fall rush 1989

its crazy how sororitys ranks change so much, yet the frat order is completely representative of current rankings

Greek Rank has only been only been around for about 6 years. As a 20 something, my memory already doesn't serve me well & I'm having trouble remembering what I had for lunch yesterday. Tri Delt may not have been the sorority that YOU thought it was (in rank) because we all have our own opinions based on our own experience.
The Greek system was huge back then & there's no possible way that you could have been that specific in where each house was at, especially without the "benefit" of an Internet. You can't possibly know what the general consensus was on EVERY HOUSE. Possibly the top 2 & bottom 2 MAYBE but again, this has a lot to do with YOUR personal experience.
Making snide comments about certain houses makes me believe this is suspect but then this IS an anonymous site & to me EVERYONE is suspect here. Sort of seems like a mom of a new DG wanting to pump her house up a bit. And/or a DG/alum.
All this ^^^ or you're a Lambda. Can't decide.

This is pretty accurate for the sororities as I remember them in the mid to late 80s as well. I would probably move the 4 top ones around to Kappa - Theta - Tri Delt - DG. Other than that, spot on.

I was there. The top were:

Kappa, Theta, DG
Alpha Phi, Pi Phi, Tri-Delta
Chi-O
ADPi, Gamma Phi
KD

the rest\n\n\n\n\n

Fraternities ranks are still valid except Lambda Chi has created a huge gap between them and everyone else. Lambda Chi is now considered in a tier by themselves and are the ONLY fraternity considered top tier.

Just cruised onto this site for the first time and wanted to drop a few comments on this thread. Here is how I recall the rankings when I attended in 1984-1988.

The order of the tiers was always debatable, with fin differences

Fraternities:
Top: Very cool houses to be in with cool reps, each had a great theme party and had activities with the top sororities and best IFC Teams

Phi Kappa Psi, Sigma Nu, ZBT, Lambda Chi, Sigma Chi, SAE, Beta

Middle: Theta Xi (Tropical Madness party raged), Phi Kappa Sigma (annual Hawaiian party was a must attend), Alpha Tau Omega (old Heidelberg Oktoberfest party was a smash), Theta Chi, Sig Ep (had a great charter launch and started out mid-tier but struggled for first few years), Delta Sigma Phi (mostly due to awesome Sailor's Ball every year)

Bottom: Delta Tau Delta, Kappa Sigma (defunct),Sigma Pi, TKE (was in the Pi Kappa Phi house), Sammy, Zeta Psi (demolished), Theta Delta Chi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Alpha Sigma Phi (defunct)

Overall Reps of top houses:
Phi Psi: cool tall guys, great in athletics, Captain Morgan's Rage was one of the best parties of the year. Fav with Theta and Kappa
SAE: Hardcore athletes, Paddy Murphy awesome party
Beta: Hardcore athletes, huge guys you did not want to fight. Tequila Sunrise Party awesome`!
Sigma Chi: Great at athletics, Derby Days super popular with the sororities
Lambda Chi: Really hip, trendy guys good at sports, Playboy party was also top.
ZBT: Usually struggled to stay top tier, but wildly popular with good sororities and Guys and Dolls annual party was a smash.
Sigma Nu: Tended to give a very elitist vibe and clanish but a top house

Sororities:
Top: Kappa, Theta (by far)
then Dee Gee, Tri Delt, Pi Phi

Middle: Alpha Phi, ADPi, XO, AXO

Bottom: Gamma Phi Beta, Kappa Delta, Delta Zeta, Sigma Kappa, AEPhi

Sorry if I overlooked anyone. Thanks for the walk down memory lane! Party on.

On the fraternity side. I think the consensus is #1 Lambda Chi has pulled away from everyone else so much they are in a tier by themselves and the only fraternity considered top tier. #2 SAE starts the middle tier.

Top Fraternities:
-Front Row: Sigma Chi, Theta Xi, Sigma Nu, Phi Psi, Lambda Chi, Beta, ZBT, SAE

Top Sororities;
-Theta, Chi-O, Kappa, DG, Alpha Phi, ADPi, Tri-Delt.

The Greek system rocked back then, nothing now comes close.

I just hope the greek system can survive this time.

Lambda has dominated the Greek social scene for decades