<p>do you know anything about the continous open bidding during the fall? i heard they had that and it was good for transfers, but idk</p>
<p>I feel like only houses that are desperate for members would do that, but I could be wrong.</p>
<p>If you rush in the fall you miss out hugely on alot of the pledging experience. Granted maybe some people would prefer that, but for me pledging was the best time ever. In general fall pledge classes are smaller and the brothers care less. Lots of traditional events can’t be done with a small pledge class, and you don’t get that same great bonding experience.</p>
<p>I agree completely. Fall pledging is IMHO a kinda cheap way to get into a house, and it does seem that a lot of houses that do it are desperate for new members.</p>
<p>hmm … I didn’t completely read all the posts so I may restate somethings thats have already been said. Here’s my two cents anyways. </p>
<p>Sororities:</p>
<p>There are about 10 sororities in PANHEL, the governing body of Sororities (its the IFC for fraternities). HOWEVER, there are some sororities outside this body. Most notably, aKD Phi (yeah, they have four letters). If you are of the asian persuasion, this is the sorority of interest to you. Kind of exclusive in the sense that they associate mainly with asians only. So if you’re not asian, sorry, this buffet is not accesible to you, please help yourself to the jewish dining center.
I don’t know of any other sororities outside of PANHEL but I’m sure they exist.</p>
<p>All the sororities have gorgeous girls, not-so-gorgeous girls, mean girls, nice girls … just no boys. </p>
<p>Sorority reputations tend to change with each new class of sisters so in my opinion as of spring 2006:</p>
<p>SDT: also referred to as ‘STD’. However, the one sister from that house i DO know is very sweet and wholesome (as far as I’m aware)</p>
<p>Alpha Phi: two of my friends joined this house … <em>correction</em> my two HOTT friends joined this house.</p>
<p>KKG: definitely known for their gorgeous girls. but seems to have several stuck up chicks. when i think KKG, i think cheerleaders in white robes for some reason … very confusing … </p>
<p>KD: i can’t believe someone dissed this house in an earlier post. by far my FAVORITE house. has some of the coolest people i know. they are the nice and pretty variety. the kind of girl you wanna date.</p>
<p>Tri Del: similar to KD from what i hear, but I don’t really know any sisters there.</p>
<p>AZD: fairly new so their rep is not very clear but i feel like it will become another KD to pick up the girls that KD couldn’t (due to logistic restrictions)</p>
<p>AO PI: the sorority that people tend to make fun. for some reason has a reputation for fat chicks. sometimes referred to as “I Ate a Pie”. How does this house continue to exist you ask? For one, they somehow come up with the best financial status. Ive heard its because they are an alpha chapter but regardless, they just moved into an amazing house on north.</p>
<p>more sororities but i dont wanna state anything about the sororities im not familiar with.</p>
<p>NOTE: in terms of statistics, there was an overwhelming number of girls who rushed and a decrease in guys who rushed. I know Beta had 4 rushes at one point and I think they ended up with less than that.</p>
<p>so everyone can stereotype the sororities but no one will for the frats?</p>
<p>Yes. Isn’t sexism great?</p>
<p>JUST KIDDING FOLKS. </p>
<p>That said, it really honestly is easier to stereotype the sororities.</p>
<p>haha lol. what perro said is true. and the other thing is, if you mislabel a frat, you could potentially have 40 ****ed off guys on your hands … that said, i’ll take a stab … </p>
<p>Sig Pi: considered a “rich”, “preppy” frat. Their huge white house is one of the more visual sights of Cornell. Usually holds exclusive parties. I like the size of their house but some consider their basement not suited for large scale parties since their bar is tucked away in a corner.</p>
<p>SAE: considered by many girls as a “hot guy” frat. However, some also consider it a sketchy frat and claim the acronym SAE stands for “sexual assault expected”. They usually have one of the biggest parties of the year. The “green party”. Their house is huge and well suited for parties.</p>
<p>Llenroc: the old home of Ezra Cornell himself. Not many people actually know the real greek letters of the house (i used to but i forgot) and instead refer to it as llenroc (cornell spelled backwards). They have a small basement but they make up for it by extending party access to the second floor, third floor and sometimes even their roof (the view from the roof is AMAZING, its tempting to take a leak off the side of the roof but its best to refrain)</p>
<p>Beta: used to be a very active party site last fall and had a party almost EVERY week! some problems arose and they were forced to discontinue that for a while. Don’t actually know much about them but seems like a nice crew.</p>
<p>FIJI: no idea what its real greek letters are either … near SAE and Sig Pi and often absorbs people who cant get into or get fed up with trying to get into the former two. However, the two times ive been there they had GREAT drinks and pretty chill.</p>
<p>PIKE: the sketchy frat. thats their reputation. I have no idea if its true.</p>
<p>SAM: a jewish frat that is located RIGHT next to the dorms. never been there tho.</p>
<p>TKE: (mine!) kinda a laid back frat. really doesnt have much of a sterotype. holds a big party during the first week of classes (death of summer). its the first BIG party of the year. dont miss it.</p>
<p>Also Notable are ACACIA and Seal and Serpent. These are Local frats or something … they are unique somehow. Dont remember how…</p>
<p>There is a football frat . A crew frat. Two asian frats (holy crap, these guys are scary during pledge semester. They shave their heads, wear army stuff, combat boots and are only allowed to talk to asians or so Ive heard). Several Jewish frats. </p>
<p>I only listed the frats that I heard being discussed most. Not necessarily because they are cool, simply just the names I heard most often. But as perro stated, there are soooo many frats to list. Hope this helps.</p>
<p>An old fraternity thread…
<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=28974[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/showthread.php?t=28974</a></p>
<p>There are actually 12 sororities…</p>
<p>DG- Known for being blonde and good looking. My friend in one of the better fraternities had a mixer with them said they were stuck-up and acted like they were too good for the guys. </p>
<p>KKG- Also known for being good looking. People say the girls are *****y. They weren’t really that bad during rush, though. </p>
<p>Kappa Alpha Theta- Supposed to be top three with regard to looks. Guys I know seem to think the girls in there are cool. </p>
<p>Alpha Phi- Another house that is highly rated with regards to level of attractiveness. I didn’t like the house during rush. </p>
<p>AXO- Apparently we’re supposed to be nice Jewish girls. Our pledge class has a record number of gentiles, however.</p>
<p>SDT- Jappy *****es. </p>
<p>AEPhi- Similar to SDT. I’ve heard of some interesting pledging experiences here…</p>
<p>Tri Delt- Girls I know from here are really nice and like to party. </p>
<p>KD- Not really regarded very highly. I worked with a girl in KD on a project and she was nice. Like someone said above, they might be the type of girls you’d date, since they’re definitely more approachable than girls in the top few houses…and because they’re not stuck up *****es. </p>
<p>AOPi- lol…Animals on Parade. Honestly, I know this sounds awful, but I was unable to make eye contact with the person who was talking to me during rush because she was horridly ugly. The problem with this house is that they act like they’re hot ****, which has caused them to become a joke among the Greek system. For instance, the song they had on during rush was “Don’t you wish your girlfriend was hot like me” and they told us, “No guy ever forgets his first piece of Pi”, causing me to throw up a bit in my mouth :). </p>
<p>AXiD- Relatively new. They had a fairly large pledge class for a new house. They don’t have much of a reputation, but the pledge class wasn’t that bad. Most girls wouldn’t join the house and ranked it down with AOPi. </p>
<p>Pi Beta Phi- I’ve heard there are a great deal of athletes in the house. I think they’re overrated. A few of the girls in my hall from the pledge class were outright gross. I’d say they’re in the middle of the pack with regard to reputation. The girl I talked to was really butch and slapped my knee, which made me quite uncomfortable ;).</p>
<p>I disagree with a few of dysk64’s comments, both positive and negative. Spanks is very accurate from my point of view, although a couple of girls I know in SDT are very nice.</p>
<p>im just going to put a new post on the previously linked “frats at cornell” so just continue there i guess if people are interested.</p>
<p>how does rushing work?</p>
<p>For girls: you get to have the same superficial conversations over and over again with people who are totally judging you…basically. It’s really rough on the dignity and patience, but it’s worth it, unless you get cut from every house except AOPi…</p>
<p>There are 4 rounds of rush…1st round you see all the houses and the dress code is fairly casual (jeans and a sweater) </p>
<p>Then you cut 3 houses…if some house in your top 9 happens to cut you and one in your bottom 3 doesn’t, you will have to go back to the one that you cut in round two. This can occur with all 3 houses in your bottom three, depending on whether your top 9 wanted you back or not. You rank the bottom 3 in order of which one you would least mind going back to.</p>
<p>2nd round is more dressy than the first…I guess black pants or khakis and a sweater/blouse would be good…At the end of this round you cut three houses again. If you don’t have 9 houses I’m pretty sure you cut less than 3. If you have only less than or equal to 6 houses you can’t cut anyone and will go back to all the houses that want you back.</p>
<p>3rd round…most people wore black pants or a skirt. You go to 6 houses (or less, depending on who wanted you back) and cut 3 (or less/none depending on how many houses you had in the first place.</p>
<p>Final round is supposed to be formal most people wore dresses. If you’re final rounded at a house you have a place somewhere on their bid list. You rank the houses at the end of the day and you are guaranteed a bid from one of them. If you really dislike some of your options you can do something called “suciciding” a house, which entails not even ranking the one/ones you would not consider joining. If you suicide you are not guaranteed a bid and it’s suggested that you don’t do it.</p>
<p>Um…first round is basically interviews, 2nd round is a house tour, 3rd round the houses do skits and 4th round is some weird stuff.</p>
<p>It really makes more sense when explained to you during the rush meeting, but I tried.</p>
<p>why is aopi ranked so low? their new house is GORGEOUS</p>
<p>Aren’t they something about eating pie lol</p>
<p>heh…</p>
<p>maybe things will improve because of their new house</p>
<p>a guys pov: reactions based on this year so far and the latest pledge classes. </p>
<p>i know kkg and dg have long been considered the hottest, but i personally think they went downhill. IMO the girls got a little uglier/even more self righteous, and most of the nice ones are going to alphi phi and theta.</p>
<p>which brings me to… alpha phi and theta - quickly becoming the hottest. hands down. cool girls, too.</p>
<p>tridelt & kd: still my personal favorites. more variety in terms of how the girls look, … tridelt is a little more on the fakebake side than kd (which i know is appealing to most of us guys…hence y kkg/dg are so hyped up), but these groups of girls are, as aforementioned, easily the most personable on a genuine level. </p>
<p>pi phi- sort of considered the “athlete” one, but like spanks said, i think they took a dive this year. some of these chicks are downright nasty.</p>
<p>sdt/aephi - hot and i know a handful of cool girls in both, but on the whole, thumbs down on this JAP parade.</p>
<p>axo- i’m friends w. a lot of girls in their 09 pledge class; they did a great job this year. still considered jewish though, so not that desirable to mix with for the nonjewish frats, just b/c of that blanket stereotype. look past it though, they’ve got great girls, not jappy. </p>
<p>azd- i heard they got a good pledge class this year, it’s been rough for them being so new and small, but things are probably lookin up </p>
<p>aopi- their new house is supposed to be bomb. no idea abt the girls cause i dont know any of them.</p>
<p>wait is AXiD the same as AZD? I didn’t see AZD on the cornell chapters webpage.</p>
<p>yes AZD is the same as AXiD. It stands for alpha xi delta and the “xi” is pronounced like the letter z.</p>