sad for daughter

hate to break it to you but all your daughters attributes you described, just about everyone else has that same resume and looks. It's was it takes to get into OSU. Sure it's sad that it didn't work, but maybe you all went in with that she was a given. Legacies aren't a sure thing. So she shouldn't have relied on that. She should Re-rush with a different attitude. Also a lot of times it's who you know in the houses from HS, that really helps girls get into top tiers.

I'm sorry your daughter was blinded by the tier system. Although I agree with the notion that legacies should be dropped early in the process if they aren't interested, your daughter had GREAT pref houses. While they may not be top, they are all well respected and chi o and fuzzie have made massive improvements the past few years (not that tri delt is bad, they just haven't improved as much). So many girls would have loved to have one of those houses to pref and I'm sorry your family is too superficial to realize that. Since when is middle tier bad????

Your daughter wasn't forced to drop out. She had 3 great houses that invited her to attend the preference ceremony, which is very meaningful at every chapter here. But she, and clearly you, thought she was too good for those houses. Many girls would have killed to have even one of those houses in their preference round- many girls were dropped from recruitment and didn't even make it to preference round.

Each house has legacies from other houses. I know someone in our house that pref # one my house and is one of the houses you mentioned above and was a theta legacy and but put them down as her #3 choice felt a better fit in our house. And one of the response mentioned those were three excellent options that if she tried she would have enjoyed herself. Sounds like your daughter went in thinking because she was a legacy she would fit in with those houses at OSU.

ChiO and TriDelt are both nationally very strong chapters, as good if not better than Pi Phi. While they're not top tier here at OSU, they're still not some little regional chapters.

As for her being a legacy it's not a huge deal at OSU, and there really aren't any schools of similar admissions standards and good pi phi chapters. ChiO is better at OU, and UD. TriDelt is better at Cincy, and Toledo. So besides Miami where all three are present, I'm really not sure how you're comparing apples and oranges. OSU is a better school with better girls, maybe you daughter is top tier at the lesser admission schools, but she's not here.

I honestly think you're trolling, because I can't imagine anyone's mother being so superficial as an adult woman, that could reflect back on her amazing sisters who have gone on to be successful career women, moms, literally anything more than just a pretty face who could throw back a few more shots. That's the only difference between top and mid tier, both tiers have amazing sisterhoods, programing, academics, etc.

Nobody's mom would go on here and it would be really odd if they did! Those are all great houses and everyone knows tri delt and chi o have had 2 years now of great pc's. Every house has great attributes and is a wonderful fit for its members.

First of all, I don't think this is really a mom. Secondly, I'm a DG legacy but preffed one of the mid tiers she mentioned - not because there weren't nice girls at DG, but because I related better to the girls in the other house. In my opinion every house had some girls who were smart and pretty and probably had some who were more into the party scene. Maybe some houses have a greater percentage of those things but they ALL had a mix.

I'm honestly shocked by the lack of respect you members have shown me. It is not a bad thing to want to be a part of an elite organization if you are a stellar PNM. The sororities with the highest level of national prestige are pi phi, theta, and chi o, but we couldn't get over chi o's average at best reputation here. Tri delt isn't bad nationally, but fuzzie? It definitely is

tiers change. maybe not drastically, but they do. if you really are a mom and you have such a big greek legacy, you should know that. just 10 years ago when my cousins were at osu, KD and alpha phi were considered higher ranked. new pledge classes and changing priorities about what makes for a desirable house dictate some of that. the mid tiers at OSU are as strong or stronger than the upper tiers in a number of ways. again, IF you really are a mom, then I actually am saddened for your daughter too because she doesn't seem to be receiving the message about what's really important.

clearly a fallen "top tier" trying to bad mouth two strong "mid and lower tier" who are clearly rising in the rankings.