Perception of sororities nationally

[ForeverRoses]

Originally Posted by baci

I wish I could agree with your experiences, but "top tier" members loved to put it out there that they were "top tier". (at least where I came from) Congratulations to them, but to have to "put it out there" was kind of sad/major turn off. It really brought them down, IMO. Quite possibly, that may have be their immaturity/insecurity oozing out.

I have noticed that it is not so much the members of the sorority as it is guys in Fraternities that focus on what "tier" the sororities are in. They are the ones that will refuse a mixer with a "lower tier" sorority or who will tent talk to the extreme.

Originally Posted by Kansas City

And (I think that many will agree with me?) that these same women should grow up and GET A LIFE.

Yup. I love discovering that my friends are greek, but I could care less what house they were in. Simply being greek is a connection and we can share silly stories. It isn't the end all be all.

[ASTalumna06]

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I have noticed that it is not so much the members of the sorority as it is guys in Fraternities that focus on what "tier" the sororities are in. They are the ones that will refuse a mixer with a "lower tier" sorority or who will tent talk to the extreme.

Very true. I went to a smaller school with three NPC chapters, but it was the guys on campus that "ranked" the sororities. Nobody in each group really even cared. With so few chapters, there were never really "tiers", but it was well known what the guys, especially the ones in the fraternities, thought about each chapter.

As to whether that affected girls' decisions as to which chapter they joined... I don't think it did.

But in a competitive formal recruitment setting, I could definitely see girls forming opinions and basing decisions on what the guys on campus think.