Sororities but real

I’m a super senior in an org most people consider to be mid tier. Since I’ve been here, things have changed a lot but stayed the same w sororities. My freshman year before two of these orgs were kicked off/left campus the “rankings” or whatever was that delta gamma was undeniably at the top, despite how they treated some of their members, deeph and SDT were next, then zeta, ADPI and tri delt were similar, chio was pretty much brand new, and kappa kappa gamma was at the “bottom.” Like there is now, there was still a lot of toxicity, as evidenced by what dg did to get kicked off. But in the time I’ve been here I think the “ranks” have gotten a lot less important, and the houses have gotten a lot closer together. There is no clear top house, and every sorority has improved from where they were, potentially because losing two sororities gave the six that were here the chance to take on tons of amazing new members every year. Even though some houses are considered “top”, I think people are caring less about that and every year you see PNMs dropping those houses on the first day and choosing where they feel they fit, not where they think they need to go for their image. The best advice I can give y’all rushing is to just ignore all the bs and choose the one you think you will make the most real friendships in. It’s Miami, not a state school, and girls can go literally wherever they want, whenever they want and if anyone tries to tell you girls in one sorority or another don’t party, they’re lying. We’ve gotten to a point at UM where literally every sorority here is high quality and being a GDI is fine too, so go through rush with nothing to lose. In the past few years, I will say it’s gotten clear that each sorority does have their own vibe, and people that love one may not love another and vice versa. The ones that cross rush the most are deeph and SDT, zeta and ADPI and chio and tri delt.

Deeph/SDT- they’re the most popular, but this is gonna change as people care less and less about ranks. Already I’ve seen a lot of people start putting zeta and ADPI over them in recruitment. However, if they’re your jam go for it. The girls are stylish, like to go out, and get off campus a lot. The con is they aren’t the most diverse, and frankly not everyone can afford to keep up with the expensive life a lot o f the girls live, which is fun if you can and fine if you can’t.

Zeta/ADPI- in reality the most popular chapters on campus as far as a general consensus of likeability. I’d say they’re a midpoint between the deephs/SDT and chio/tridelt in terms of diversity and down to earthness. They’re generally involved on campus and in greek life, have great social relations, and all the girls are pretty nice and happy to be there.

Tri delt/chio- tri delt is usually considered more popular, but in terms of their vibes I’d group them together. Since I’ve been here, both chapters have gotten a lot better, chio from being the new kids to finding their own niche, and tri delt to becoming more themselves and being competitive in rush each year. They are usually the most diverse in terms of race, lgbt and financial status, as well as the types of girls they accept- you could have a group that parties five nights a week and a girl that never goes out. But, they all seem to like each other, the girls are down to earth and from what I’ve heard they’re a little less strict than other sororities when it comes to how much of a time commitment you have to make