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Originally posted by Beanblossom1
I know this is going to sound like a stupid question. I went to a medium sized school in the south and we only had 3 sororities at the time so I really am clueless on this one. I keep reading about tiers. How is this determined - word of mouth, is there a list somewhere? Do the tiers change from year-to-year or do they stay the same for decades. At my school, you would get into a sorority unless your grades were bad or you were a MAJOR ho-bag. And each sorority had a clique of girls that hung out at each of the fraternity houses. It wasn't sorority A only hung out with such-in-such fraternity. But from reading these posts, it seems to be that way at some schools. Thanks.
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Tiers are in the minds of the students and the alumni. No formal data is kept, it varies from Greek System to Greek System, and even from chapter to chapter on the same campus. It's just generally acknowledged gossip which can effect the outcome of who asks whom to do socials, homecoming pairings and the "tent talk" at recruitment. The chapter who wins all the awards at Greek Awards isn't necessarily the highest ranked in this imaginary system. It's just a matter of who's hot, who had the most competitive recruitment and the flashiest socials. It's nothing tangible, nothing real and nothing to go by if you are a PNM or a sorority member. It's just like high school and being considered one of the cool kids over one of the not cool kids-- there's no rhyme, reason, nor necessity, yet it rules the social laws of the school.
Which just goes back to our mantra here at GC-- PNMs should rush with an open mind and join the GLO where they feel most at home-- not where everyone will envy you and admire you for having "gotten in."