Tiers...

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by SECdomination

I understand where you're coming from Firehouse, but I disagree on a couple counts.
UF is the only system I know well enough to really comment on this for. The fraternity and sorority systems depend on each other for tier status.

26 IFC fraternities
16 NPC sororities

Each year, 10 fraternities are left with no homecoming partner. They'll start tier3.
There are two or three sororities that are on the very bottom. That means they only interact socially with two or three fraternities who get homecoming partners. That means the three fraternities that are paired with these three sororities are tier3 as well.
Recap: 13 tier3 fraternities, 50% of IFC

We have about 6 top sororities, so we can only support 6-7 tier1 fraternities. As long as socials continue between the top groups, they will stay there.
Recap: 6 tier1 fraternities, 25% of IFC

If you're not tier1 or tier3, you're tier2. At my school, it matters very much if you're at the top or bottom of tier2. It might just be that the system here is going through a strange transition period though. We have maybe three elite chapters, but others can be considered top tier because the sorority counterparts need them to be. The difference between the top of tier1 and the bottom of tier1 is fairly significant.
Recap: 7 tier2 fraternities, 25% of IFC

UF doesn't have 6 or 7 top tier houses. It's SAE and KA as tier 1 and EX and ATO as tier 1.1. Then tier two starts. That's pretty clear just from visiting a few times.

[CrackerBarrel]

Originally Posted by SECdomination

Did you miss this part of my post?

"We have maybe three elite chapters, but others can be considered top tier because the sorority counterparts need them to be. The difference between the top of tier1 and the bottom of tier1 is fairly significant."


Edit: Also, you are wrong. With a system as big as UF's there simply cannot be an entire tier consisting of two houses.

I'm saying that all 4 of them are top-tier, but SAE and KA are better than EX and ATO. But anyways, yes there can. Top-tier has to do with a few specific qualities, you don't become a top-tier house just because someone has to be. Tiers are a description, not an actual structure. There are plenty of schools that have no top-tier houses.