Most chapters at Phi Beta Kappa schools

[alum]

I like oldu's posts. I don't think he/she's putting down or ranking any of the groups. Oldu is simply stating facts. Look at AEPhi. They are not one of the "larger" NPC groups yet they are careful where they put their chapters and it shows by the fact that they are at so many PBK schools.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by oldu

By the way I do these kinds of postings because I think it is healthy for us to constantly compare our success (or lack of) with others. Good healthy competition is what makes us better.

Originally Posted by alum

I like oldu's posts. I don't think he/she's putting down or ranking any of the groups. Oldu is simply stating facts. Look at AEPhi. They are not one of the "larger" NPC groups yet they are careful where they put their chapters and it shows by the fact that they are at so many PBK schools.

You are both missing the point. Just because a school has a PBK chapter, doesn't mean it is of higher caliber than a school that doesn't - or a place where Greeks would necessarily succeed. Wilson College, for example. I don't think the home of the Women With Children program is going to be a hotbed of Greek life. I don't think sororities and fraternities are going to be falling over themselves to be colonizing at some of these schools just because there is a PBK chapter.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by alum

Look at AEPhi. They are not one of the "larger" NPC groups yet they are careful where they put their chapters and it shows by the fact that they are at so many PBK schools.

This is an interesting line of reasoning and perhaps you have the inside scoop.

Generally speaking, social/service GLOs and universities have a decision making process that determines where chapters are. This process is usually independent of where PBK thinks is worthy and also independent of what places are considered "elite" by whatever standards.

[33girl]

Originally Posted by DSTCHAOS

This is an interesting line of reasoning and perhaps you have the inside scoop.

The flaw in that theory, though, is basing their % of PBK chapters only on chapters that are open now. In reality, they've chartered more chapters than that so they might not be as "careful" as it appears.

[DSTCHAOS]

Originally Posted by 33girl

The flaw in that theory, though, is basing their % of PBK chapters only on chapters that are open now. In reality, they've chartered more chapters than that so they might not be as "careful" as it appears.

Agreed.