post-rush 2016 frat tiers

Put phi delt ahead of delt, below beta/phi psi

Sig Nu pulled in a larger pledge class than Delt and Beta and are among the largest fraternities on campus so not sure if anything you said was accurate

As someone involved in IFC Sig Nu also gave out a single digit number of bids on the first day and will end up with a strong pledge class of around 30 kids. They competed with all of the other mid tier fraternities for kids and pulled their fair share and during rush they were just as crowded and popular as the other middle tier fraternities. I would place Sig Nu above AEPI and alongside Beta and Delt.

IFC here as well, not condoning SigNu self-ranking or anything but a few things to consider:

1. they only had single-digit drops on Day 1 because they only gave out ~10 bids. otherwise they're looking at a class just shy of 30.

2. they were CLEARLY more competitive in the mid-tier this year. whereas last year they would've mostly competed with LXA and DX, this year they both lost kids to and stole kids from Beta, Delt, and Phi Delt. even took a kid who had a bid from old Sig.

not in any of these stupid frats but when i was walking through the quad on day 2 i literally heard delt chanting "#12" so i really doubt they had 15+ on the first day

If you arent in any of these "stupid frats" why in god's name are you on this website?

Nailed it. A smaller pledge class (read: 20+ at least) of cool guys is infinitely better than a bigger pledge class of weird guys. We'll let the sororities judge honestly

doesn't mean they deserve to be moved up in the rankings. 13 is absolutely pathetic, and 20 is still weak by any standards. when they pull a class of 25, then we can talk about bumping them up.

The size of their house doesn't allow for classes of 25 kids; they only have room in their house for like 20 people. What matters is for once they were actually selective with bids and ended up with a particularly strong class.

Not involved in IFC but as someone with past experience in fraternity recruitment IFC active with rush chairs from all fraternities regarding the number of bids, the amounts of drops, and potential turnout. As a whole they would probably know the most regarding recruitment for all fraternities although the above posters probably aren't IFC. The only way you could determine if they rushed well or not would be if they had 25 or more people in their pledge class which would indicate strong interest.

As a freshman who took part in rushing if the "IFC" people are right and Signu did actually pull in a 30 person pledge class wouldn't that mean that they rushed pretty well? The other fraternities that I looked at also pulled in pledge classes around that number or a bit lower and my fraternity had a 27 member pledge class so wouldn't that be at least mid tier?

Morty is correct, I'm not on IFC either but I am a former rush chair and you'll be surprised how much we know about the rush activities of other houses. at the end of each night the rush chairs get a complete list of the bids and drops at every house, plus if you have friends in other houses it's very easy to pick up on all kinds of gossip like who "stole" pledges from whom, etc. while I too am skeptical as to whether the above posters are actually IFC, I still think it's unfair to completely write them off as Sig Nu self-rankers. I could definitely see "animal house" being, for instance, a Delt rush chair.