cross rush

People say ZTA self promotes, but honestly, GR seems to be trending toward ZTA hate. Lots of negative posts

Someone seems to see a need to put them down!

Yes they cross rush, but usually the more southern girls go Phi Mu and those from the north or west go Zeta.

Phi Mu tends to heavily cross rush with other OR houses. Rarely do Phi Mu and Zeta heavily cross rush the same girls... Why? Because Phi Mu and Zeta have different ideal PNMs. Phi Mu's ideal PNM is a Southern, well-rounded, smart, and pretty girl. However, Phi Mu lacks a lot of interest from instate girls simply because PM just doesn't have a big national presence, meaning there aren't a lot of instate PNMs who are legacies of PM. So PM tends to heavily rush girls from the general SouthEast region as well as very well rounded girls from far OOS, such as the West and East Coasts.

Zeta tends to heavily cross rush with Alpha Phi and Pi Phi. ZTA's ideal PNM is a pretty and socially outgoing girl. ZTA tends to lack a lot of interest from instate girls simply because of reputation. ZTA doesn't compete with OR houses so they heavily rush girls from far OOS and their pledge classes are mainly comprised of girls from the tri state area (NY, NJ, CT), the West Coast, and Illinois.

So why do people tend to compare them? Both houses are conscious of appearances. Both are known for being partial to pretty girls and having girls who are materialistic in a sense. However, I think it's important to note that while PM does place an emphasis on appearances they also care about what else a PNM has to offer. PM has the upper hand during rush compared to ZTA so PM can be much more selective... And they are, PM tends to take girls who are not only pretty but also smart and involved. Whereas ZTA tends to take girls who fall sort in those areas.

Idk, in my opinion PM and ZTA are completely different and personally I don't understand why people lump them together. Hope this explanation helped.

This is how I think of it: the girls that phi mu goes after hard for will still have zeta on their schedule up to sisterhood (eventually dropping them for a mix of old row houses) but the girls that zeta guns hard for will rarely have phi mu on their schedule after philanthropy (phi mu will usually drop them). I've never met a girl who told me she preffed both phi mu and zeta but I've heard of a lot of girls preffjng phi mu kd and kappa, axo chi o and phi mu, tri delt phi mu kd, those are just examples i've heard talking to friends of mine

It's definitely a regional thing for me. I'm also considered Southern, but Zeta has a very strong local chapter and Phi Mu pretty much doesn't exist. There are definitely girls who are popular, pretty, and wealthy who prefer Zeta but they also don't care at all about school. I guess they become realtors or use university to make "connections." It's the house for football rats and rich party girls with reputations so bad Kappa won't take them.

The OOS Phi Mu's I know also preffed Zeta. I'm guessing that the in state Phi Mu's preffed Old Row houses like KD and Alpha Chi

Phi mu takes pretty classy southern girls with good grades.

Zeta just takes pretty girls.