bids

For top tier you would have to be VERY lucky and be strategic about it. If you're from Texas or somewhere else in the South you might be able to pull it off. If you're not, your best bet would be Pike or Kappa Sig for middle tier.

ATO and Phi Psi also good middle frat. Boys from all over the south. Lots from Texas.

It generally takes connections or friendships to get in the top three or four, whether you are from out of state or not. A majority of freshmen have been from out of state for several years now.

Fraternities are more likely to give a bid to someone they like regardless of their residence or connections. That said, I would say there is a general preference as follows, which may vary from chapter to chapter (anyone disagree?).

1. North and Central Mississippi, including the Delta, excluding East Central Mississippi
2. Texas, Georgia, Memphis Area, Missouri boot heel area
2. East Central Mississippi
3. South Mississippi (Hattiesburg to the Coast)
4. Alabama and Tennessee
5. Remaining C.S.A. states
6. Border states and Southern Illinois
7. The rest of the country.

that the best houses would be the ones that take a variety of guys. Who would want to be in a house that only consists of local guys. Aside from being boring, it seems like it would lead to a lower level of networking...unless you are determined to work in Mississippi, I guess.