Why Rankings Are Irrelevant

It’s inevitable for ranks to happen in the Greek community, especially if it’s made by other people in the Greek community or from vicious websites for anonymous people to comment negatively. It’s easy to take a peek at these comments and read relentlessly what strangers are saying. These ranks suddenly became a popularity contest by outsiders and a forum for anonymous users to leave hateful words.

It’s impossible to have these rankings remove the invisible “top house/ bottom house” stamp on your sorority. However, it is possible to not have these ranks affect you.

Sororities are something to experience if you are from the outside looking in. Otherwise, the person who is making such rude comments is literally making rude comments for no reason at all. Who are they trying to impress by demeaning a sorority? Rankings have a lot to do with perception than actual facts. Many comments made on ranking websites contradict with each other. One commentator will call XYZ classy, while another calls them trashy. You shouldn’t value the opinions of strangers who have no clue what really goes on in that sorority.

Although, it may be hard to pin-point who is making these rude comments, they are irrelevant. No fraternity man can truly understand the bonds of sisterhood. No sorority woman can understand what it’s like to be a member in another house. Yes, they socialize with you and see the endless amount of photos popping up on their Facebook feed, but they cannot live vicariously through you.

These rankings do not define you or your sorority in any way. Women joined sororities for the bonds they want to make. From bid day to graduation day, sorority women are wearing their letters proudly. Since the beginning of recruitment, you may have had an open mind to going panhellenic because you were searching for a sisterhood. What happened within those parties changed you because you finally understand what it means to be a sorority woman. There’s a high chance that after day one of recruitment, you wanted to call yourself “A ____” because you wanted to do what these women were doing, you wanted to match endlessly with them, and you wanted the same bonds they already made with each other. You saw yourself calling those girls your sisters.

You don’t have to explain to anyone why your sorority is ranked high or low. In the end, you earned those letters for embodying your sorority values and you’re making the best memories with your sorority sisters. You shouldn’t choose a sisterhood based on biased ranks and you should not let those ranks affect your sisterhood. The best thing to do is avoid that negativity and concentrate on your amazing sisters. 

Editor's Note: This article was written by one of our new writers, Christina. Please show her some love in the comments for her first post!