why do all of you care about tier rankings?
by: Seriously
As an alumni of IU and Greek Life, I always found the tier system stupid. It divided greek life and kept fraternities and sororities from meeting each other. It makes me even more sad that three years later, I'm clicking on this website again and the first post I see is a ranking of sororities and fraternities.
Why do you all still make this a thing? I would have thought by now, no one would care about what sorority or fraternity was "better" or "worse" than the other.
Just an FYI, absolutely none of it matters during the work recruiting process, in an interview, post-grad, or really anything outside of Indiana University. In fact, what most recruiters look at is how involved you got in your organizations and what leadership opportunities you embraced. Also, if you put down on a resume that your sorority/fraternity had a Top 10 GPA on campus, we take that as a sign you came from a good group of driven, hardwowrking students.... and overlook the fact that you could have also partied the most. Good grades matter far more than frat parties.
Please new PNM's and Pledges, do not look too hard into these tiers. What matters is where you make a lifelong group of friends and how you can take those friendships outside of greek life with you. AKA Networking.
A lot of people also hate on IUDM, but when you think about it, it's the only organization that has managed to bring most of Greek Life together. I respect that organization a lot for at least making an effort to bring the campus together. IUSF is another one that does this very well.
The moment Greek Life at IU stops focusing on the things that don't matter (partying, pairing, etc.) will be the moment that Greek Life becomes more respected on IU's Campus.
Make some small steps Greek Life. Break the tier system by pairing with fraternities and sororities outside of your comfort zone. Do a random Little 500 and Homecoming. Start attending other philanthropies. Get behind another organization outside of Greek Life. Make House GPA Goals. Support each other. Stop classifying someone that acts a certain way because they're a "certain organization's letters". Get involved in intramural sports together. Once one of you decides to break the mold, eventually all of you will.
Good luck IU Greek Life!
#1by: For real
Great advice. The current system pushes people to join the wrong houses by encouraging them to pay attention to everything except what matters most. The tier system makes others feel rejected or not worthy enough to be paired with another. Our current system is NOT preparing us for real life. When we graduate we will all be joining organizations filled with an entire spectrum of people. I say we should focus on making our first baby step THIS YEAR and find the courage to embrace our differences by mixing up the pairs and pairing with others we aren't normally comfortable pairing with. "Random pair night" IMAGINE what we can all learn from it. Imagine being the catapult for other universities and how others will be proud of the IU Greek system (instead of all the recent bad press the Greek system suffers from). Let's do it and make ourselves and others proud!!! We all deserve it. #IUGreekUnity
Comment#2by: yes
by: Js
∆ negative answers such as these are the reason change cannot occur. Let's all remain positive and share the word!
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#3by: Look at the past..
Hear, hear, you should NOTE PNM/ Pledges that many of the Top house's at onetime. Are now gone from IU! Tri Delta, ATO, Phi Kappa Psi, Delta Tau Delta, TKE and Sigma Nu.
Reminder they did shut down All Fraternity and Sorority activities back in Nov. 2017 till March 2018. Many still on probation this year.
It really is up to the Interfraternity Council and Panhellenic Council to change the cultural and attitude of the IU Greek System!
by: Tod
Then who is willing to copy this conversation to IFC and Panhellenic council? Who has enough clout to convey this message and ensure this will happen THIS YEAR?
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by: PKP
by: Leadership
Good question. Who is going to be the one to suggest the idea of random pairs a couple of times a semester to Panhel/IFC? If you want to bring about change, you need to initiate the momentum. Where are the leaders?
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#5by: Lol
Unfortunately you can pretty much blame “top tier” fraternities and sororities for this. They both refuse to pair with “lower tiered” organizations because of preserving their image (which is created by them). You think top tier social chairs are going to respond to a text from a bottom tier chapter’s social? Absolutely not. But in reality, it would bring Greek life together and be so much more enjoyable to be pairing with more organizations to meet more people. Our Greek life here is so divided it’s part of the reason the culture is so elitist.
by: Yup
I’m in a bottom house and lower mid socials won’t even respond to us... so yeah it’s not just the top houses it’s pretty much everyone lmao if anyone wants this to actually happen you’ll have to go way over the heads of the elitist socials that every frat elects
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#8by: Harmony
Forced pairs is the only way to stop the negativity. As soon as everyone has a chance to meet all of the people from all of the "tiers" and make their own decisions on what all the frats and sororitys are like and find that everyone is more similar to each other than Greek rank says...
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by: Sad
I wish but frats will never go for this. Most won’t pair like one house down on the rankings on a Thursday night lmao
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