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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dd at uva said it looks like tri sig got six pledges, which is better than last year at least. I hope some girls COB and get them back to a decent size.[/quote]

It was like 3-4.

Honestly, I put those girls up. It takes a lot more courage and independence to join a sorority like that than follow the herd to some cookie cutter top tier house. [/quote]

I do too, I give them a lot of credit and I hope they stick it out.[/quote]

+1
And the 3-4 happened because every PNM thinks they belong in a mid to top tier “cookie cutter” chapter and when they get to the last night and have only a mid tier and “lower tier” left, they will ISP (only put the mid tier on their pref card at the end) because most girls are very insecure and don’t have the strength of esteem to join a sorority that they are told is lower tier. In reality, the girls in every house are great—but there is just a stigma about joining a “less popular” house that makes girls decide they’d rather not join at all because they just don’t want to deal with that.
But the reality is that when you have 10 chapters to choose from, there are going to be groups that people consider to be on the top , in the middle, and on the bottom. But it’s all superficial because in the end every group has women who are amazing and will make great friends and incredible leaders, philanthropists, and support system for anyone looking for sisterhood.
So I hope those girls hang in there and thrive![/quote]

Yes and frankly many of those who had tri sig left, should’ve gone tri sig, meaning they would fit there beautifully. But it’s the rumors and negative talk that kept them away. [/quote]

+1
Take as old as time, tbh.
And it’s often not only the other group members who perpetuate the stigma. The men’s groups are notorious for telling the girls who are rushing which houses they shouldn’t join! And ironically, it’s often the 2-3 houses nearest to the smallest house rather than the most “popular” houses that engage in the negative talk in an effort to boost their own reputations as “not the bottom.” But what they don’t realize is that the negative talk actually hurts the whole system. Not just in VA, but everywhere. When your Greek culture negative-talks a house to the point where girls will choose not to go Greek at all rather than pledge a perfectly fine group that happens to be smaller, it eventually sets that chapter up to be in danger of closing due to low membership. And if that happens, then they aren’t the bottom house anymore, are they? And the cycle continues. [/quote]

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