large chapters

[skip101]

what are the largest GLOs on your campus and about how many members do they have?

[KSigkid]

As far as fraternities go, we (Kappa Sig) are the highest with around 65 active brothers. For sororities, I don't know the exact numbers, but I think at least a couple are in the 50s.

Collin

[ZTAngel]

Sororities at UCF tend to be much larger than at most school's. Every chapter at my school is strong with mostly all of them having over 100 members. I think the biggest with 130-150+ members are ZTA, ADPi, KD, AZD, and Tri-Delta. But, all the other sororities are very large too (Pi Phi, ChiO, Theta, DG) with over 100 members or close to 100.

As for the fraternities, I'm not sure the exact number of members that they have. I know some of the larger ones are SAE, SigEp, Kappa Sig, Pi Kapp, Sigma Chi, and Lambda Chi.

[dzsaigirl]

My school has sororities with around 45-50 members. Chapter total is 45. Our greek system is small (but small should not be confused with weak, because we are not weak )

[MoxieGrrl]

We have 4 sororities and quota is at 50. 2 of the 4 are at 50.
There are 6 fraternities at Bethany, ranging in size from 15 to 32.

[aephi alum]

When I was at school (this goes back about 5 years) the largest fraternity had about 60 members. The smallest was a new colony and had about 15. Fraternities were limited in size, because at the time, you had to move into the house as soon as you pledged - you couldn't be a non-residential member - so each fraternity was limited to how many beds it had. There are about 25 all-male fraternities, 5 coed living groups, and 1 all-female living group (not a sorority).

Sororities - total is 80, and 4 of the 5 sororities on campus are at or above total. My sorority is relatively new, and has about 30 sisters.

[BrianMUDU]

I believe Phi Tau is the largest at Miami with upwards of 120+ brothers when they pull in a pledge class. When we have a pledge class this spring, we're shooting for around 80 brothers.

[BrownEyedGirl]

On our campus, house total for sororities is somewhere around 135. I'd say that eight (of ten) of our sororities are at total, and the two which aren't at total pick up lots of quality members during COB.

Numbers go up and down each semester, but last time I heard the largest on campus were KKG, ADPi and ZTA. I know Tri-Delt and Chi O are also right up there. A lot of our sororities are on an even playing field during rush, so to speak, with high numbers. That gives PNM's some tough choices to make during rush but it leaves few feeling that there's only one or two houses they'd be willing to pledge.


Out of twenty or so fraternities, I think the largest are Sigma Nu, KA, Sigma Chi, Kappa Sig and Pika. They're probably at and above 70, while lots of other fraternities are hovering around 55 or 60.

[tridgirl]

Cap at my school for sororities is 90, and I think we are currently the largest with 90 girls, but I know others are very close, it was a pretty small rush this year, but I know that a few are struggling and there are 6 NPC's and one hispanic. As for frats the smallest is around 13 and largest is about 80 at best.

[bruinaphi]

Originally posted by amycat412
When I was in school total for sororities on my campus was 120 with most getting quota, one or two missing the 120 cap by 10-20 girls and 1-2 just struggling. There were about 13 sororities at the time.

Now there are 9 houses and cap is at 200, with the DG chapter at 206.

Fraternities when I was in school varied widely--with the "top" houses being at 120 or more and the "mid" houses at 60-75 and the smaller houses anywere from 15-30 members.

USC's total was actually at 90 from the beginning of the 90's until last year when it was increased to 115. Most chapters had about 120 members in the mid to late 90's and now they have anywhere from 110 to 210.

UCLA's total is 115 and most chapters are right around that number

CU Boulder has the highest total in my region at 140. Some chapters have over 200 members there as well.

U of A also has a very high total at 130. I know the A Phi chapter there is well over that number.

LMU, ASU and USD all have very large chapter sizes (with quotas each year of 50+) but total is lower than chapter size.

[jess_pom]

Total at Clarion is 60, and there are 4 sororities that are around that number now... ZTA, DPhiE, AST, and DZ. The other sororities are all around 30-40. The others are Phi Sigma Sigma, Tri Sigma, TPA.

Fraternities are generally pretty small. I believe Sigma Pi is the biggest, with like 40. KDR and Phi Sigma Kappa have 30 or so. Theta Xi, Theta Chi, Phi Delta Theta, Sigma Chi, Sigma Tau Gamma are between 20-30, I believe.

[douthit]

At Montana State University-Bozeman, our chapters aren't nearly as big as some of the larger state schools that others have mentioned.

The largest sorority I think is Chi Omega with right around 40 members, and the other three (AGD, AOPi, and Pi Phi) not far behind. However, Pi Beta Phi was the largest until about 30 girls graduated, and that did quite a dent to their membership.

For the fraternities, Lambda Chi Alpha has somewhere between 50 and 60 I think, but the interesting thing is that they only have 17 living in their house this last semester! The other chapters on campus have somewhat less members, but no trouble. Sigma Phi Epsilon closed a couple of years ago, and want to come back. This most likely won't happen because we don't have quite strong enough of a system to support another fraternity or sorority yet.

Dan

[shadokat]

On my campus when I was in school, the largest chapter was Alpha Sigma Alpha with 45-50 women. Total is 52. Nobody EVER reaches total, and if they do, it's very infrequent. Other sororities range from 15-45 members. There are 10 sororities, with 5 being NPC groups.

Today, things are slightly different. There are still 10 sororities, but the largest group is a local sorority, followed by Tri Sigma and ASA. The oldest sorority on campus, a local, is really really small, with not many members. The largest group is at total, 52 and Tri Sigma and ASA aren't far behind. The rest of the groups have between 8-45 women, most of them in the 20s and 30s.

The fraternities are a whole different ballgame. They range from like 7 guys to like 35 guys. One of the most popular fraternities is one that isn't even recognized by campus. With so many fraternities coming and going on campus (being recognized, losing national charters and going local) it's hard for them to keep up consistency.

[ZZ-kai-]

At my school, the Betas are the largest fraternity with 62 men. Delta Chi is a close second with about 50, Theta Chi with about 45, Kappa Sigma with about 30, Delta Sigma Phi with about 30 and Sigma Pi with about 20. Phi Beta Sigma and Alpha Phi Alpha both have about 4 members each.

ZTA is always at cap of 50, Gamma Phi Beta always makes cap at 50, AXiD usually makes cap of 50, Tri-Sigma usually makes cap at 50 and Phi Mu has lingered around 35-40 the past few years.

[bruinaphi]

Originally posted by amycat412


I was at USC 87-91. Quota for fall rush was usually 50-55, with most chapters making quota. My house was considered one of the smaller ones with 90-100 members (depending on what year...)

Cannot speak to the rest of the 90s as I was not there.

A friend of mine is a DG alum and I was with her at the DG house in October, a month after rush, they had 62 new members putting house total at 206.

Amy

Total is not based on the average number of women in the chapter at USC. It has been a problem since I became an advisor there in 1996. Total was still at 90 even when some of the chapters had 180 members. Thus, even though DG had 64 (lost 2 before initiation) and over 200 active members, total is only at 115.

Laura