter), and a lack of networking on campus. She got to know guy's brothers pretty well and loved them as they were truly good guys. She dragged a lot of her sisters over to meet fraternity
, sisters thought the same. Her sorority scheduled a mixer with his fraternity and sorority turned out in full force. Had a great time, word spread up and down row. Guy got to know a lot of other greeks through girl, guy's brothers did the same. Fast forward a couple of years, guy's fraternity membership had doubled and they were having socials with all of the sororities on campus on a regular basis. So, it can happen.
Edited because I'm an idiot and forgot basic grammar rules...