<p>D is tridelt at Syracuse; highest GPA of all SU sororities; won sorority achievement award last two years…trashy? um, better not be…no, seriously, I don’t think so…</p>
<p>When she was pledging, very close friend who is Emory alum told me the old saying…“when in doubt, try delt”…</p>
<p>“tri delt, everyone else has”… definitely not as classy as thetas, but stereotypes don’t mean as much at emory as they do at state schools</p>
<p>There are national stereotypes for most frats/sororities, but they don’t apply at every school and obviously not for each member. </p>
<p>Tridelt is generally known for being slutty but the Emory chapter is tame in comparison to chapters elsewhere. </p>
<p>bottom line: You’ll have an entire semester (plus formal rush) to meet girls in the different sororities and figure out which one is best for you. </p>
<p>If it were me, I’d be between Theta and Tridelt but everyone is different.</p>
<p>okay so theta is clearly the “best”, how is it socioeconomically and ethnically divided?</p>
<p>Okay. Here is my limited experience from my two close friends who pledged.</p>
<p>One of my friends, who is very classy, sophisticated, and really nice (think rich girl from a Virginia academy/day school) pledged TriDelt.</p>
<p>Another one of my friends from elementary school who is very silly, kind, and would never get into trouble pledged Delta Phi Epsilon.</p>
<p>I don’t see why kids would want to pledge in frats/sororites…you are paying people to be your friend?</p>
<p>Most people rank them like this:</p>
<p>Theta
Tridelt
Kappa
Adpi/Gamma Phi
Dphie
SDT</p>
<p>“I don’t see why kids would want to pledge in frats/sororites…you are paying people to be your friend?”</p>
<p>This is an ignorant statement by someone who doesn’t have any first-hand experience in the matter. I am in a fraternity, and when I was in college, I paid dues. I had friends both in and out of my fraternity. Likewise, I disliked people both inside and outside my fraternity. I knew brothers who, after a period of time, decided that they did not want to continue being active members in my chapter, so they decided to deactivate from the chapter. They continue to be friends with people both inside and outside my fraternity.</p>
<p>Although the comparison isn’t perfect, in response to this statement, you can compare a fraternity to a club. (There is more to them than that, but to make the point, I’ll use this example). You can be friends with people in the chess club or business club or book club whether or not you are a member of it. Likewise, members of those clubs can be friends with people inside or outside of the clubs. </p>
<p>In a fraternity, you’re paying for things like the meal plan, upkeep of the house, dues to the national fraternity, and all the hundreds of other expenses that go along with running a chapter. You’re not paying so that those other people will hang out with you. In fact, if someone doesn’t like you, they probably won’t be friends with you, and you won’t be friends with them, just like in any other organization you have been or will be a part.</p>
<p>I’d like to echo pimpollita’s question about Theta (and Tridelt too, why not), is there a general ethnicity that most girls fall into in these sororities, and as someone mentioned earlier about AEphi being mostly Jewish, would it be harder to pledge into Theta or Tridelt if you are not of this majority ethnic group?</p>
<p>Thanks for reviving this post so we can all laugh at DNA’s “rankings”</p>
<p>Lush, most of the girls in Theta and Tridelt are white, but most of the girls who rush in general are white. Your chances have everything to do with how well you get along with the sisters, and nothing to do with ethnicity.</p>
<p>Aww…I like Gamma Phi! What’s so wrong with it?</p>
<p>This may be an unpopular opinion, but I would counsel against Greek Life. In my experience rush was a judgmental and ridiculous process. When you factor in the costs (not just the cost of the sorority, but the additional cost of clothing for formals and for Big/Little gifts) it really doesn’t seem worth it. In addition, there is some truth to the idea that joining a sorority is paying for friends, and Emory is such a warm place that it’s easy to find friends elsewhere. </p>
<p>I do have friends that love their sororities, but many more who found the experience not worth the cost. Several of my friends deactivated, and many were hurt by the attitude of their sisters after they were no longer part of the organization.</p>
<p>I wouldn’t counsel against it, but it seems as if that pledge/rush process for sororities is extremely brutal (as in much more harsh/likely to arouse emotion than fraternities). I overheard some conversations of the current sisters of one sorority in Panera bread, and it seemed so judgmental. They also discussed the woes of the process, none of which I found shocking. One thing mentioned was that they couldn’t let one that was an excellent candidate in because of another student who had a connection to an upperclassmen sister before rush. In other words, the latter got priority.</p>
<p>the same tired arguments from someone who is not in greek life.</p>
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<li><p>I could link about 50 FB pages of guys/girls that certainly did not make it into their respective organizations on looks/style. You hang out with your brothers/sisters. You do not **** your brothers/sisters (often). So personality > looks/style. Also, you have all of first semester to meet brothers/sisters and figure out where you fit in. They have plenty of time to get to know you and make accurate judgments assuming you put the effort in.</p></li>
<li><p>The money that you pay for “friends” actually goes towards great social events like date parties, mixers, and house parties. Alcohol as well. We can get into the benefits of networking as well (if you get a job paying 50-70k because of a connection in greek life, then dues were a great investment). </p></li>
<li><p>Yes it is easy to find friends outside of greek life. 70% of the school is not greek. But, the sports teams may as well be greek because they always hang out together. Then you have a good 30% of antisocial kids who sit in their rooms and study 24/7. Basically, if your idea of a good time is to stay in and watch a movie 9 times out of 10, then dont bother with greek life. </p></li>
<li><p>Greek life is much more important the first two years of school. You have to live on campus and will not have a car freshman year. Most of the girls/guys I know who deactivated did so in junior/senior year and still continue to hang out with their friends in their frats/sororities</p></li>
<li><p>pledging is a joke. This is not a state school. When you get beaten in a cane field (LSU) or have to run on treadmills in a room full of smoke (USC) then we can talk.</p></li>
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<p>with respect to the ethnicity question, i would completely disagree with the statement that most everyone is white. as emory is a very diverse school, each sorority is pretty diverse as well.</p>
<p>USC is private lol. Though you can’t really tell to be honest. Just a little minor correction.</p>
<p>True about diversity though, however, as controversial as this sounds, many of the non-whites who are not black (and even many who are) clearly identify rather strongly with what would be considered stereotypical white culture and attitudes. But this is a whole different argument. I’m just basically trying to say that skin color is not a sufficient measure of diversity sometimes, especially when the socioeconomic class thing comes into play. Many students here are clearly very wealthy or at least upper-middle class. Someone will make the %receiving financial aid argument, but I would imagine that this would include those that got a package comprising of loans for example, or a very small grant package. In other words, many people have parents/guardians that could pay their way, but due to some generosity on the part of Emory (but hardly no one wants to admit Emory as being generous in many cases), received a little aid.</p>
<p>Bernie – Dude, phaeth is apparently referring to the USC that’s PUBLIC.</p>
<p>The students in greek life mirror the student body - they run the gamut of the socioeconomic classes. In my fraternity, finding the money to pay dues has and probably will always be an issue for many of the brothers. We worked out scholarships and other plans when money became an issue. While the students with BMWs may be the ones that catch your eye, there are plenty of students with old toyotas and fords too (not to mention the ones who can’t afford a car).</p>
<p>In addition, paying dues as a member of a Greek organization does not equal “buying friends.” I can promise you, no one was friends with everyone in my house, and some people just downright disliked some others. When you have 50-100 guys (or girls) in a group, there’s just no possibility that they all get along.</p>
<p>At Emory, Tridelta and Theta rule.</p>
<p>Tri Delt, ADPi, Kappa and Theta were this years top choices for most of the girls.</p>