fraternity movement 2016

Same Ol’ Same Ol’- DKE, Kappa Sig, KA, Chi Phi, Sigma Chi, Sammy, DU, Sigma Pi, ATO, AEPi, TDX, TKE, Phi Sig

This list consists of houses that continue to get the same quality pledge classes, got a good enough pledge class not to consider them falling, or did not show consistent improvement from the previous year. DKE continues their trend as one of the top two or three fraternities at UVA, getting another very solid group of guys. Kappa Sig, at least from my perspective, had a decent enough rush and remains a great fraternity in a great location. KA consistently prove to do whatever they want, driving around in their pickups to deliver bids, but it seems to always work out for them. Chi Phi and Sigma Chi continue their trend as fraternities trying to break into the top, but not quite making it. Sammy and DU showed no consistent improvement from their very good pledge classes from last year, and will be trending downwards if they don’t nail it again next rush. Sigma Pi pulled in a group that was nothing special, but one that was better than last year’s group. AEPi definitely had a better PC last year, but they didn’t absolutely drop the ball this year, especially given their already narrow pool. ATO actually did alright with their pledge class; given that almost nobody ever talks about them, though, they’re a little hard to judge. TDX, despite being very annoying, did alright. Phi Sig and TKE continue to be uninspiring but present and retaining decent numbers.

Falling- The Hall, SAE, PIKA, Phi Delt, Pi Kap, Pi Lamb, ZBT/SERP

These fraternities are either The Hall, and got demolished during rush, or have consistently gotten below average pledge classes for what’s expected of them. The Hall got wrecked by DKE and Elmo, so I don’t see them as on the same level as where they were last year, but they’ll probably be fine come next spring. SAE continues to get small, average quality pledge classes, and despite throwing some good tailgates, are definitely fading towards the middle tier. PIKA is definitely still losing ground and fading deeper into the middle tier (I’d have them as upper middle and trending down still at this point), which is pretty sad to see as they are an Alpha Chapter. Phi Delt had around 20 guys show up for final hours, and got another low quality pledge class for what they’re used to. Pi Kap had even less guys than Phi Delt show up for final hours (I have a friend in there, and heard it was something like 15 people). Pi Lamb got a way smaller pledge class than last year, and needs to build up its numbers if it wants to stick around. Lastly, ZBT/SERP I threw on here out of consolation. I heard both took part in rush (at least I know ZBT did, but I’m not sure about SERP) and neither got a PC. So much for the ZBT recolonization effort.

Sorry, took awhile. The last post seemed to be well received, so I thought I'd leave another one. Anyways, here's what I heard or know from this year's fraternity rush. I tried to be as objective as possible, but at the end of the day it's still my personal opinion so there is some bias and people will almost certainly disagree with me somewhere.

This is all such a joke

Does SERP have more money than the Hall? I mean - how do they even pay their bills with such low membership numbers?

Sammy, ATO, and DU are all on the rise as well. Sammy has a huge pledge class, ATO got their biggest pledge class ever, and DU's pledge class way WAY better than this past year.

Elmo stealing Hall prospects? Top Hall prospects usually cross rush with dke or zte, but not really Elmo...this must be from a GDI perspective. Zte did steal a guy or two, but in retrospect we are probably better off without them. The Hall's party on Saturday was still dope tho.

Dke also stole a good amount of hall prospects as well...

phi society has a ton of goobers, and they were basically handing out late round invites and bids like candy. quality>quantity