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Originally Posted by TigerPiPhi
Exactly! Which is why, as a Pi Phi, I can't help but be a little offended by the OP's original comment.
Pi Phi is considered by many to be a strong national sorority because there are a number of strong chapters in areas all over the country, not just in Texas or the South. The same with Tri-Delt. So while the OP may not have had the experience of a "top-tier" Pi Phi chapter (or any other GLO, for that matter) in her area, she should not have stated that it is a "surprise" to learn that Pi Phi or another GLO is considered strong. I found that kind of tactless.
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Well, my original comment is not really as sinister as some people have thought. I contemplated letting this go, but I'm going to explain my original thought and then people can think whatever they want.
When I said it wasn't hard to guess most of the rest perhaps I could have worded it more carefully. However, if I had to guess six top sororities I already knew two of them. I knew Theta was a top group from reading about Jenna Bush pledging there. I knew from hearing about and discussing top chapters (as breathesgelatin mentioned in her own Pi Phi experience) that Tri Delta was strong at Texas. For wrong or right, panhellenic or not, I would have immediately guessed that Chi O and Kappa were two of the others. They are two groups that I automatically expect to be top groups. I also know from experience that they are not top groups on every campus. No sorority is top everywhere. But that is my personal perception of them based on both local and national experience. I expect them more often than not to be a top group. I won't get into the ins and outs of the other two guesses I would have made for fear of making even more people mad at me.
Others here may have their own groups that they would automatically expect to be strong and that is fine. My very original point was that our perceptions are shaped by so many different experiences we have that we are all going to look at things differently.
So that was the thought process behind the original comment. Hopefully that clears things up.