the true southern royalty is:

Ole Miss is a southern school.

Thanks, I had no idea

We need to get Zeta Tau Alpha.

I have mixed feelings about getting Zeta back. They are a great southern house and we have a stronger Zeta alumni presence than any other NPC sorority we don't already have, but they struggled when they were here, and they aren't very strong at State anymore. Also, where would their house go?? Really, where would any new sorority's house go? Regardless of whether it's Zeta or not, we need another new house, and soon.

Other options would be Alpha Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Gamma Delta, maybe Alpha Xi Delta...but the none of these are really known in MS except for maybe Alpha Chi since they colonized at USM recently.

In MS- for some reason- houses usually don't do well unless there are multiple chapters in the state. For example - KKG, AOII, and Theta would most likely do a lot better at Ole Miss if MSU and USM had established chapters. And since Pi Phi has colonized at MSU, they have done really well for the 5 years they've been there and I think they wouldn't have had the same success if Ole Miss didn't already have an established chapter along with USM having a chapter as well. Therefore, getting Zeta would hopefully be beneficial to MSU's chapter and MSU's chapter would hopefully help our chapter. And if one of the other chapters colonized, they would need to step it up in MS in order to be successful. Alpha Phi probably needs to do the same.

I have mixed feelings about getting Zeta back. They are a great southern house and we have a stronger Zeta alumni presence than any other NPC sorority we don't already have, but they struggled when they were here, and they aren't very strong at State anymore. Also, where would their house go?? Really, where would any new sorority's house go? Regardless of whether it's Zeta or not, we need another new house, and soon.

Other options would be Alpha Chi Omega, Gamma Phi Beta, Alpha Gamma Delta, maybe Alpha Xi Delta...but the none of these are really known in MS except for maybe Alpha Chi since they colonized at USM recently.

In MS- for some reason- houses usually don't do well unless there are multiple chapters in the state. For example - KKG, AOII, and Theta would most likely do a lot better at Ole Miss if MSU and USM had established chapters. And since Pi Phi has colonized at MSU, they have done really well for the 5 years they've been there and I think they wouldn't have had the same success if Ole Miss didn't already have an established chapter along with USM having a chapter as well. Therefore, getting Zeta would hopefully be beneficial to MSU's chapter and MSU's chapter would hopefully help our chapter. And if one of the other chapters colonized, they would need to step it up in MS in order to be successful. Alpha Phi probably needs to do the same.

We should get Zeta back for sure. They are part of our Southern Royalty!

But now Kappa has real royalty with Meghan Markle moving into Buckingham Palace.

What's going to happen with the whole Meghan Markle royalty thing?

royal

this post is from 2014!!!!! let it go!!!

agree

people are resistant to change

Kappa had a MSU chapter for a while and it folded. Back in the late 70's.

dada on this fo shizziele

Alpha Phi will never be a southern house

dada

because the south is very different. Alpha Phi is could in the midwest but struggles in the south.

Which sorority was the Sandra Bullock character in The Blind Side in?

KD quit, just quit the self ranking

Huh? How is this post written by a KD? I actually agree with OP. These sororities are the varsity players here in the South. I would add ADPi to that list. They aren't super strong here, but at most Southern schools they are.

This is a positive post ,why are you trying to say anyone is self ranking ?

It's true!

ZTA and ADPI used to be at Ole Miss and got closed because of low membership.

That's factual information.

The fact that this got so many down votes just proves a KD wrote it, LOL

Why do you think a KD wrote any of this?

It does seem weird that KD gets accused of self ranking on a post that only has a slight reference to KD. Sometimes I think Trolls live in a whole separate world than the rest of us.

true ee

me too

If we got ZTA and DZ that would be so awesome.

yes!

yes so good

I think op mostly got it right. i think SEC schools have some commonalities.

The OP does have KD on the list. No doubt KD is Southern Royalty. DG is okay here, but they really aren't very good at southern schools besides this one.

Kd is absolutely top tier at every sec school except for texas but the texas tech chapter is super strong and won best sorority on campus they really are great

Nationally, DG is very strong in other parts of the country, especially out west, but they have a very strong chapter at FSU, Their Auburn and Tennessee chapters are good and Bama and UGA are improving at well. The other major one you left off this list is Alpha Phi. They're strong at almost all of their chapters and are one of the bigger ones nationally.

Alpha Phi shouldn't be on the list of southern royalty. They're really strong out west, in the Midwest, and in the Northeast, but they're really just getting established in the South. They definitely don't have the same southern history as the others.

I'm not a fan of Alpha Phi. They just cause trouble

I think of Alpha Phi as being really strong in the West, especially California.

As a Southern expert I can give a little here. DZ is pretty darn good at Alabama, Arkansas, LSU, Wake and UVA, and many "directional schools" in the South. They do have a lot of connections here in the south in particular throughout Texas. I would call them "Southern Royalty." They aren't Queens like ChiO, KD, DDD and Phi Mu, but they would classify as Princesses along with AOPi, ADPi and Kappa. I would consider Pi Phi to be cousins of Southern Royalty - Dutchesses.

DZ is bottom tier at Alabama. They are an established chapter, but they are not anywhere close to being top.

Has never even had a chapter at Arkansas.

As far as Texas, they have one OK chapter: Texas State. They're near the bottom at A&M and dormant at UT and SMU.

Agree that they're good at LSU, but even there they're not top.

Kappa is also top at UGA and Vandy

I can't think of one campus in the south where Kappa is actually top and not mid...

In the South Kappa is top tier at many schools - Texas , Texas A&M, Tx Tech, SmU, Baylor. Arkansas, Missouri, Tulane, Vanderbilt, Clemson, Duke, Wake Forest,Virginia, Washington & Lee, Richmond, William&Mary, Alabama, Georgia

Kappa is a train wreck at TCU.

I must disagree with you about Delta Zeta...University of Tennessee, University of Georgia, University of Alabama, University of Florida and University of South Carolina are just a few of the strong Southern chapters of Delta Zeta. Delta Zeta is a major player in both the SEC and nationwide.

Would LOVE to get ZTA back here. I think they would thrive. They are Southern Royalty.

Zeta is not good at state. I think that would play a big role in whether Zeta would do good here if they did come back. When our Zeta chapter struggled, state's Zeta chapter got worse, and it hasn't come back yet. I think they would stay bottom tier here if they came back, but I do think they would be better than they were many years ago.

Is much better than they used to be.

Zeta isn't getting better at state. They were mid tier until pi phi came in 2009 which passed them up. They are kind of a joke at state are bottom now with adpi. Also they were the first chapter at state and usually the first chapter is one of the most popular but it's the opposite which says a lot in my opinion

Because this is a southern school

because we really want this to expand and become a bigger system

still they and more importantly ZTA would do very well here.