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Originally Posted by DGTess
And I'd bet even the concept of "tiers" falls away outside the south.
Just my $0.02.
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No, it does not, at least not at some schools. When I traveled for my sorority as a consultant (granted, it was many years ago), tiers were just as strong at some schools in the Midwest and Southwest as they are at SEC schools. I was surprised given that I grew up in the SEC world. My cousin left an SEC school to go to school out West and tiers were and still are very fierce at her alma mater.
I've written recs in recent years for friends whose daughters have gone to Univ. Arizona and Univ. Oklahoma, among others, and I have sisters whose daughters have gone to USC and other non-Southern schools and the stories they've reported back tell me that tiers definitely still exist. Univ. Kansas is another school where tiers are in place; had a sister's daughter pledge there this fall. I think any school outside the South with an intense Greek system definitely has the tier thing going on!