"Go in with an open mind."

[TakeALook]

Originally Posted by KSUViolet06

Any chapter you end up in will have some negative stereotype associated with it. No chapter is immune to it.

And understand this. It's a good point to make. How those stereotypes affect your life after you become a member of a sorority is also not something you can be immune to.

Originally Posted by BeeBee23

I still dont get why you feel it's best to know reps ahead of time if you intend on pledging a chapter regardless of their rep so long as you liked them during recruitment..... ????

Say ABC is known as "the rich sorority" and is the favorite sorority for greek-bashers to hate on because their house is so nice, they are a "top tier" chapter at my school and they are known for having southern money. If I rush and love everyone in this house, feel at home, and get a bid from ABC, I'm going to join it because all of those positives are enough to outweigh the fact that the anti-greek community will judge me.
However, if I'm torn between ABC and DEF (an unknown, bottom tier sorority that rarely gets picked on), I'll consider the reputation as a part of my decision. Being "top tier" is not always an easy reputation to handle.
It's not so much wanting to know the tiers or reputations in order to know which sororities are "the good ones," but rather trying to understand the stigma surrounding certain letters in order to be able to weigh it as a factor in the decision process.