sorority comments

While we appreciate that you "know" the houses that you would like to pledge, it is more important that you go into recruitment with an open mind. Remember that this process is a two way street and so many PNMs shoot themselves in the foot by going in with a house already in mind that may not be a good fit for them or the house. Also, while your friends from home may love and adore you, no one can guarantee you a spot in a house. Each house is made up of many girls. Recruitment is the week to make up your mind. Not before. Btw... your slightly condescending, "know it all " attitude is not going to fly with any house during recruitment.

general consensus at USC

TOP:
Kappa
DG
Theta
UPPER:
Pi Phi
Alpha Phi

MIDDLE:
Tridelta
ADPi
LOWER:
Gamma Phi
SDT

BOTTOM:
AXO

Looks good to me.

Also, yeah... I agree, you need to go in with an open mind. "Why?", you sound pretty ridiculous. While I agree with you that people attacking each other on this site is pathetic, it's not for the reasons you say. Houses at USC are HUGE and you should really go where you feel you like the girls. Don't go anywhere to be "popular" or "hot" because guess what: nobody cares. If you're fun, smart, pretty, boys (if thats who you care about) will think you're fun, smart, and pretty regardless of your letters. USC isn't like those crazy southern schools where your letters are EVERYTHING--so let's all stop trying to make it like that.

I agree.

But I think Kappa/DG are equal as the top 2, followed by Theta rounding out the top tier.

For upper, I'd Pi Phi/A Phi are also pretty equal, although I think there's more of a gap between those two than Kappa/DG (Pi Phi leading).

Otherwise I agree. Nobody pay attention to the left, its crazy; Tri Delt and ADPi above Theta and A Phi? Nope. The rankings to the left can change with one row of all 5's or one of all 1's, and nobody believes them.

no one thinks there is just one number one house but Kappa. haha. they are always on here ranking themselves.

God, you guys are rude. And I sound condescending? Ha!
I know there are girls in the houses I want, who could override my friends in those houses and therefore drop me. I know rush will be stressful even for someone with my advantages, and yes, I do have quite a few.

Oh, and heads up to all you guys who think your house is the best and we all want to be in it....

Kappa should know that lots of the girls they want would pledge there, but know they won't like it, they just admit to do it for the "name." How sick is that?

Theta should know that, especially among my friends, you don't have a cool rep. the girls I know in your house are not cute, and were not popular in high school.

DG should know that yeah, there is alot of hype about you guys, but your reputation is kind of grotty. The guys say lots of really nasty things about you.

Pi Phi should know that the cool, very laid-back girls who want you are not going to be all that involved in greek life. They just want a fun house.

I won't disagree that that is the LA local perception going in to USC. So are you still only primarily interested in a Top 4 house, despite what you have just said? Or are the LA local types also looking at Alpha Phi, Tridelt, ADPi, etc? Because it sounds like you are well aware that the top 4 aren't entirely what they're cracked up to be, but would only choose those 4. Just curious

SO TRUE. Except Pi phi isn't that great...

Here's what I know. In LA, OC, and NorCal, girls from certain families are expected to "rush well" and that still means a "name" that has meant something to my parents @ g.parents for like half a century. My cousin goes to CAL and she got into a top 2 house. There are only three good houses there so it's scary. My friends that are rushing there this year are very nervous. At least at SC there are 4 totally acceptable houses to join,so your mom and her mean girl 50 year old friends won't gossip about you all over town about how you did not rush well. I PERSONALLY would never pledge the houses you mentioned below. It would be considered a "bad rush" and I would never do it. I don't know any girls who have rushed the 3 houses below, not here or any school. I don't want Theta but if I had no choice.. but I do know girls in DG, Pi Phi, Kappa that I really like so that makes me think I would like the house, fit in. We all know the houses that matter, at ALL schools, not just USC.

You sound absolutely ridiculous. Who CARES what your 50 year old mother's friends are saying; if you are centering your life around adhering to their "standards" and unfounded elitism then you need to grow up, and hopefully college will do that for you. Particularly since the order of houses at USC is slowly shifting, being stuck with such a rigid elitist attitude is not only snobby and off-putting, but it is becoming increasingly unreliable as the "Top 4" starts to fall apart and other houses rise (some think Pi Phi and Alpha Phi are equal now, for instance).

If you are putting that much pressure on what SORORITY you get into than you REALLY need to set your priorities straight. And if truthfully, your mom and her friends are still so concerned with a petty popularity contest, then they are extremely immature as well.

USC is not some southern school where your letters are all there is to you. If your sorority rank is the most important thing going for you, you are truly pitiful.