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Originally Posted by breathesgelatin
I don't catch your drift at all and I think you're wrong about the NPC orgs.
NIC orgs are a different barrel of fish and I agree with those who have said that there are some more significant national stereotypes there--*FOR SOME NIC ORGS*. Not all. I also agree that KA, Pike, SAE, and TKE would be good examples of ones that have a stereotype nationally among Greeks.
I VERY much disagree that Kappa, ZTA, and Tri-Delt have national stereotypes among Greeks. I've already spoken to the exceptional case of Tri-Delta in the national mindset (not the Greek mindset). I agree that all of these orgs are considered as somewhat "more prestigious" than some others, for better or worse, right or wrong. But I don't see, again, what distinguishes Kappa from Theta. Tri-Delt from ZTA.
If you're willing to share what you think these stereotypes that would be helpful because frankly I think you're wrong.
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With all due respect I completely disagree. The very first sentence in my original post states that I believe these stereotypes exist on a college level. If you have graduated from college then I think you pretty much prove the point of my message that these stereotypes only exist at the collegiate level and that upon graduation they do become indistinguishable from each other. Indistinguishable might be the wrong word for this forum because we all know they have intricate histories, morals, philanthropies, etc but I mean indistinguishable to the average American...saying that you are a Theta vs. a Pi Phi vs. a AST vs. a Gamma Phi really has no difference.
However, I do feel like there are a select group of organizations that on the college level do have national stereotypes. Nowhere near as developed as the NPHC stereotypes, and lacking all the positive elements as well, but they do exist. For most organizations you'll hear the gamut of negative stereotypes depending on the campus..."they are prude", "they party too hard", "they are fake-tan/fake-blonde types"...it will change. However, I feel with the sororities and fraternities I have mentioned the things said are 95% of the time the same from campus to campus (and when they are not said, it is usually because they are a struggling chapter on campus in which the stereotype would become "XYZs are low on numbers here...but everywhere else they are like this".)
Once again, if you are not in college, or are in a college with a smaller Greek community, you probably are not hearing these or they simply don't matter enough to register. This proves my point that after college these stereotypes have no bearing in the Greek community. However, I do believe that most students from schools with big Greek communities in California, Texas, Florida, deep south and parts of the Mid-West know more or less what I'm talking about.
Lastly, I don't believe these stereotypes are true. I do however believe that they are frequently put upon chapters even if those chapters have no relation to the stereotype. I also feel that these are probably new and are so widespread thanks to the types of networking sites like Facebook, MySpace, JuicyCampus, Old Row, etc.
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