<p>What are the reputations of the sororities at Cornell?
Which sororities are the best?</p>
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<p>kappa kappa gamma is hot. I know that much. What year are you? If you're an incoming froshie like me, we'll have a whole semester to go around to open parties at all the houses, meet the people, and decide which we like best before rush/pledge/w.e it is called for girls starts.</p>
<p>It sounds like you mean best in the sense of "most prestigious." Just like with colleges, the most prestigious one available isn't necessarily the best (for you). If you want to ge an idea of who is in what sorority, go on facebook and do an advanced search and go through the housing drop down menu sorority by sorority, looking who pops up.</p>
<p>Given those two options, I'd much rather find out for myself on campus. ;)</p>
<p>Sororities at Cornell...from a dude's perspective (rated by avg. attractiveness of members):</p>
<p>Delta Gamma: Considered most attractive, a correct stereotype. Members usually come from upper echelons of society. If you didn't grow up in their neighborhood in Westchester, you're not going to date one of them. </p>
<p>Kappa Kappa Gamma (Kappa): Hot, as said. Rich daddy's girls. The ones that aren't hot are that much richer. </p>
<p>Theta: Considered one of the top 3 in looks. Don't know much else about them. Was too drunk at mixer to take good mental notes.</p>
<p>Delta Delta Delta (Tri-Delt): Moderate looks. But much more obtainable. More diverse group of girls. Slight reputation for....moral laxity ("Try delt, everyone else has!"). </p>
<p>Alpha Phi: Everyone gave them mad props for a smokin' hot pledge class in '05. </p>
<p>Kappa Delta: A dark horse candidate in my book. Not considered very attractive in general, but things might be looking up. Nickname: "Keg Drinkers". </p>
<p>SDT: Will be ranked much higher if you like JAP-py girls. All sisters are members of aforementioned social/cultural/economic group. Members attract rich jewish dudes from NY/NJ like rotting meat attracts flies. Gentiles will find them obnoxious and vain.</p>
<p>Alpha Chi Omega: Jewish girls. But in the more orthodox sense. More likely to see them at synagogue than a frat party. Will show up to mixers wearing knee-length skirts. </p>
<p>Every other sorority I forgot to mention goes in here------> <></p>
<p>AOP: "Animals on Parade." Most members fall in the 30+ beer category. If you want to go "hoggin", this is the place to do it. Bottom of the barrel. </p>
<p>And of course there are the ethnic ones that no one knows anything about. </p>
<p>So those are my two cents, yes I am aware that there is no value whatsoever in what I've just typed. The best advice I can give you is to make a lot of chick friends, go to a lot of parties, get hit on by a lot of guys, and see what group of girls you fit into. Just have fun with it.</p>
<p>SDT more like STD</p>
<p>thanks perro, now THAT, folks, was invaluable college advice. I can start to imagine an alternate universe where the cornell forum is full of eager freshmen posting "<strong><em>rate my chances! PLEASE!</em></strong>" threads about their chance of getting a bid from this frat or that haha. :p</p>
<p>Getting into a frat, no matter how popular or cool the frat is, isn't difficult. You just have to be able to talk to people and sound interesting rather than annoying. I joined one of the coolest frats on campus but later I realized that I really didn't like the people. Later on, I quit cause I found it useless. </p>
<p>Fact of the matter is, a frat can be beneficial to you if you persue certain business majors and if you want to be a political head of society later in the future (like senator, etc...) Otherwise, it's really a waste of time. Don't join a social frat if you're an engineer or a deep science major (like I initially did). It really is a waste of time.</p>
<p>Everyone has his opinion about Greek life and I think it's best not to impose our views on others, considering that many people that read these things aren't even freshmen yet. Let them figure out things on their own.</p>
<p>Is the Greek scene at Cornell really as prevalent as people say it is?</p>
<p>The opinion that epoch_dreams has is typical of someone who joins a house based solely on reputation alone, only to realize that it isnt all it's cracked up to be. Which is why I stress that point that you shouldn't do that. If you don't stay centered on what other people think and look for a place based on the type of people you want to be associated with, you will come out much better. Yes, he is absolutely right, getting into a top fraternity is much easier for dudes than getting into a top sorority is for chicks. You just have to kiss a lot of ass during rush week. But if you go just for rep and don't click with the people, then pledging is going to be hell, and living with those folks is going to be even worse. My advice is just to not join if you don't fit in. Simple. Also, I think that joining a fraternity is not a bad idea for engineers and deep science majors. Unlike students in other majors, these students really don't get much of a chance to interact with the rest of the student body. The greek system gives them (us, I should say, as an engineer myself) a good avenue through which to interact with a larger and more diverse group of people.</p>
<p>Don't have time to type out a rebuttal right now but I'll get to it by tonight.</p>
<p>I guess I may have been a little too hasty in my first post.</p>
<p>The whole frat thing just wasn't for me. Everyone has their own experience. I initially felt very good with my "brothers" and we had a great time. However; later, I realized that I was spending barely any time at the house cause I just didn't feel like pledging. To me, it just wasn't worth the time, effort, and energy. But others didn't feel that way. Today; when I still see some of my previous "brothers" from my frat, we say hi and talk. No hard feelings. I just lost the interest. But many are different. I guess the frat experience is something that a person individually has to decide. There's no sense in arguing and imposing opinions. In the end, you have to decide for yourself. </p>
<p>I initially thought about arguing back with Perro but it would be pointless. Everyone has to make their own conclusions about things like greek life.</p>
<p>Nor did I ever imply that I wanted to argue, or even that I had different views than you. All I was saying was that a lot of people feel similar to how you do because they chose a house for the wrong reasons. That's all.</p>
<p>it's time for a bump.</p>
<p>I would reccomend watching the documentary film "Sorority Boys".</p>
<p>That's not a documentary! LOL, that's a comedy!</p>
<p>Oh shoot, I am going to fail that cinematography paper for sure now!</p>
<p>i'm interested in this! bump!:)</p>
<p>Perr.....How come you did not comment on AEPhi? What is your take on them?</p>
<p>will someone make a description of the dif. frats? like...basically which ones have hot guys etc so i know which frats to party at when i come visit in april!! haha :)</p>