Sorority Strongholds?

[LaneSig]

IMO, I think that the original article and the statement about Chi Omega getting respect in Arkansas goes back to the dreaded word: tiers.

I think that many people in Arkansas who are "in the know" about Greek Life will hear that someone is a Chi O at Fayetteville and think, "Wow."

There are two other Chi O chapters in the state, one at Arkansas State and the other at UA-Little Rock. Now, the girls at both chapters are great, but as 33girl said in the other thread (referring to ASA at her school and the chapter at Truman State(MO)), neither chapter at ASU or UALR are "worse" than the Arkansas chapter, just "different". I think when someone hears that someone else was a Chi O from ASU or UALR, they think, "Oh, that's nice." And, not the "Oh, how nice for you," that is a different tone and meaning.

I do think that the whole thing does come down to the perceived tiers. I honestly don't think in any state, one whole group (with two or more chapters in that state) are automatically seen as the strongest group in the state.

The same goes for fraternities. Except Sigma Chi. We're wonderful everywhere.

[TSteven]

Originally Posted by LaneSig

The same goes for fraternities. Except Sigma Chi. We're wonderful everywhere.

[LAblondeGPhi]

Originally Posted by DubaiSis

And I was looking at the states I'm most familiar with and I think the reason I personally don't see this as much of a thing is because those states (Iowa, Illinois, Missouri, Kansas, Indiana) have a lot of sororities represented at fairly even concentrations. No sorority really owns any of those states. So as a result, as a grown up, saying you're a sorority woman is going to be at least as valuable as saying you're a member of any given sorority.

Exactly! I'll reference my earlier post about the difference between California, where it's not unheard-of for an organization to have 15+ chapters, to Louisiana, where Phi Mu has more than TWICE AS MANY chapters as any other single organization.

But also, you have to look at the size of the school and Greek system, etc. Campuses (campi?) with three orgs and quota of 15 aren't going to produce nearly as many total alumnae or individual org alumnae as a campus with twelve orgs and quota at 65.

Originally Posted by AzTheta

Using that standard, Alpha Phi and Pi Phi would be top dogs in AZ as they are at UA, NAU, ASU.

Ahem... the same is true for ADPi, Chi Omega and Gamma Phi. Which proves even more that parity comment from DubaiSis.