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Originally posted by GtownGirl98
Help me out here and explain how you added your numbers together? I.e. in the south 7+5+3+2+1=18 not 39? I am just confused and could just not be seeing the addition correctly.
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She's saying that, for example, with Virginia and Florida, it's not that together they have 5 chapters -- each state has five separate chapters.
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Originally posted by Texas-Gal
This is a very interesting discussion...
As a sorority alum (UTexas), my viewpoint of "Southern" sororities is skewed towards the more prominent/prestigious/old school (however you'd like to phrase it) Greek systems of the South - namely: LSU, Alabama, Ole Miss, and (of course) Texas. (although I'm not as familiar with their Greek systems, I'd also include Florida, Florida State, Georgia, and possibly Tennessee in that group) At those schools, I'd say these sororites were among the more prestigious groups - and therefore have a higher profile in the South:
Chi-O
KD
Kappa
Tri Delt
I guess maybe what I'm saying is that it's not just the sheer numbers of chapters that play into the perception of a sorority as "Southern" - but also the relative prestige/desirability of the chapters vis-a-vis the other houses, as well as their prominence at the major Southern University Greek systems. (e.g. if a sorority is prominent at LSU, Bama, & Ole Miss, I'd consider that more "Southern" than one that just had good chapters at Univ. North Texas, SFA and UT-Arlington) Does that make sense?
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I definitely agree with you to an extent, but, as mentioned above, there are certain sororities that, while they are very strong in the South, are also often just as strong all over the country -- the four you mentioned, with especially Kappa and Chi O, being some of them. So while I would definitely see those as strong Southern sororities, they're definitely not "primarily" Southern sororities the way I would classify Phi Mu or ZTA.