<p>Hey I'm transferring to Penn as a Junior this fall, and I wanted to know about the Greek life. What are the "personalities" of the different houses? do they even let transfer girls rush? I never rushed in my previous but I'm curious about it now.</p>
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<p>The Middle 3 Sigma Delta Tau (SDT) Sigma Kappa Alpha Phi (APhi)</p>
<p>The Bottom 2 Chi Omega (XO) Phi Sigma Sigma (Phi Sig)</p>
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<p>Tridelt: Blonde or otherwise very "hot", big partiers, rich, very well known. Has been at the top for quite some time. Generally if you're in Tridelt, you're the college equivalent of the high school cheerleader.</p>
<p>AXO: The up and comer, I've heard predictions that it will be at the top in a few years. Ranked as the favorite sorority by freshman girls during fall open house. Attractive, partiers, fun, a bit less "girly" than Tridelt. Athletic in the past, not so much now. Isn't quite as established at the top as Theta and Tridelt.</p>
<p>Theta: Notorious cokeheads, though this is really more legend than reality, but big coke presence all the same. Very affluent girls, one usually wears high fashion. Sort of like the hot, bad, mysterious girls. Probably the most snobby.</p>
<p>SDT: Jappy jappy jappy. Lots of the stereotypical jappy clothing/accessories: Louis, David Yurman, Juicy, Burberry, True Religions, emphasis on showing wealth rather than being elegant about it. Fun girls, has the advantage of being the only Jewish sorority when Penn has many Jewish fraternities which equals lots of mixers. I'm pretty sure everyone in SDT is Jewish because of the pressure they face from their national HQ on accepting Jewish girls.</p>
<p>Sigma Kappa: Pretty but plain. All very nice girls, no one has strong enough of a personality to be a big disturbance. Known as the Tridelt rejects. Very new sorority, also up and coming. Has mixers with some good frats.</p>
<p>Alpha Phi: Also pretty but plain. The girls here are REALLY NICE, like the girls in your high school who are always genuinely nice and happy and smiling. It's sort of weird. And pretty boring. Strong national network.</p>
<p>Chi Omega: Non descript, said to be nice girls, learning towards the unattractive.</p>
<p>Phi Sigma Sigma: Phi Piggy Piggy. Fat and unattractive girls. I'm sure they're nice. Seems like a good sisterhood, like a sorority filled with girls who are genuinely interested in sisterhood as opposed to status and partying in their sorority.</p>
<p>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Tabard Society: Some of the wealthiest girls at Penn, not very attractive anymore, very shady. Mostly LA/NYC/international girls. One black girl, a few South Americans, no Hispanics or Asians. Known for ridiculous hazing and self-importance. Predictions are that Tabard will be dead in a few years unless something drastic happens, because girls have realized that they don't want to do crazy hazing **** to hang out with ugly snobby girls. Getting uglier year by year.
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<p>I think this is a very accurate analysis.</p>
<p>Linda H-</p>
<p>Hey! I am a rising Junior in the College who transferred to Penn from Colgate last Fall (07). I didn't plan on rushing because formal recruitment seemed so fake/time consuming, but when I realized that some of the sororities did informal recruitment in the fall, I decided to give it a shot. While Jelly88's post does somewhat accurately represent the "stereotypes" associated with each sorority, I suggest you check them all out before ruling any out. I ended up joining Phi Sigma Sigma because the sisters there far and away were some of the most welcoming, genuine, laid back and friendly women I'd ever met. The concentration of "cool/smart people Amber likes" was so high that in the ~3 weeks I was "rushing" (ie. going out to dinner w/sisters, watching Grey's at the house etc.), I'd made a couple of good friends. I don't know where you're transferring from, or what Greek life is like there, but I urge you to sample it at Penn. It really helped me get connected on campus & expand my social circle beyond transfer kids.</p>
<p>-AW
PS. If you have questions about Phi Sig/transferring to Penn in general feel free to PM me!</p>
<p>Tri-Delt has been very mediocre the past few years...too many ugly girls.</p>
<p>Theta is really head and shoulders above the others in terms of attractiveness.</p>