the truth about being in a low tier sorority
by: user
People on this site say all the time that lower sororities like ADPi and KD provide the "same experience" and as someone who dropped one of these I think that in some ways that advice is true and in some ways it isn't and wanted to give pnms the truth.
The same: In a low tier house you will still get to experience bid day, mixers, sorority date events, roundup, big/little, etc. With the number of girls in each chapter you are sure to find a group of friends to feel at home with.
The different: You will definitely feel the stigma of being in a lower house. Upperclassmen don't care as much but your first freshman year people DO care, especially guys. Many fraternities will flat out refuse to schedule mixers with you, and if they do not many guys show up. Girls in better houses are the first to be asked to OU weekend, and are asked to more fraternity formals. You will have no chance at being a cowboys or spurs sweetheart. Guys aren't interested in buying your roundup gear, and sometimes don't even want to go to your date events. I had a sister who's date for an event cancelled on her because he got invited to chi o's date event on the same night and wanted to go to that instead. That type of thing is not uncommon.
The takeaway: My opinion is lower houses provide the same SORORITY experience, meaning sisterhood, philanthropy work, and getting to wear letters. If you are more interested in the overall GREEK experience, meaning having a full social calendar, partying a lot, and getting to know fraternity guys stay faaaaaar away from adpi/kd/axid.
Comment#3by: Kk
But if you’re cute and sweet, you don’t experience the stigma. I would know. I’m in a “lower tier” sorority and I love it. I don’t care a lot about labels but I love my sisters so much. Don’t let one persons experience sway you. GDIs have no mixers and also have trouble getting OU dates. Also who cares about boys? The point of a sorority is sisterhood.
#6by: I’m in a bottom house
#7by: alum by now
If your chapter truly has a sisterhood, is it really bottom tier? I was in a bottom chapter, and the reason why I personally considered it bottom tier was because the "sisterhood" was so terrible; there was no sisterhood. In fact, internally it was actually a toxic experience. They were also involved in and cared about NOTHING, not even other orgs or clubs on campus, no school spirit. You are absolutely correct about not getting invited to frat parties, frats guys not wanting to go to your date parties or formals, only their coerced pledges showing up for Greek Week, homecoming, and mixers. At the same time, I kinda don't blame frat guys for not wanting to be around a bunch of openly nasty and catty girls with bad attitudes about everything. Not saying that your chapter was any of those things, but that was my experience of being in a bottom chapter.
#8by: Well
None of it matters after freshman year. Truthfully letting the opinion of guys run greek tiers is part of the problem. However most people stop caring after freshman year. Being in any sorority is generally a great experience as long as you enjoy the women around you. Don’t let ranks deter you from where you feel most at home. At the end of the day every house has its issues and while it’s true in some sense that you get less male attention for being in a “low tier” sorority none of it really matters. I would also genuinely question a person who perceives people based on how their house is ranked. Don’t forget that most of recruitment for upper houses is based on who you know and especially where you lived. The higher ranked in houses you go the more white it gets and there’s a reason for that.
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