theta

what do you mean they're unaffiliated?

Actually they affiliated this past year. Machine added them when the election looked close them regretted it when they lost by 2000

they're not members of the Machine, they've been offered a place but they voted as a chapter and decided against it.

Theta is not affiliated. They were offered a spot this past spring but have not accepted as of now.

Love that!

Honestly the machine is losing steam. After alpha gam's opposition this spring I'm not surprised theta decided to stay out this year.

This might be dumb, but what exactly is the machine?

Theta was founded in Indiana. But that doesn't really have anything to do with a house being strong or not. Theta has a stronger presence up north/out west so that is where most of their legacies/interest comes from. They don't have as many chapters in the sec as chi o or Adpi, but they are getting stronger.

Maybe not at Alabama but PBP, KKG, and KAT are considered the holy trinity of sororities... Known as PKT. They are very strong at elite institutions and the Ivies including Harvard and Yale. They are also very particular about where they will establish chapters.

I think you made that up.

Lol not made up, I've heard of this it too. Go look at other schools' greekrank pages or talk to your friends about their Greek life and you'll hear about it. Life isn't always centered around Alabama.

PKT is a university of Texas thing. Not really anywhere else. None of these three sororities are particularly strong in the sec.

Omg! You are a bunch of Alabama Hillbillies! PKT is a thing and not just in Texas. These are the top houses at Stanford, MIT, Vanderbilt, Emory, USC, UCLA, Duke, UVA, Chicago, UCLA, and most of the Ivies. I can't believe my sister wants to go to school at Alabama. Phi mu is non-existent at most of these places or known as moo-moos if they are there.

there are a lot of sororities at the IVY League level including our top tier at Alabama. I looked at Harvard's page and Pi Phi is not even there?! Also Theta has only been at Harvard (the first sorority) for a very small amount of time so its not like there is some rich history or tradition with them at Harvard or any of the other 2 sororities (alpha pi just came on board I believe). Alabama's sororities have been on this campus - some of them for over 100 years and we are rich in traditions and history - so please stop putting your pkt thing on us. You have your traditions but we have ours and we value the time energy and creativity it took to built this amazing system up. We don't tear down what you are trying to build in Texas but please don't tear us down either.

really laugh - is I am from Texas and Theta is NOT top tier at Texas Tech, Texas A&M, or TCU only at Texas, SMU and Baylor. so please know that this is ONLY a University of Texas thing and does not transfer to the rest of Texas. I don't know why they are feeling the need to push this agenda on all of us but it will never happen in the south. ever.

Actually there aren't a lot of sororities at the Ivy League level. Yale, harvard, Princeton, and Brown only have 3 sororities. Harvard only has kappa, Alpha Phi, and Theta. Theta is considered the top house at all of these schools. Harvard has only had sororities since the 60s because they merged with Radcliffe College (an all girls' school). Their Greek system is not acknowledged by the school, but they are allowed to stay under the radar. Honestly, it's neither here nor there. I just felt the need to correct you since you didn't know what you were talking about.

In all honestly in Texas the Greek systems with the most wealth, history, and prestige are UT and SMU. And in both PKT are at the very top. Where I grew up those three were very very sought after even to high schoolers. They would be like if you had pledge classes at Alabama where 85% came from Mountain Brook. Laura Bush, the Bush Twins, Lynne Cheney, Victoria Kennedy, and Cindy McCain are all Thetas. The Bushes and Kennedy from Southern universities.