Perspective from upperclassman
by: Woo PS
For any PNMs reading this — because I know I was when I was a high school senior — here’s what I didn’t know when I was in your position.
Top house doesn’t mean best house. Top usually means hard to get into. Each house gets a number of girls they can cut during recruitment. The bigger the cuts the harder it is to get in. They don’t have as many spots to fill, so it ends up being mostly girls they already know or girls that have some kind of connection. This makes the exclusive/hard to get into rep continue year after year.
I’m in what most consider a top house. I love my house, but I knew a lot of girls going in. What I’ve seen in my house and other top houses is girls that are not from Arkansas or don’t have lots of friends from camp or whatever going in have a harder time fitting in. Not saying it can’t be done, but it is just naturally harder.
I’m gonna give a high school analogy. If you move from OOS into a high school where you know no one your senior year and everyone else has been friends since elementary school, it’s gonna be harder to fit in. It can be done, but it’s harder.
Top doesn’t mean friendliest or happiest or best sisterhood. It just means hardest to get into. In fact like the high school example you’ll probably fit in better with other people who haven’t known each other and who have also recently moved.
The top houses in general don’t have as many OOS girls. The mid houses have more OOS. I predict things are going to change big in the four years you’re here because starting next year UArk is making it harder to get in if you’re OOS, so that means a higher % of Ark girls, which means us Ark girls are going to be spread through all 11 houses, even with connections.
Go where you feel comfortable. Harder to get into doesn’t = better. It’s math.
Comment#22 by: PC 2026
I'm from OOS and got into the "top house" and I'm so unhappy. Too many clicks. I try so hard to meet people and make friends and I'm just ignored and passed over. Nobody talks to me at the house and nobody responds to my messages. I thought getting into the "top" house was a blessing. Now I'm realizing it wasn't. Careful what you wish for!
by: WPSFeb 3, 2023 9:53:05 AM
by: wellJan 28, 2023 7:46:57 PM
It is true that the “top” houses keep the highest percentage of girls from bid day to senior year.
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by: ?Jan 28, 2023 8:27:09 PM
#27 by: Sooie
Hey PNMs what I learned the hard way is if you need connections (which you’ll hear over and over again on GR) and don’t have them then you probably don’t really want to be in that sorority because so many of the girls already know each other. Trust me it is HARD to break in to groups of girls that already have a history from high school or camp or whatever.
If you need connections and have them, then you need to decide do you really truly want your connections to be sisters? Do you feel like your best self around them?
As a no connection girl, there are some girls w/no connections, and yes some no connection girls make friends, but that hasn’t been my experience.
by: Yes!Feb 20, 2023 6:55:15 PM
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by: TruthJun 6, 2023 11:37:27 PM
This is true for so many including several good friends.
Be careful to look for girls who you really honestly like and feel comfortable with.
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