Which sororities have the most members?

CaliforniaGirl7 · #1 09-21-2006, 04:01 PM

Hi everyone!

Since I am going through Recruitment next week (my story is on here) at huge greek school there have been many rumors flying around about which sororities have the most initiated members. Does anyone have a list in order? It's not that important to me as far as choosing a chapter, but now I'm kind of curious about who really is the biggest, second, third, etc.

I've heard that 1 in 4 sorority women are in Chi Omega? This seems impossible to me. I've also heard that Kappa, KD, DZ and Zeta are 2nd. I'm so confused!

Thanks for your help,

Caligirl

#2 09-21-2006, 04:04 PM

Who's the biggest should not be a concern for you at this point. Your focus should be on the houses at your campus, not national numbers.

If numbers really mean that much to you, I'm sure each sorority HQ website will have that information for you...but there's no actual way to tell, as numbers change often due to recruitment.

AlphaFrog · #3 09-21-2006, 04:05 PM

Do a search. This has been discussed over and over.

CaliforniaGirl7 · #4 09-21-2006, 04:10 PM

I did do a search. I mean that was the obvious first step. Pretty much every post in the GL forum came up. So that wasn't very helpful. I also did multiple searches on google. If it were so readily available I wouldn't bother everyone by asking. I don't want the exact numbers, just an idea. And yes, it is a concern for me. If every sorority on campus is claiming to be the biggest then they obviously think its something the PNMs will be interested in as well. If anyone has a real answer or at least an explanation of why there is so much confusion, please let me know. Thanks.

kddani · #5 09-21-2006, 04:16 PM

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Originally Posted by CaliforniaGirl7

I did do a search. I mean that was the obvious first step. Pretty much every post in the GL forum came up. So that wasn't very helpful. I also did multiple searches on google. If it were so readily available I wouldn't bother everyone by asking. I don't want the exact numbers, just an idea. And yes, it is a concern for me. If every sorority on campus is claiming to be the biggest then they obviously think its something the PNMs will be interested in as well. If anyone has a real answer or at least an explanation of why there is so much confusion, please let me know. Thanks.

Why is it important to you? Really, why does it matter? If one group has 5000 more initiated members than another, really, how is that going to change your experience????

KD has approx. 190,000 initiated members (as of this summer). We are pretty much in the middle. We have the largest number of chartered alumnae associations- almost 500.

What is considered "biggest" can also mean a number of things- initiated members, living members, number of active chapters, number of chapters inactive and active, number of alumnae associations, etc.

It really doesn't mean squat.

Kevin · #6 09-21-2006, 04:19 PM

Look at your local chapters, join the best one you can get into.

Other than that, I wouldn't buy into much of what you hear during rush.

CaliforniaGirl7 · #7 09-21-2006, 04:23 PM

It actually didn't matter at all to me. My mom and sister were both in midsize sororities and I know how pleased they were with their choices. National size didn't even cross my mind until all the sorority girls on campus started telling me about how they are the biggest or second biggest or whatnot. It would be like if all your friends said they won homecoming queen. Wouldn't you be the least bit curious who actually won? No, I'm not going to base my choice on who has the largest national numbers. But I am curious enough to try and find the answers.

33girl · #8 09-21-2006, 04:11 PM

All four of the NPHC sororities have more chapters than any of the NPC groups.

As far as largest, the numbers can be so manipulated it's not worth looking at. It can be number of members, number of chapters (collegiate and alum), number of collegiate chapters, number of chapters chartered etc etc...

Not to mention that the number of members fluctuates on a daily basis.

I can, however, state that the "1 in 4 sorority women is a Chi Omega" is absolutely untrue. It's just not possible (if you take into account NPHC, local groups etc).

What you are hearing is the usual rush hyperbole. Take it with a grain of salt.

DSTCHAOS · #9 09-21-2006, 07:42 PM

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Originally Posted by 33girl

All four of the NPHC sororities have more chapters than any of the NPC groups.

I didn't know that.

I suspect it levels out because NPC chapters are usually bigger than the average NPHC sorority chapters (eventhough AKA and Delta have the most members of NPHC orgs and many of their chapters are relatively big).

CaliforniaGirl7 · #10 09-21-2006, 08:20 PM

Oh my gosh Aries thank you so much. This is what I was looking for the entire time, and people acted like I was searching out the holy grail or something. This is exactly what I wanted. Thanks a million.

Cali girl

KillarneyRose · #11 09-22-2006, 03:55 PM

Just yesterday I got an Annual Fund letter from DZ Headquarters and it was mentioned that we've initiated 212,000 since our founding in 1902. Not exactly where that puts us as far as "biggest" since, as someone mentioned upthread, the numbers are constantly changing. I do know we're up there, though.

Best of luck in your rush experience!

BamaDad DZ · #12 09-22-2006, 04:26 PM

DZ can certainly afford to boost its membership by all reasonable means possible. Why?

I just paid my daughter's first semester DZ fees! Yowza! Ha!

P.S. It is totally worth it and more....

AChiOhSnap · #13 09-22-2006, 04:35 PM

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Originally Posted by BamaDad DZ

DZ can certainly afford to boost its membership by all reasonable means possible. Why?

I just paid my daughter's first semester DZ fees! Yowza! Ha!

P.S. It is totally worth it and more....

BamaDad, my dad balked at my fees too until I took him to his first Alpha Chi Dad Days (golf and bbq!!!!

) Hopefully DZ will soon hold some fun daddy-daughter activities and you'll get to even further benefit from that dues check.

ASUADPi · #14 10-01-2006, 06:32 PM

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Originally Posted by KillarneyRose

Just yesterday I got an Annual Fund letter from DZ Headquarters and it was mentioned that we've initiated 212,000 since our founding in 1902. Not exactly where that puts us as far as "biggest" since, as someone mentioned upthread, the numbers are constantly changing. I do know we're up there, though.

Best of luck in your rush experience!

That's pretty impressive!!!

Now, I want a letter from our EO telling me how many we've initiated since 1851. LOL.

Now, I'm curious about my own chapter. LOL.

I know that the NPC website says something like 1.5 million women have been initiated, but I don't think that numbers been updated for a while. I should go check out the NPC website. hmm.