do rankings matter?

Oh and just adding on, I know these aren't reasons to choose a sorority. I was just wondering after reading different rankings!

Rankings do matter if you let them matter. I am in a good sorority but have friends in every sorority. I have a friend in a bottom house who dropped right after being initiated. She was disappointed that she got cut from her top choices and wouldn't give her bottom house a chance. That being said, she always told me she hated swaps. Lots of fraternity members didn't show and they didn't hold pregame or late nights at the frat house with the sorority. When I had swaps with top houses, they always invited us to pregame with them before the swap.. This is just what I've heard and what I know from my own swaps. Some girls in bottom houses are embarrassed by their letters and how the girls act in their sorority

are you really that shallow? do not rely on this website to form opinions on sororities. that's the dumbest thing you can do in your position. I suggest you actually meet a couple girls in each sorority before you form an opinion. and to answer your question, no, you don't have a bad experience in a lower house UNLESS you want to have a bad experience then you will.

Some may argue that it changes your experience, but I would say no. I'm in a "middle/lower tier" sorority and I have still had THE best college experience I could ask for. The only thing that your tier will influence are the people you hang out with. Certain sororities and fraternities sometimes gravitate towards each other. I've never really experienced people treating me badly because of my Greek affiliation. If anyone ever treats you like you're beneath them because of affiliation, that's someone you wouldn't want to be your friend anyways.

Tiers don't matter. Being in a top tier house won't give you benefits and being in a bottom tier house won't give you any consequences. The only reason why tiers exist is because we are naturally competitive and everyone made up fake tiers that don't matter.
I was guilty of this too when I was a PNM. I didn't want to be in a certain house because on here they were described as "average" and "lower tier". I ended up loving the house and I am now in it! I don't imagine myself in an other house because I love my sorority so much! You get the same experience no matter where you go and you'll end up making life time friends!
To be honest, different people have different opinions on the tiers. Some say KD and DG are the same, some say AOPi is slightly above Pi Phi (and vice versa), and some say Theta is above ADPi (and vice versa). "Tiers" aren't posted on a wall in the Student Union and the Greek website because in the end no one really cares.
If tiers is all you care about, you are really shallow. I hate it when a PNM ask me if my sorority is "a good one". Uhhh.... YES it is! There are no bad houses here! We raise the most money in Greek Life (that's why we're a big Greek school). You will regret not being open minded during rush because you will get dropped if you just drop "lower tier" houses because of the tiers.

It does matter.

Those who say tiers don't matter are in middle and bottom sororities. Those who say tiers do matter are in top houses.

absoutely not. I have friends in theta who have the time of their lives and love their sorority. I also know plenty of girls in KD and Tri delt who also love their sororities. Just because it's considered a low tier house does not mean you will not have fun. Greek life is what you make it

My roommate was a grade risk, but went through recruitment hoping for the best. After skit she only had ADPi and theta left. She chose to drop out of recruitment and try again next year. I have no idea how she will do next year, but she did work hard on her grades.

Most days she hung out with friends in sororities and we all worked hard to include her, but swaps and date parties and formals were hard for her. She saw all of us having a great time and she felt really left out.

I think next year she will think twice about dropping out of recruitment and she will probably accept any bid she gets. Even girls in lower houses have fun.

I know lots of thetas who are embarrassed to wear their letters, but they still have fun doing sorority stuff.

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