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You hit the nail on the head tld221 and Zillini! A very good explanation of how we "claim" our own and, regardless of the region, everyone goes through a similar process (getting into the right school or the right GLO).
At Arkansas, the emphasis is still on status. Despite the fact that all houses on campus are meeting quota and doing well (one still struggles some) the prevailing belief is that some houses are better than others and that you have done well to pledge any of those.
And, I am going to go a step further and tell you that top level sorority women who end up dating a guy from a lower level fraternity will often start the answer to "What fraternity is your boyfriend in?" with a disclaimer like, "His uncle was a AB at another school and really wanted him to join his house," or "He came to the university and knew no one! Otherwise he would have pledged another house."
This is where the pnms are coming from when they get on here and cry about being cut from "good" houses. It is THE NORM to be concerned with tiers and classifications. (Isn't this the same type of upset that occurs when Nancy Northeast doesn't get early admitted to Harvard but has to "settle" for Brown?)
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