Who is your most frequent competitor?

[BabyPiNK_FL]

^^^LOL. I didn't know Alpha Sigma Theta joined the NPC! (I bet your eyes are glazed over too!)

[wildcatfan]

Originally Posted by BabyPiNK_FL

^^^LOL. I didn't know Alpha Sigma Theta joined the NPC! (I bet your eyes are glazed over too!)

Oops. All fixed I hope. Thanks for the catch.

[barbino]

The amount of work that irishpipes put into coming up with a database like that is amazing. Since it was obviously a "labor of love," I'd like to thank her belatedly for having done it. I only looked at a couple of states, but spent alot of time looking at it. Of particular interest to me are all the smaller colleges that no longer exist now. I also liked being able to see exact dates for a chapter's existence.

Thanks again for all your hard work and persistence-I'm so impressed!

[dukedg]

Okay, I weirdly love data manipulation so I went ahead and tried it for DG. I still had to do some manual work, so there are probably still errors, but I matched dead-on with a surprising number of you all

Delta Gamma
Kappa Alpha Theta 85 (match with oldu)
Kappa Kappa Gamma 82 (match with wildcatfan)
Pi Beta Phi 81
Alpha Phi 78 (match with epchick)
Delta Delta Delta 75
Alpha Chi Omega 74 (match with violetpretty)
Chi Omega 73
Gamma Phi Beta 59
Alpha Delta Pi 52 (match with honeychile)
Kappa Delta 52
Delta Zeta 44
Zeta Tau Alpha 43
Sigma Kappa 41 (match with violetpretty)
Alpha Omicron Pi 34 (match with AOII Angel)
Alpha Gamma Delta 32
Phi Mu 31
Alpha Epsilon Phi 27
Sigma Delta Tau 26
Alpha Xi Delta 25 (match with oldu)
Phi Sigma Sigma 10
Alpha Sigma Alpha 8 (match with cuteASAbug)
Sigma Sigma Sigma 8
Delta Phi Epsilon 6
Alpha Sigma Tau 3
Theta Phi Alpha 3 (match with AnatraAmore)

Not a match: Delta Zeta, Kappa Delta, Sigma Sigma Sigma and Phi Mu

[honeychile]

I started doing this again last night, to catch my possible inaccuracies, and then realized why we have some different numbers: colonizations/closings. XYZ may have closed 5 chapters but are colonizing at 10 other colleges. So, if irishpipes' list doesn't reflect these changes, most of us will get different answers.

I think it's fair to say that, if the numbers are within 5, all's well. Irishpipes didn't put long hours into that list for any reason but the current Recruitment year, and we're just using it for the database which is otherwise unavailable to us. Massive kudos to irishpipes, and let's realize that there will be the small differences.

[epchick]

Originally Posted by honeychile

I started doing this again last night, to catch my possible inaccuracies, and then realized why we have some different numbers: colonizations/closings. XYZ may have closed 5 chapters but are colonizing at 10 other colleges. So, if irishpipes' list doesn't reflect these changes, most of us will get different answers.

I think it's fair to say that, if the numbers are within 5, all's well. Irishpipes didn't put long hours into that list for any reason but the current Recruitment year, and we're just using it for the database which is otherwise unavailable to us. Massive kudos to irishpipes, and let's realize that there will be the small differences.

But if we are ALL using Irishpipes' list, then shouldn't our numbers still be the same? I mean we all are looking at the same list.

Like I looked at all the universities (in U.S. and Canada) that had active Alpha Phi chapters. Shouldn't my list correspond w/ everyone else if they were looking at universities w/ active chapters of their universities?

IDK (...my bff Jill? lol) how everyone is getting different numbers! lol

[Leslie Anne]

I'm finding this thread really interesting and hoping that members of the rest of the NPCs will post their numbers.

Meanwhile, I started to get curious about how many NPCs are the only one on their campus. Of course, they may be competing with locals, but I was surprised to find that there are actually 81 places where this is the case.


The winner for facing it alone on campus is:

Phi Sigma Sigma with 13 chapters.

The rest place as follows:

Theta Phi Alpha - 10
Delta Phi Epsilon - 9
Alpha Sigma Tau - 6
Delta Zeta - 6
Sigma Sigma Sigma - 6
Alpha Epsilon Phi - 5
Alpha Gamma Delta - 3
Alpha Sigma Alpha - 3
Alpha Xi Delta - 3
Alpha Delta Pi - 2
Alpha Omicron Pi - 2
Phi Mu - 2
Alpha Chi Omega - 1
Alpha Phi - 1
Delta Delta Delta - 1
Gamma Phi Beta - 1
Kappa Alpha Theta - 1
Kappa Delta - 1
Kappa Kappa Gamma - 1
Pi Beta Phi - 1
Sigma Kappa - 1
Zeta Tau Alpha - 1
Chi Omega - 0
Delta Gamma - 0
Sigma Delta Tau - 0


Why, yes, I do know how to waste time creatively!

[dukedg]

Originally Posted by epchick

But if we are ALL using Irishpipes' list, then shouldn't our numbers still be the same? I mean we all are looking at the same list.

Like I looked at all the universities (in U.S. and Canada) that had active Alpha Phi chapters. Shouldn't my list correspond w/ everyone else if they were looking at universities w/ active chapters of their universities?

IDK (...my bff Jill? lol) how everyone is getting different numbers! lol

I looked at my Alpha Phi list to compare with yours and I realized I had counted a lot of ones that weren't actually Alpha Phi chapters, for example Zeta Tau Alpha's Phi chapter (which is at my own alma mater!).

Also, I originally counted all asterisked chapters in Irishpipes' list until I went back and researched which were open and which were closed. So, anyway epchick, your count for DG and Alpha Phi was right and now my list reflects that too.

[irishpipes]

Sorry to bump an old thread, but I was searching for something else and this thread came up on Google. This thread was active when I was on an extended hiatus from GC. I admit it is a fun read for me. I had to smile about DukeDG's data-love confession, because obviously I am cut from the same cloth.

Originally Posted by honeychile

Irishpipes didn't put long hours into that list for any reason but the current Recruitment year, and we're just using it for the database which is otherwise unavailable to us. Massive kudos to irishpipes, and let's realize that there will be the small differences.

To address this, I think I know why you posted this, and I appreciate it, but truthfully I didn't create my list for recruitment purposes. I made it because I enjoy data gathering and extrapolation as well as history. I wanted a massive, all-inclusive NPC database, and one did not exist so I tried to create one myself. I had been building it for quite some time before I ever posted it on GC. Prior to that I didn't realize anyone else would be interested. As it became obvious that others suffered from my same curiosity, I decided to share my research. I did so with reservations since I knew it was both incomplete and inaccurate in places. But, by posting it a lot of those holes have been filled.

The list is always evolving. This year I decided the next logical step was to add NPCs that no longer exist. (That's why you see groups listed that may not be familiar to you.) Last year I added chapter designations and dates of operation.

Some NPCs prefer to keep their information closer to their vests, and that makes some holes tougher to fill. I respect their wishes, and only post what is already public.

I'm glad you all have enjoyed playing with the data as much as I have. I apologize that it isn't 100% complete, but then again, I would be sad if it were since I wouldn't have my pet project anymore. If there's any other interesting analysis you all would like to see, let me know. I have the data outside of GC where it is easier to manipulate. (But I don't send out that spreadsheet. Not being selfish, but I combine Access and Excel which is difficult to share.)

Thanks for creating this thread. I had actually given up on my list last year (as for GC) after recurrent unconstructive criticism, so it means a lot to know that some people enjoy it.