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<p>No, Theta Delta Chi (also known as ThetaDelt or Theta Drug, even when I was there) is still around, no?</p>

<p>Theta Chi (different house) was arguably the <em>best</em> "good-looking, mostly Jewish guys" house on campus. I can't compare them to any other house now because I don't know what's changed. At the time they were similar to Pike. House was located on north campus, between Beta and PhiDelt, across from Pi Kappa Phi (don't know if all these houses are still here). Like I said, I don't know what happened--I think maybe they had some hazing problems and were forced to leave. I'm pretty sure that's the new AOPi house now . . .</p>

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<p>Yeah, I don't know what happened to Theta Chi (they are no longer a fraternity here), but according yo your location description, AOPi now occupies their old house. Alpha Phi is definitely one of the best and hottest sororities on campus now and things only seem to be getting better for them. It seems like Tri-Delt is also moving its way up with this years large and pretty pledge class. </p>

<p>The houses that are considered to be top tier houses now are: SAE, Psi U, Sig Phi, Alpha Delta, and a few others. And the top sororities are DG, Kappa Kappa Gamma, Kappa Alpha Theta, and Alpha Phi.</p>

<p>I remember someone telling me that FIJI was one of the best houses a while back. They are still a pretty good today. How were they in your day?</p>

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<p>theta chi got kicked off for hazing. the guys took over TEP or something.</p>

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<p>can anyone tell me anything about chi psi and their pledging/hazing?</p>

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<p>Here's what happened to Theta Chi:</p>

<p>AEPi went under about 3 years ago, kicked out by the nationals for hazing and the like (in turn they gutted the entire inside of the alumni owned house). The re-founded AEPi of course has no relation to this old one, they are a bunch of nerds. Old AEPi guys then went over to Theta Chi, which at the time wasn't terribly cool. The dominant forces of old AEPi then turned Theta Chi into a much more hard core house, and guess what? They went under for hazing. Old AEPi is now residing in TEP, a house that was also lame a few years ago. Now it's a crazy party house. I'm sure in a year or two they will go under, and the old AEPi parasite/cancer will metastasize again, infecting a new house.</p>

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<p>how can these "Old AEPi" guys still be around year after year. Haven't they graduated by now?</p>

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<p>princess--about your question a couple days ago--I'm sure Alpha Phi's national played a big part in their decision to do what they did, but the Cornell chapter would still have had to make the decision to go forward, so, I give them a lot of credit they basically sacrificed their pride and their own good time for the good of the chapter--Happy for them that the house is so successful now.</p>

<p>Anyway, there was a question about FIJI back in the day so I'll just mention the "best" houses during the grunge era--hmm, let me get my flannel shirt out so I can remember.</p>

<p>Top Sororities: ('93-97): PiPhi, DG, AEPhi, Kappa, SDT (if Jewish)
Medium: AChiO, Theta, KD, AOPi (AChiO and Theta maybe slightly better perceived)
Medium-Low: Tri-Delt (but got better by my senior year), DPhiE (no longer there)
In Trouble: ChiO (no longer there); Alpha Phi</p>

<p>Top Frats: Chi Psi, ATO, PhiDelt, Sigma Nu (athletic houses); Alpha Delt,
Psi U, Sigma Chi (money houses); Theta Chi, PIKE (mostly Jewish)
Medium: FIJI, SAE, Phi Psi, Rockledge, Chi Phi, ZBT, DU, Phi Sig, some others
Medium-Low: SigEp, Sammy, Llenroc, DKE, some others
Low: TEP, TKE, Acacia, Zeta Psi, others</p>

<p>FIJI, by the way, was one of those medium houses that nearly all the sororities mixed with. Good group of guys fairly diverse.</p>

<p>By the way none of this really matters. The only time it does is when you meet someone like 5 or more years older or younger than you who went to Cornell and was in a frat or sorority, and you mention your house or they mention theirs. They of course think time has stood still and perceive the house as it was when they went to school. (But of course it doesn't matter as much once you're all out of school, anyway--just like being the "cool kid" or "nerdy kid" in high school doesn't translate into how you are the rest of your life)</p>

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<p>for cornell kids: If you didnt get a chance to participate in formal rush in the spring, what other opportunities are there for informal rush--in the fall?? what sororities usually rush in the fall?</p>

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<p>Sororities that don't have enough members do fall rush...which implies that these houses might be undesirable to join.</p>

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<p>hey spakns just wondering, what houses did fall rush last year? did a lot of girls rush anyway?</p>

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<p>hey everyone i just rushed and i got a pretty good few of the houses if you guys want me opinion:</p>

<p>dg- known as hottest and most stuck up, but i thought they were all really fun/down to earth. would've loved to be in their house til they cut me.. but i liked them a lot. lots of blondes and very hot.. is true but of course some definetly uggs.</p>

<p>kappa- known as one of hottest too, but imo not so much.. they are overrated. some genuinely gorgeous girls but just seemed to be very party/blondy girls. they had the stuck up aura</p>

<p>theta- i think the hottest house on campus, really nicegirls, not trashy .. good house</p>

<p>alpha phi- one of my fav, a lot more "cookie-cutter" then the prevoiusly mentioned 3 but very pretty nice sweet girls. a little boring, but a top house, definetly rising </p>

<p>pi phi- one of the top houses as well, has the rep of athletic house but not really that true, super down to earth and pretty fun girls</p>

<p>tri delt- very mixed house, didn't really get a great feel. very middle tier. some prettyish girls .. dind't really see any hotties.. but not many uggies either</p>

<p>kd- lot of awkward uggies, but some genuinely sweet pretty girls.. everyone was really nice but has a middle-low rank</p>

<p>azd- really sweet nice girls.. but still very awkward.. low status</p>

<p>aopi- has a terrible rep as being uggliest house on campus but i thought some of the girls were acutally pretty.. and everyone was really nice, but there are some hideous girls there</p>

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<p>Okay now, does anyone from cornell who's been here at least a year or two know what groups have had (and perhaps will have) fall rush? im just really curious...</p>

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<p>Houses that didn't reach quota will have fall rush (AOPi, AZD).</p>

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<p>any others for fall rush? what do houses think of junior rushees?</p>

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<p>Idk what other houses do fall rush, most don't. </p>

<p>Juniors are at a disadvantage; people don't really want a junior in a pledge class that is mostly made of freshmen and some sophomores. I wouldn't recommend rushing as a junior.</p>

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<p>yeah ill have to second what spanks said...im a junior and just rushed and i did get a bid, but only because im a transfer student and credit wise i am a shophomore because not all my credits transfered well...so ill be here till 2009, but if it werent for that i dont think i would have gotten a bid...a lot of the sororities take very few sophomores as it is...and pretty much no juniors...if you were doing fall rush it probably wouldnt matter though because the sororities doing fall need anyone they can take</p>

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<p>idk, easyE, AOPi's spring pledge class was HOTT this year and they aren't *****y like some of the other houses we mix with.</p>

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<p>beer goggles?</p>

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<p>anyone know what the dress code is for this fall's casino night during orientation?</p>

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<p>sillyrabbit you're on the wrong thread. I would wear a velour sweatsuit if I were you.</p>

<p>I think it's pretty funny how wrong the perceptions of the sororities are from the perspective of the shi*tier fraternity brothers. "I thought our AOPi mixer was great, it was almost as good as the three-way KD mixer with zeta psi"</p>

<p>MrNova your post on the types of mixers was priceless.</p>

<p>My take on how girls transform from high school flirts to full blown sorority girls:</p>

<ol>
<li><p>Show up to Cornell for orientation week- drunkenly meet guys in fraternity X at night in collegetown - think guys are X fraternity are great guys.</p></li>
<li><p>Rest of orientation week - continue partying with fraternity X.</p></li>
<li><p>Early Fall semester - Learns that fraternity X is a tool shop from older friends. Begins hanging out at A-list, fraternity Y instead.</p></li>
<li><p>Later Fall semester - while crashing fraternity Y's mixer/party with sorority Z, suddenly realizes how uniformly better dressed the Z girls are, the status they have on campus, and the attention they get from the alpha males on campus. Night ends early when blackout occurs and girl spends a night in Y fraternity brother's room.</p></li>
<li><p>The afternoon after #4: Exchanges mudd jeans in closet for designer brands, upgrades purse/handbag. Realizes that she knows neither the name or phone number of aforementioned Y fraternity brother.</p></li>
<li><p>Late Fall semester - excitement over signing up for rush - cycle of clothing, hair, makeup upgrades.</p></li>
<li><p>Winter break - PANIC - goes on weeklong 48-hour miracle diet. Drops the necessary pounds to switch down two sizes by the beginning of rush week. Purchases requisite ugg boots.</p></li>
<li><p>Rush week - friendships are made and destroyed. Emotions run high. The social status of some friends is crushed, the social status of others is suddenly realized (mostly in becoming the token fat friend of the sorority pledge class)</p></li>
<li><p>First mixer - fill in the blank theme. Drunken hookup with fraternity brother</p></li>
<li><p>Second Mixer - fill in the blank theme. Drunken hookup with brother of different fraternity</p></li>
</ol>

<p>11-37. Rinse and repeat #10 until slope day, end of year.</p>

<p>By the end of the first year of college, the average sorority socialite will different clothes, shoes, friends, and habits from HS and first semester. She will live on a glamorous diet of rum, (diet) coke, and boxed wine.</p>

<p>Just my thoughts from the fratbro perspective.</p>