how about we get some actual uva sorority rankings
by: magsEveryone knows that the perpetuated 80's tier system is bs. Different people want different Greek experiences and therefore will like different sororities. Don't give me the regurgitated nonsense: tell me about you (just a quick blurb about the kind of person you are) and then tell me YOUR individual original tier system in your order of preference.
#21by: whyamidoingthis
#22by: @likeagphi
Don't waste your time with the critics; they're probably all the same person. There's a girl that visits this website 2-3 times each day to comment and rank promoting certain sororities and demoting others.
On the rank section, with some variety to avoid obvious self ranking, she votes down zeta, sigma kappa, gamma phi beta, and alpha chi o and votes up alpha phi, dz, kd, and sometimes pi phi. She ranks the sororities I mentioned about once every day or so, voting more often to cancel out others' votes if anyone else visits and ranks differently than she does.
I know because I realized a pattern on the pages after I came back to see what people said about the ranks I made: she had voted to cancel out my ranks where they didn't line up with hers using a name that the pages were littered with (she does "anon" and "truth" and "honest" a lot).
Notice that the times at which people commented here criticizing you line up with the times at which the frequent user ranked combinations of the aforementioned sororities? It's totally her, ranking and commenting over and over. I wouldn't have wasted my time with this comment if you didn't seem so painfully genuine and naive; I feel really bad for you.
#23by: whyamidoingthis
Yeah…I don't know anything about this. My earlier post was my first time posting on this site ever. I've never ranked any of the sororities here.
Personally, although I like your idealism, I don't think there's much to be done to salvage this site. I think the best we can do is make it a place where unrepentant bashing of any sorority is looked down upon, but I don't think it needs to become a community. There's no accountability measure in place for those who would choose to abuse the anonymity.
I also really don't like the idea of posting pictures of sisters without their permission--especially if it's just to show off how attractive they are. Sorry, just not a fan of that idea.
I agree that first year girls might be turned off by this site, and that's why I appreciate the positivity discussion (although I did not start it). I genuinely believe that the whole recruitment system works out, and as long as people are genuine during rush, they will find themselves in a place that they will love, as long as they go into it with the right attitude--namely, an openness, and without any preconceived notions.
I think the UVA Greek system as a whole has an awful reputation (which makes the rest of us look bad when we say we're in a sorority), and this cattiness plays a huge role in it. We're really just bringing ourselves down here.
#24by: whyamidoingthis
I don't know, I'm just spouting off randomness at this point. But I like your idealism. I don't think Greekrank is a good foundation for any unifying measure you have in mind. But I'm all for more acceptance and tolerance in the Greek community--I often say that I love my sorority and my sisters but hate Greek life, and I'd like to be able to change that.
#25by: @@likeagphi
I dunno, it seems like you are voting down cetain sororitys (KD, PBP, DZ, DG, etc) and up-voting others (ZTA, GPB, SK, GPB, ACO) more than that other person is voting the way you claim. It seems you are on here more than she is, and skewing the rank even more.
Topic? Third year history major/comm minor, living off-grounds.
Top: DDD / PBP
Upper Mid: AP / ZTA / DG
Mid: DZ / KKG / ACO
Lower Mid: KD / SK / KAT / CO
Bottom: GPB / ADP / SDT /SSS
#26by: :)
I'm a second year and I'm involved with University Dance Club and Madison House. I'm very involved with my sorority, which I will not name. I am basing my rankings off of the girls I know, sisterhood, involvement, how sociable the girls are, and how much people actually like the girls as a whole (from my experience).
Top (in no order)
ZTA
DG
SK
GPB
DDD
DZ
Upper Mid:
ACO / APhi
Middle:
PBP
CO
ADP
KKG
Lower:
KD
SDT
SSS (sorry, it's just hard to be involved / visible when you're that small of a group…I know one girl in this house though and she is so sweet and fun!)
KAT
#30by: ES-KKG
I came to UVA assured that KKG was the top of the top tier based on, I guess, outdated information. Don't rely on reputation; meet the girls in each house and decide for yourself what you think.
I'm happy enough here but I think I could have done better if I'd given other places a chance. Oh well, at least our alumnae network is strong.
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by: likeagphi
Okay. Thanks for trying to defend me and mine, haha. <3 I like the positivity discussion; did you start it? You seem like you're pretty familiar with all of this, but I'm just guessing about the discussion.
Do you have any ideas for how we can add more camaraderie to this website at all? I imagine that first year girls stumble across it like I did and are pretty turned off by the negativity and then think Greek life is a big uncomfortable competition. Even I feel competitive about it sometimes, and it scares me. Did you know we have only about 700ish girls rushing this year, which is down about 200-300 from last year? I don't want to co-big, haha. x)
I didn't know it was so weird to tell everyone what sorority you're in, but I'm glad that I did because the reaction is really interesting? Like think about it. It could have been, "oh, look at this girl she clearly loves her sorority the same way i love my sorority. we all think we're in the best sorority so that means rush is a good placement system. greek life is such a beautiful thing," but instead it was, "look at this arrogant girl that is daring to think her sorority is hot stuff. let's show her how wrong she is and accuse her organization of building themselves up in a bad way?"
Lol, I can't even word the negative reaction correctly. I just think the general reaction was kind of frightening and that pnms see it when they find gathering places like this. Help me brainstorm a solution?