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Originally Posted by Miriverite
I'm sure there are definitely areas of some of our dorms that could contest that  For example, certain halls in our East Campus dorm are so close that they're practically a frat. In fact, the 2nd West hall even calls themselves "Pi Tau Zeta" (a Greekification of their nickname, Putz). It certainly is true, however, that most GLO members at MIT come from the west side of campus, where dorms are much bigger and less bonded as a group.
re: Theta, it's also seen as one of the "top tier" sororities at MIT as well, interestingly. |
That's definitely true - every dorm has its own personality, and often floors/entries/halls within a dorm will have different personalities.
Back in my day, we had dorm rush. You got a temporary room and then you went and visited all the dorms, met upperclass residents, took dorm tours, etc., then ranked the dorms in order of preference and got matched. Once you got matched, in most cases you then went through floor/entry/hall rush. (I believe freshmen now have to rank order their dorm choices before arriving on campus, but they still go through floor rush - Miriverite, correct me if I'm wrong.)
What made this all the more fun was that, in my day, dorm rush happened at the same time as FSILG rush. If you were a man checking out fraternities and/or ILGs, or a woman interested in ILGs, you really had to budget your time to make sure you checked out the dorms just in case you didn't get a bid you wanted to accept. If you were a woman interested only in NPC sororities, you had enough time outside scheduled rush parties to check out the dorms, and of course, if you weren't interested in greek life at all, you had lots of time.
And I don't think you can really have a meaningful discussion about tiers when there are only six sororities, one of which fills a niche market.
