Let's Be Honest Here.....

[KSUViolet06]

Being an alumna has allowed me to see something that I don't think PNMs can understand as young freshmen:

Sorority tiers exist only within the collegiate setting.

In my experience, no one cares what "tier" your sorority is/was after college.

I mean, maybe it's just my friends and I, but we don't sit up and re-live our collegiate "glory days" and have discussions about who was "the best." We have lives and would rather talk about the stuff that's going on in our lives right now, not from college 3 years ago. We may talk about some of the crazy times we had with our sisters, but that's it.

If you were to hang out with a group of mid-20's professionals (at least in the areas I'm familiar with) and start going on and on about how "top tier" your sorority was in college, they'd look at you like you had three heads (and were someone who is still living in college-land).

So, in summary, once you graduate, no one cares.

[texas*princess]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Sorority tiers exist only within the collegiate setting.

In my experience, no one cares what "tier" your sorority is/was after college.

KSU, you are one of my favorite posters, but I think I will have to respectively disagree with you here.

I do agree that in MOST places, the statements I quoted above are true... but there ARE some people and/or areas where people just plain don't grow up.

Even if they are 30 years out of college, tiers still matter in their mind either on a school basis or "overall" (e.g. "you don't want to be in THAT sorority! They aren't that big nationally, they only have X chapters and are mainly focused in (---certain geographical area here----)

I've seen plenty of those people here on GC and it amazes me, especially given that those people are alums from a super long time ago.

So in summary, I do agree with you that in a lot of places what you said is true. When we are late-20's or whatever no one gives a flying squirrel who was part of what and what "tier" they were in back in college, but if you are in one of those hard-core sorority regions it DOES matter b/c in their little bubble of the universe status is the only thing they care about.

So if ppl in :those: regions want to cut groups b/c they aren't "top tier" I can't say I have any sympathy for them not being matched.

[KSUViolet06]

Originally Posted by texas*princess

KSU, you are one of my favorite posters, but I think I will have to respectively disagree with you here.

I do agree that in MOST places, the statements I quoted above are true... but there ARE some people and/or areas where people just plain don't grow up.


I've seen plenty of those people here on GC and it amazes me, especially given that those people are alums from a super long time ago.

No I totally agree. In the majority of places in this world, we grow up, and focus on other things. We just have other things to be concerned about. But there ARE isolated areas of the country in which the "tier" of your sorority will always matter. I think it's a regional thing. My experiences in life have to do with the west coast and the northeastern areas of the country, where most people are more concerned with their professional lives after school than the "tier" of their sorority.