Recruitment at UGA

gabbygamma · #1 07-19-2007, 01:50 PM

I will be attending the University of Georgia this fall and plan on going through recruitment. I'm terrified at having to make selections of a lifetime committment of sisterhood based on 2 or 3 interactions with the active members. Does anyone out there have any information on which sororities have the best reputations? I would love some input.

blackngoldengrl · #2 07-19-2007, 01:52 PM

Read the postings at the top of the Sorority Recruitment/Recruitment sections regarding things you shouldn't do as a PNM, or top newbie questions.

epchick · #3 07-19-2007, 01:57 PM

Geezus....if you only looking for the sorority with the best reputation b/c your worried about the "lifelong commitment" then maybe you aren't ready to rush---thats just MHO.

How about you focus on showing the sororities who you are, and worry less about what people think about the sororities (i.e. their stereotypes and their reputations) b/c if you only chose the sororities that are "top tier" you might not be as happy if you chose the one that was right for you.

KSUViolet06 · #4 07-19-2007, 02:07 PM

Welcome to GreekChat. Sorority reputations are questions that we don't generally like to discuss here. The reason is because reputations are based on subjective opinions, rumors, and stereotypes. Reputation is just what other people think of a chapter. You don't want to base your decisions about a lifetime commitment on what other people think

It's best that you just go through recruitment and get to know the members on your campus. Keep an open mind and make decisions based on the girls you meet and what you experience in recruitment. That's a better idea than asking a bunch of people on the internet what they think.

MaggieXi · #5 07-19-2007, 02:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Welcome to GreekChat. Sorority reputations are questions that we don't generally like to discuss here. The reason is because reputations are based on subjective opinions, rumors, and stereotypes. Reputation is just what other people think of a chapter. You don't want to base your decisions on what other people think

It's best that you just go through recruitment and get to know the members on your campus. Keep an open mind and make decisions based on the girls you meet and what you experience in recruitment. That's a better idea than asking a bunch of people on the internet what they think.

I think that this should be the blanket response to all PNMs who ask about stereotypes.

IMO, I think a lot of gcers jump the gun and get all snarky when PNMs ask about stereotypes. Their PNMs, most of the time they are naieve, freshman who are just looking for some information about sorority life. Most of us were like that too once upon a time.

KSUViolet06 · #6 07-19-2007, 02:36 PM

Also, gabbygamma:

Check out these threads, they have good advice in them:

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=30758

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=54403

http://www.greekchat.com/gcforums/sh...ad.php?t=87932

Kevin · #7 07-19-2007, 02:40 PM

Gabby -- if you get a bid, you'll soon learn that NPC women will rarely discuss "tiers" in public. It's not that they don't care though and it's not that they don't recognize that there probably are tiers.

Just realize that there aren't many who want to index the sororities at any school by tier on a website which is widely indexed by major search sites right before rush. To do so would be fairly irresponsible on the part of anyone replying to you. Don't feel bad for asking though.

When you go through, you'll probably get the best sense of what's what by simply being there. Many of these reputation sorts of rumors are absolutely false or misleading. There are fine people in every house and I'm sure every house has its share of not-so-fine people as well. Good luck with everything.

macallan25 · #8 07-19-2007, 03:34 PM

I don't think she said anything about "tiers". She asked if anyone knew of what sororities had good reputations at UGA.

I don't see the problem here. Face it, it's the SEC. There are going to be excellent houses...........and there are going to be not so excellent houses. Saying that "oh well, every house is good in their own way and blah blah blah" isn't doing anyone any good that really wants to know.

Saying, for example, that Pi Phi at UGA is just as good as Theta, but in different ways is ridiculous.

If someone comes down to Texas and asks me what sororities have good reputations.....I'm gonna tell them Pi Phi, Theta, Kappa. Honesty is the best policy in my opinion.

33girl · #9 07-19-2007, 03:47 PM

The problem is everyone defines "reputation" in their own way. Guys one way and girls another, for starters.

There are so many women who get cut hard from ALL tiers of sororities at UGA that to say ASA, AST & TPA are the best sororities there can make them even more anxious and upset about what happens.

KSUViolet06 · #10 07-19-2007, 03:48 PM

It's not a problem that PNMs ask that stuff. We just like for them to be able to form their own opinions of chapters once they go through recruitment, and not form opinions of chapters based on what people on GC say.

adpiucf · #11 07-19-2007, 03:50 PM

Gabby, check out the recruitment forum.

LPIDelta · #12 07-19-2007, 03:59 PM

Honestly--we don't talk about reputations because its just not very "Panhellenic". A good lesson for PNMs to learn because you never know who is watching or listening.

UGAalum94 · #13 07-19-2007, 04:25 PM

OP, everything will unfold for you during rush, from reputations of the group to your own personal sense of connection, and as long as you have secured all the recommendations that you can and spoken with older girls from your high school to let them know you are going through, you probably won't get much out of trying to pick a group in advance.

Even if you could make a short list of the groups you really wanted, if they didn't invite you back, it'd be counter-productive. It's a mutual selection process, but the majority of the selecting is done by the GLOs rather than the PNMs. Even a girl having a perfect rush and getting asked back to every group still has to be asked back before she can decide if she wants to go. What would be the point of deciding you loved XYX before you knew if they loved you?

Make the best impression that you can on everyone you meet, keep as many options open as you can, and then rank the groups you like best from the ones you are invited to pref.

To do anything else basically just allows you to get frustrated and sad about stuff that wasn't in your control to start with.

Macallen25, you're right that there are reputation tiers at UGA. But unless she is one of maybe 100 (it may be less than this) girls out of 1200 total who truly do have their pick of ALL the groups, why limit her enjoyment of the bid she actually gets by prejudicing her before it even starts?

And it probably doesn't surprise you to learn that people in lower reputation tier groups still find their groups worthwhile to be in, so there really is a little bit of truth is the "they are all great in different ways" even if they aren't all first tier by reputation.

And honestly, you think there's much danger that a girl is going to take a bid from a "bottom feeder" group (as I think you once put it to me) instead of a top tier group even if no one tells her before rush which is which?

exlurker · #14 07-19-2007, 08:31 PM

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Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

. . . It's a mutual selection process, but the majority of the selecting is done by the GLOs rather than the PNMs. Even a girl having a perfect rush and getting asked back to every group still has to be asked back before she can decide if she wants to go. What would be the point of deciding you loved XYX before you knew if they loved you?

Make the best impression that you can on everyone you meet, keep as many options open as you can, and then rank the groups you like best from the ones you are invited to pref.

To do anything else basically just allows you to get frustrated and sad about stuff that wasn't in your control to start with.

Macallen25, you're right that there are reputation tiers at UGA. But unless she is one of maybe 100 (it may be less than this) girls out of 1200 total who truly do have their pick of ALL the groups, why limit her enjoyment of the bid she actually gets by prejudicing her before it even starts? . . .

Good points, AlphaGamUGAAlum, especially "It's a mutual selection process, but the majority of the selecting is done by the GLOs rather than the PNMs."

adrie435 · #15 07-20-2007, 09:05 AM

The problem is that in any given group of people, there will be some major differences in how people see reputations. Trying to come up with accurate ones that everyone can agree on is absolutely impossible. Any statement of reputation will always be based on the person's specific feelings toward a GLO, a person in it, or a certain type of person. A PNM's view of reputation will also depend on what the girl is looking for in a sorority...

One PNM could define another's traditionally "pretty and popular" group as the "slutty partier" group and the "nerdy" group as the "smart" group or the more down-to-earth girls. Another PNM at the same school could completely switch everything around based on her personality and what she wants in a sorority...

Add to this the fact that we already know that half the common reputations and stereotyes that exist out there are usually fairly wrong and only perpetuated by misinformation and it's no surprise that sorority women don't want to put their names (and GLO's) on the line and gossip about reputations on a public forum.