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Originally Posted by WLVR
ok. so basically what i've gathered is that tier's don't necessarily mean anything. I'm at Lehigh, rushing Psi U, technically a lower middle fraternity. Not that I really care about that though. I could also take part in founding phi delta theta here. I really like the guys at Psi U so far, could easily see myself living with them and all that. Just trying to figure out what I should go for.
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OK. Now we're got the name of a school to work with. Lehigh is an old, private school with a distinguished fraternity system that dominates Greek life there. It's a high-prestige university with some old-line predominately northern fraternities (like Delta Psi and Psi U) that establish chapters only at old-line schools. There are a lot of fraternities for the size of the school; it's considered a desirable campus to have a chapter.
What this means is that your collegiate orientation now and as an alum is going to be heavily focused on Lehigh itself and your chapter. This is true for reasons not necessary to go into here.
Join wherever you're happiest because the fraternities there are very stable. The chapters there now have always been there and probably always will be (you mentioned Phi Delt - they first established a chapter at Lehigh in 1876 and probably haven't been gone long).
Don't worry about making the wrong decision here. On this campus, wherever you go will probably be fine.