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Old row has history/reputation/alumnae support that the new row houses struggle to compete with. Because of their in-state/southern focus they have significantly higher retention rates which correlates to a better sisterhood and better/more experienced leadership. Every top PNM from the south is going to have friends in mostly old row houses so that's where they will pledge, and then the cycle continues with top PNMs year after year because of old row's "name brand". However, increasingly I do not think old row is "automatically" top. You can see this with houses like AGD and KD falling in reputation because the quality of their girls is not up to par. Although old row houses are top because they benefit from the status quo, some houses are not working hard enough to maintain it. New Row girls frequently win HC queen and SGA positions because all except Theta are members of The Machine (although even Theta has several girls on SGA). I believe the current Miss UA is an independent and Panhel's exec this year is 2/3 new row. It really does not impact as much as you might think in terms of actual opportunity especially since The Machine's power wanes more and more with every year.