sad facts

At every school there are girls who think they're too good to be in any sorority that isn't "top tier" no matter how many sororities there are. UM could definitely use another sorority if a lot of girls were going through rush and getting dropped by everyone because there just isn't enough room for them in any sorority, but if to them being in the top three is all that matters I don't really feel bad if they got dropped, Most girls in non-top sororities love their chapter, and they still social and go out all the time they just don't have the same 'prestige.' Remember at schools with 10-15 sororities there are double or triple the amount of girls rushing than there are at UM, so it's still as competitive if not way more and most of the girls rushing will not be top tier.

I think she’s right each sorority is double the size of every frat. If sororities got split up into smaller groups tiers would be less of a thing. If sorority rush was done every semester there would be more girls joining without a doubt. The rush process isn’t welcoming enough if it’s only once a year.

Each sorority IS double the size of every frat and I think that's an issue, but that's a national problem, not a Miami one. There are 70+ fraternities and only 26 sororities, and at pretty much every school with greek life there are less sororities then frats as the sororities tend to be much larger. Another part of the issue is the recruitment process; sororities are looked down upon for COBing so they're less inclined to recruit twice a year as they think it makes them look bad, while most frats pretty much everywhere have a spring and fall rush. I think it's because in general sorority recruitment is much more regulated than fraternity recruitment, and the girls end up going through a crappy impersonal process with all the sororities while the frats have more control over their rush events and pledge class sizes and the guys rushing can focus on frats they like. This all sucks for the girls, and I'd love to see UM open up to another sorority, but the problem isn't as easy to fix as just bringing in more sororities, as this is pretty much how greek life works on a national level, and since sororities are so much bigger and more regulated it's much harder for them to change their reputations or fit in to a certain niche.

Sorry, not the person who posted the second comment, didn't realize we used he same name

Transferred to UM from a big southern school with 20ish fraternities and like 15 sororities that had supposedly great greek life. Believe me if you thought Miami was cliquey you haven't seen anything yet. Honestly I'd rather be bottom tier here than top tier there, because the people in greek life and the social scene at UM are just so much better. There might not be as many people in greek life at UM and we might not have big houses, but believe me I'd tailgate at Miami over my old school any day of the week.

This is actually accurate