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The old row of fraternity and sorority houses. Older, more established, top houses. Most Old Row houses are focused more on a guy's background (i.e. family) and where they are from. They are not all necessarily legacies, though. Depending on the house, it's more about where you are from. DKE's, for example, are considered one of the top houses in terms of exclusivity, but it's not like they only bid legacies. They are basically a collection of well-to-do guys from Mobile. If you went to one of the good private schools in Mobile (and consequently know some of the brothers), come from a good family, and are a relatively solid guy, then yeah, you have a good chance of getting in. Do people slip through the cracks? Of course. But it's not as bad as you would think. There are occasional guys who are "picked up" by Old Row houses (meaning, they don't have any connections to the house and might be from a random town), but this is usually an exception not the rule. Basically, Old Row houses are extremely exclusive and made up of upscale families, mostly from Alabama. Guys from out of state do get in to them....but it is because they know somebody....
Sororities = Alpha Chi, Alpha Gam, Chi O, Tri-Delt, KD, Kappa, and Phi Mu.
Fraternities = DKE, SAE, KA, Phi Gam, Sigma NU
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