bid day 2013

What Truth said it so right. Best pledge is based on perspective. If you are from Knoxville, you think ADPI or KD got a great pledge class. If you are from Memohis, then Tti Drot did..Brentwood, it might be Phi Mu... Mind you... This is maybe a 30-40% of their chapter. Out of state or small town PNMs with good resumes and great personalities are just as likely to get a top house as anyone.

The cuts on first night just cause some snap judgments. It's hard at big schools. You think UT is bad..some other SEC schools have twice as many girls going through rush.

I am a PNM pleding a so called "top" house. I am also from Tennessee. I have met some AMAZING out of state girls with incredible resumes who got cut from all the houses you just mentioned. Because of preselections, many houses didn't try to get to know her..I will reframe from saying what house she ended up in, but they are so SOOOOO lucky!!!

This year recruitment was absolutely brutal. Legacies were getting cut like crazy and girls were dropping like flies. ADPI and Tri Delta were very rude and obviously already had their pledge class picked out. ADPI only took "in house legacies" because there were just so many legacies going through this year. Unless you had a perfect GPA you could maybe get into ADPI if you were already on their radar before recruitment. That turned off many girls. Phi Mu, Chi O, DZ, KD and AOPI had a great rush! They felt very welcoming and down to earth instead of the "to good for you" feeling you got in ADPI and Tri Delta. DZ really surprised people this year by getting a great pledge class along with KD!

I didn't feel like Tri Drlt or ADPi were rude, but probably because I already had my sites set on some other houses. I guess being a Tennessean helped me in this aspect. I came in really liking KD Phi Mu and AOPi, and all were great. I ended up in one of my top three, and I had a good experience. My Gamma Chi was great and really explained that greek life is great and you will meet friends and have fun regardless of where you pledge and not to close your mind to all sororities based on pre-conceived notions.

You said it all, being a Tennessean helped. I am from TN also, but I heard multiple complaints from out of state girls about the rudeness they experienced by some houses. Kudos to KD and DZ for making all girls feel welcome from what I heard from PNMS. They both snapped up some amazing out of state girls that were overlooked by some other houses, consequently giving them some awesome pledge classes. With that being said, an out of state girl on my hall was very upset by the way she was treated at some houses, especially ADPI. It is almost comical when some houses get on here and say they got the best pledge classes. How can you honestly say that, when you know nothing, nor tried to get to know any out of state girls? I have met some of the most wonderful out of state girls!!! Two I know are pledging DZ, one KD, and two KKG, and let me tell you, those houses were smart to take them.

KD and PHI MU definitely got the best pledge classes this year. They got the girls that multiple chapters were fighting for. DZ however, not so much. idk why people think DZ got a good pledge class bc they DIDNT

I am a PNM from TN. Let's just say I got in what is considered a top house, not KD or Phi Mu by the way. I knew many girls in all chapters prior to coming to UT, and let's just say KD and PhiMu WERE NOT on my radar. I think there are some sour grapes with some of the houses. From my understanding, KD especially is known to bash. They are trying hard to say they are the top chapter, but in reality, they are what some of my sisters call "wannabees." I know some of those girls from high school and not who I wanted to call my sisters. I know a LOT of girls on my hall and dorm who CHOSE DZ. From what I see, they did get an AMAZING pledge class. They did get a lot of really GREAT out of state girls that many chapters overlooked. KD and PhiMu got great pledge classes, but not diverse at all, especially KD...same area girls like always. The above, slanderous comment was obviously posted by a KD or PhiMu. I think my "top" house got the best pledges, but I refuse to cut down DZ because I can give credit where credit is due, and from the girls in my dorm who went DZ; they do have a GREAT pledge class.

Dear KD and PhiMu,

Regardless to what you may think, you didn't get any of the pledges that "multiple" chapters were fighting for. Way to flatter yourself and bash another chapter. My guess is that comment came straight from a KD because for two years running they have tried to convince themselves that they are top tier. Sorry ladies, you got a LOT of our leftovers.

Sincerely
A "REAL" top tier house

Seriously KD and PhiMu...stop trying to convince yourself you are the best. #47 shows your true colors. My guess is a KD wrote that though, not a PhiMu. KD isn't exactly known to have very classy girls. My sorority wasn't clamoring to get your pledges. You want everyone to believe you got who everyone wanted...uh, no.

Why does KD try to insist they are the best? We lost no pledges to you girls. You said you and PhiMu got the best pledge classes? You can't be serious! Um, no.