ranking and why they suck
by: I hate us
I am not going to rant or talk about why it is stupid to judge a group of 60+ guys or 200+ girls collectively because that point has been talked to death and any further discussion will probably cause you to tune out and think I'm some guy/girl who's butthurt their organization is ranked "bottom". Instead I just wanted to talk statistically about what our "ranks" mean.
For arguments sake, let's say a typical fraternity starts with 60 guys in the fall and recruits 15 new guys every semester. That means that 20% of everyone in a fraternity in any given semester is new. And since each class is ~15 guys, that means they lose ~30 guys at the end of each year, which at that point will be not only a huge chunk of the active members, but will only leave the fraternity with MAYBE A LITTLE MORE THAN HALF OF THE ORIGINAL GUYS (~60%). Yet rankings are rarely updated and in terms of human opinions, it is hard to change the way someone sees a group once they have made up their mind on how they see them. That being said, I think I have a solution on how to make a new system that works for everyone and makes sure our pointless ranks are 100% accurate!
The solution is to ACTUALLY MEET each of these groups of people and GET TO KNOW who they are before making a decision, and then NOT PERPETUATING A STEREOTYPE after you have made up your mind about them so that other people get to meet them too and FORM THEIR OWN OPINIONS as well. I know, crazy right?
Comment#2 by: Half Right
Your argument is based on the assumption that these new members are drastically different from the old, which is not the case. By nature, people want to surround themselves with like-minded individuals with whom they can feel comfortable. Because of this, actives will attract pledges/new members with whom they share opinions, personality characteristics, and interests. The new members will be more like the old than not. However, this isn't to say an organization can't change. It would just be a slower change in culture than your image of a 100% turnover every two years.
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by: I hate usSep 7, 2015 8:59:48 AM
Now you're half right. I agree that when it comes to new members typically the people who join are likeminded individuals. However, many times when a fraternity or sorority is trying to move up they recruit and bid the people who they want to make them better. Because of this, if we just assume blindly that more often than not new members are similar enough to the old ones than its not worth meeting or getting know them, then no one is every going to change and grow and thats just a depressing thought.
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