Some Advice

[KyleMcGuire1983]

our campus has five NPC sororities and nine NIC fraternities (one of which is a colony). As a countermeasure we have decided to stop expansion on our campus until NPC expands. If NPC won't let girls colonize a new NPC sorority I suggest speaking to IFC about suspending fraternity expansion as well...

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by KyleMcGuire1983

our campus has five NPC sororities and nine NIC fraternities (one of which is a colony). As a countermeasure we have decided to stop expansion on our campus until NPC expands. If NPC won't let girls colonize a new NPC sorority I suggest speaking to IFC about suspending fraternity expansion as well...

That doesn't make sense. Typically, Fraternities tend to be smaller than sororities, and more numerous. You'd probably have to search for awhile to find a campus with more NPCs than fraternities. Plus, because IFC doesn't deal with quotas, etc like NPC does, you're still going to get the same amount of guys rushing (save for a few that the PR of an extra set of letters would bring), and probably give out the same amount of bids. I know that there are a few more stats that go in there, such as the probability of a guy finding a "fit" amoung more groups, but in general, you're probably not achieving a more even guy/girl ratio, which I'm assuming is your goal.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

That doesn't make sense. Typically, Fraternities tend to be smaller than sororities, and more numerous.

True. Example: my school has 6 NPC sororities and 17 IFC fraternities.

[gtdxeric]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

True. Example: my school has 6 NPC sororities and 17 IFC fraternities.

Georgia Tech has a whopping 30 IFC fraternities and only 6 NPC sororities. Quota was close to 50 last year, and average IFC chapter size is roughly 60 or so. (If anyone knows better, feel free to correct me... these are just rough numbers.)

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by gtdxeric

Georgia Tech has a whopping 30 IFC fraternities and only 6 NPC sororities. Quota was close to 50 last year, and average IFC chapter size is roughly 60 or so. (If anyone knows better, feel free to correct me... these are just rough numbers.)

I'm not correcting you, but it's worth noting that Georgia Tech's male to female ration is atypical for anything other than an engineering school: it's about 70% male. So, you still have more IFC groups than you might expect it things were proportional, but not as much as it might first appear.

And in case any female PNM's are thinking that you'd like that scene remember: the odds are good, but the goods are odd.

[DSTRen13]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

And in case any female PNM's are thinking that you'd like that scene remember: the odds are good, but the goods are odd.

/hijack

Maybe so, but I like the odd goods I got

[carnation]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

And in case any female PNM's are thinking that you'd like that scene remember: the odds are good, but the goods are odd.

ROTFL! I remember commenting on the great odds to a sweet Georgia Tech Indian girl we know here and she said in all seriousness,"But you can't really count over a third of those guys."

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by carnation

ROTFL! I remember commenting on the great odds to a sweet Georgia Tech Indian girl we know here and she said in all seriousness,"But you can't really count over a third of those guys."

It had the same effect on me when I heard it from the mom of a girl who goes there.

Seriously, there are fantastic people at Georgia Tech; I'd even go with saying the vast majority of people that I've met who went/go to Tech are exceptionally witty and as socially well adjusted and as cute as you'll find at any campus.

But when someone from Tech identifies somebody else as weird or geeky, know that we're talking the characters from Lambda Lambda Lambda in Revenge of the Nerds in real life here.

[gtdxeric]

Originally Posted by AlphaGamUGAAlum

And in case any female PNM's are thinking that you'd like that scene remember: the odds are good, but the goods are odd.

In the interests of message board harmony, I'm just going to let that one go.

[UGAalum94]

Originally Posted by gtdxeric

In the interests of message board harmony, I'm just going to let that one go.

I'm sorry. I was just trying to kid.

[tld221]

Originally Posted by gtdxeric

Georgia Tech has a whopping 30 IFC fraternities and only 6 NPC sororities. Quota was close to 50 last year, and average IFC chapter size is roughly 60 or so. (If anyone knows better, feel free to correct me... these are just rough numbers.)

umm. how many IFC orgs ARE there?!

[gtdxeric]

Originally Posted by tld221

umm. how many IFC orgs ARE there?!

The relationship between NIC (national interfraternity council) and IFC is much looser than the NPC/Panhellenic relationship, to put it mildly. http://nicindy.org/information/NIC_m...ties/index.php is a list of all the NIC members, but there are several IFC fraternities (Kappa Sigma, Phi Delta Theta, a few others?) that aren't NIC members, and several of the NIC fraternities (Alpha Phi Alpha, Iota Phi Theta) that are also NPHC fraternities.

In short, there's no real answer to your question. I can tell you that there are only a few fraternities with any sort of presence in the Southeast that aren't represented at Georgia Tech. The list is at http://cyberbuzz.gatech.edu/ifc/inde...e=fraternities

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

That doesn't make sense. Typically, Fraternities tend to be smaller than sororities, and more numerous. You'd probably have to search for awhile to find a campus with more NPCs than fraternities.

Just wanted to point out that Pepperdine has 7 NPC sororities and only 5 IFC/NIC fraternities (one of which just got chartered this spring).

[AlphaFrog]

Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB

Just wanted to point out that Pepperdine has 7 NPC sororities and only 5 IFC/NIC fraternities (one of which just got chartered this spring).

Well, there's ONE out of the thousands of Greek systems out there. I'm sure there's more, but you have to admit that it's the exception, rather than the norm.

ETA: Do you happen to know the average NPC size as compared to the average IFC size at Peppy?

[PeppyGPhiB]

Originally Posted by AlphaFrog

Well, there's ONE out of the thousands of Greek systems out there. I'm sure there's more, but you have to admit that it's the exception, rather than the norm.

ETA: Do you happen to know the average NPC size as compared to the average IFC size at Peppy?

Yes, I know that's the exception, not the rule. But I'm sure we're not the only ones, either

I'm not sure what total is now for the sororities, but I'll guess around 80-85. The fraternities are smaller than the sororities and always have been...I'll guess the largest is 50 members, but that's just a guess. There was an article in the school newspaper earlier this year saying that Kappa Sigma had an interest group formed on campus, but I think that might have fizzled out.