[Rudey]

You don't get it and I doubt I could explain it much more to you. I don't know how to phrase this well but a while ago there was a gentleman on here from England who wanted to start a Law Fraternity; you remind me of him.

I am sure neither of us will ever understand each other.

-Rudey

Originally posted by OPhiARen3
So what exactly is it about students at Tier I schools that makes them so superior for fraternities/sororities? What qualities do you perceive them as having that make them "the best people"?

From what I found on answers.com, this is how the tiers are determined:

* Peer assessment: a survey of the institution's reputation among presidents, provosts, and deans of admission of other institutions
* Retention: six-year graduation rate and first-year student retention rate
* Student selectivity: standardized test scores of admitted students, proportion of admitted students in upper percentiles of their high-school class, and proportion of applicants accepted
* Faculty resources: average class size, faculty salary, faculty degree level, student-faculty ratio, and proportion of full-time faculty
* Financial resources: per-student spending
* Graduation rate performance: difference between expected and actual graduation rate
* Alumni giving rate

So as far as I can tell, you are saying it should be based on academic selectivity, and looking at this, class as well (per-student spending, alumni giving rate)?

Examples of a few (randomly selected) schools from Tiers I, II, III, and IV from another website (http://www.go4ivy.com/rankings.asp):

Tier I: Cal Tech, Emory, Washington St Louis
Tier II: Bates, Georgetown, Notre Dame
Tier III: Case WR, Tulane, UVA
Tier IV: GWU, UNC Chapel Hill, West Point

In response to your number 3 - exactly. Different fraternities and sororities can choose whoever they want for their organizations, and still call themselves fraternities and sororities. This might shock and horrify you, but not all fraternities and sororities are "exclusive and elitist by nature," nor do they all want to be.

Maybe myself and some of my OPhiA sisters wouldn't be people you would like to have in your ideal GLO world, but I assure you that we have all learned a lot from our sisterhood together.