2014 - 2015 school year

DG being labeled as a joke would only happen if other girls thought there was a reason they should be torn down. keep that in mind- theres no reason to say anything negative about another sorority unless you fear them, particularly with recruitment coming up

looks like dg just got stuck in the crossfire of this post, as pretty much any chapter does in one of these ranking threads. i think dg is a well regarded sorority, regardless of the fact that it wasn't the right one for me and honestly you don't really hear anything bad about them.

to echo every other response to a pnm: go into rush with an open mind and take posts on this website sparingly, if you are going to read them.

the only people who say DG is a joke are people who are nervous about having them as competition during rush. like the poster above me said, DG's "sweetheart" thing wasn't for me, but people definitely respect/like them as a chapter.

trust me, no one is worried about DG being competition at rush

I disagree. Kappa's bitter because they had to take a lot of girls DG cut last year and Alpha Phi's scared they'll lose the "nice girls" to them since those members are the only thing keeping their reputation from falling apart. I'd say the only chapters not worried are AEPhi and Pi Phi, since we tend to look for different types of girls than DG.

I agree with above except for the part about aephi. aephi definitely sees DG as competition since they have been dg down all over this site

true they might go for different girls, but dg always beats them in rush and aephi is well aware of that fact

totally agree about different recruitment "competition" based on the type of girls chapters recruit. now that dg has relatively social pledge classes, they pose more competition for the "nice girls"

Spot on comment about Alpha Phi - without those few actually nice, down to earth girls, their reputation would be completely shot. If PNMs see through it and go DG/elsewhere, APhi basically becomes the old Kappa.

Like a lot of other people have said, DG's sweetheart thing is not for me (and some of the girls in the chapter give me a literal toothache), but I'm not sure you can say they're no one's first choice. Statistically, they've come in 2nd and 3rd/4th for the last two years, which says something given that when I went through recruitment in 2012 DG was definitely no one's first choice and probably rushed 5th. And while it's not worth it to name names, I know through friends that there are girls who are now in four other chapters (including ones in the "golden triangle") who were cut from DG and were really upset about it but eventually found their home somewhere else.

I think the way everyone in that chapter talks about it is just chapter personality: they're all super gushy about EVERYTHING and DG itself is no exception. Annoying, sure. Fake, probably not.

Besides we all know which chapter at this school is actually super fake.

DG was my first choice

Especially at a school like wash u, many people chose quality over status

DG has both fake and annoying girls. The end.

Every chapter (and probably every student group at WashU) has some fake or annoying girls, but to say that it's a quality that defines DG is pretty ridiculous. While there are plenty of valid criticisms about them, they're unarguably one of the most genuine sororities at this school. Anyone who claims otherwise or says DG is rude/stuck-up either didn't get a bid or is feeling threatened with rush coming up. They were my close second choice, and though my first choice (and chapter now) are a better fit for me, I would've been just as lucky to be one of them.

I have to echo what some others have said that @No's comment is unjustified. Every chapter is someone's first choice, second choice, third choice, etc., and no one can speak for "a lot of people". The truth is, picking a chapter and how you rank chapters is a personal choice. DG has rushed well recently and the fact that a lot of negative comments about them just started showing up tells me that people are feeling threatened because they've done well.