Well, here it is, the long awaited 2008 rewrite of “The List.” Last year’s created quite the unanticipated uproar on campus, with over 60K views and 350 comments, and started Michigan OTR on the path to win it's first "Best Alternative Media" award from US News and World Report. This year marks the second annual edition of the infamous list, and I'm guessing it'll probably cause a similar amount of controversy as the last one.
For those of you immediately asking, “How did you write a new list? Aren’t you in New York now?” the answer is simple enough. I wrote last year’s list at the beginning of the year, so I had a whole year on campus to observe (and write about if you recall) about Greek life on campus. Combining that with field reports on rush prospects for this year from my vast network of spies still on campus, I’ve been able to compile a new list that reflects changes in house reputation over the past year. So without further ado:
| Fraternities | Sororities |
| 1. Phi Psi 2. SAE 3. Pike 4. Theta Chi 5. Fiji 6. AEPi 7. Chi Phi 8. SigEp 9. ShadyPhi 10. DKE |
1. Tri Delt 2. Kappa 3. Alpha Phi 4. EK 5. AXO 6. Theta 7. DG 8. Chi-O 9. SDT 10. ADPi |
If you don’t remember or understand what makes a house “cool,” it generally means it has the hottest, most fun collection of members who throw (or attend) the best parties. It also helps you a great deal not to be boring. Alpha Phi may have a bunch of girls sitting around looking pretty, but I’ll be damned if I heard one interesting thing about them all last year. Same goes for Theta Chi, who besides yelling racial slurs at cops, failed to do much of anything to hold on to deserve their top three spot (and being on SoPro 24/7 doesn't help). Phi Psi continues to be proclaimed as God’s gift to frat life by everyone I talk to (but seriously, fix your ****ing window already) and Tri Delt now rests firmly atop the pile as both generally hot and genuinely interesting to write about (although it is a shame they couldn’t land us Terrelle Pryor). And yes, Pike went up. I even surprise myself sometimes.
I’m sure there are a few upset houses right now, but also a few that hate me slightly less. Either way, let me hear it, and remember, even if things didn’t go your way, you’ve got a whole year to turn it around.
Until next time,
JQ





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Top 5 for sororities and frats looks pretty good. I'm amamzed someone 1000 miles away could keep it right. Posted 09/22/2008 11:28 AMReply
- EK Posted 09/22/2008 12:24 PMReply
2. Kappa
3. Alpha Phi
4. EK
5. AXO
6. Theta
7. DG
8. Chi-O
9. SDT
10. ADPi
11. Pi Phi
12. AGD
13. DPhiE Posted 09/22/2008 1:03 PMReply
2. SAE
3. AEPi
4. Theta Chi
5. Pike
6. Fiji
7. Chi Phi
8. Sig Ep
9. ShadyPhi
10. DKE
1. Alpha Phi
2. Kappa
3. Tri Delt
4. EK
5. AXO
6. Theta
7. Chi-0
8. ADPi
9. SDT
10. DG Posted 09/22/2008 1:06 PMReply
i mean... HAVE YOU MET DB
best guys ever. Posted 09/22/2008 1:39 PMReply
Guys are accurate though. Good job at bringing back the list, JQ. Posted 09/22/2008 1:43 PMReply
and youve written more about alpha phi than tridelt and kappa combined, how does that not make them interesting? Posted 09/22/2008 2:11 PMReply
2. SAE
3. AEPi
4. Pike
5. Theta Chi
6. Fiji
7. Sig Ep
8. DKE
9. Chi Phi
10. Psi U
1. Alpha Phi
2. Tri Delt
3. KKG
4. EK
5. Theta
6. AXO
7. DG
8. SDT
9. ADPI
10. Chi-O Posted 09/22/2008 3:10 PMReply
- Sorority girl. Posted 09/22/2008 3:25 PMReply
2.pi beta phi
3.AEPHI!!!!!!!!!
4.std
5.the kkk
saweet Posted 09/22/2008 4:26 PMReply
but if your basing who you choose off this list then i know aephi is starting rush soon, definitely take that
AEPi secured a bigger and better house for next year, i figured they'd move ahead of pike this year...not below fiji Posted 09/22/2008 4:51 PMReply
-just an observant gdi Posted 09/22/2008 4:52 PMReply
maybe one your spies can write these?
and aephi is coming back? that's gonna be sweet Posted 09/22/2008 4:55 PMReply
1. SAE
2. Phi Psi
3. Theta Chi
4. Pike
5. FIJI
6. AEPi Posted 09/22/2008 6:30 PMReply
I guess even blind squirrels know how to find (read: bust) a nut. Posted 09/22/2008 6:42 PMReply
- ahahaha true Posted 09/22/2008 7:29 PMReply
2. Alpha Phi
3. Kappa
4. EK
5. Theta
6. DG
7. AXO
8. Chi-O
9. ADPi
10. SDT Posted 09/22/2008 7:49 PMReply
I miss the smell of Chicken Noodle Soup in the AM...JQ come back :( Posted 09/22/2008 8:55 PMReply
Agreed. Posted 09/22/2008 9:26 PMReply
He is the most ripped man on this planet!!!! Posted 09/22/2008 9:52 PMReply
2. SAE
3. Beta
4. Theta Chi
5. Pike
6. Fiji
7. ShadyPhi
8. AEPi
9. Chi Phi
10. SigEp
1. Alpha Phi
2. Tri Delt
3. Kappa
4. EK
5. AXO
6. Theta
7. DG
8. Chi-O
9. ADPi
10. SDT Posted 09/22/2008 10:27 PMReply
2. Tri Delt
3. Kappa
4. EK
5. AXO
6. DG
7. Theta
8. Chi O
9. AD Pi
Alpha Phis and TriDelts are getting great pledge classes this year... Kappa is turning into the sorority for hot jewish girls, sorry Theta. EK's rep on campus as the social ones are getting them some pretty good pledges too.
It's not even worth it to give #10 a rank because SDT, AGD, D Phi E, and Pi Phi are all shit and just getting worse.
No way is Alpha Phi going down... they cut the most girls on the first day and have been really hard about it, while TriDelt continues to invite back... hm, let's just say not the creme of the crop. Posted 09/22/2008 10:52 PMReply
sae
phipsi
theta chi
pike
aepi
psi u
fiji
sammy
who cares about the rest Posted 09/22/2008 11:41 PMReply
sorry that kappa and chi-o are basically the only sororities where girls can be any religion and just be accepted for their personalities... and sorry alpha phi that you want to be as waspy as possible and NO ONE CARES. kappa and tridelt got the HIGHEST return rates for rush. alpha phi -- you did not. cry about it at your dirty rush barbeque. Posted 09/22/2008 11:44 PMReply
Seems to be true from what I've heard, Alpha Phi is making the toughest cuts, we'll see on bid day won't we? Posted 09/22/2008 11:47 PMReply
SAE
PhiPsi
ThetaChi
Those 3 frats are easily the top 3 on campus if you dont include Beta which is right up there with them. Posted 09/23/2008 01:14 AMReply
Trust me, neither of the houses would want you if they knew you were trying to decide between them that way. You shouldn't be going Greek. Posted 09/23/2008 09:42 AMReply
sae
phipsi
theta chi
pike
aepi
psi u
fiji
sammy"
Why stop at ranking 8 when you could include Hillel and Chabad House? Posted 09/23/2008 10:44 AMReply
kappa
alpha phi
theta
sigma kappa
ako
chio Posted 09/23/2008 12:16 PMReply
not to mention voted the best pregame on campus on this site Posted 09/23/2008 2:14 PMReply
tier 1.5: aepi, pike, fiji
tier 2: DKE, sigep
tier 2.5: Chi Phi, psi u Posted 09/23/2008 3:01 PMReply
this list is so inaccurate is hilarious.
oh and whoever made the aepi pregame comment is right, crazy place to stop every football saturday for me and my housemates.
-house of informed gdi's Posted 09/23/2008 4:55 PMReply
6. Fiji- nice and fun guys to party with.
7. Sigep- some decent guys and some akward ones......
8. Dke- only throw one party a year and have plenty of akward guys, at least they don't bid everybody though.
9. Chi Phi- gives bids to everybody.
10. Shady- I don't even know anything about them. Posted 09/23/2008 5:59 PMReply
6. Fiji- nice and fun guys to party with.
7. Sigep- some decent guys and some akward ones......
8. Dke- only throw one party a year and have plenty of akward guys, at least they don't bid everybody though.
9. Chi Phi- gives bids to everybody.
10. Shady- I don't even know anything about them. Posted 09/23/2008 6:00 PMReply
Going greek is such a fake process. Freshman can't really tell what's up, who's real, who's cool and who's not by the 25 minute parties. So we consult this list to find out where the hottest place to be is. Posted 09/23/2008 7:22 PMReply
Every time I go to the UGLI i keep thinking I see Steve Urkel, but it just turns out to be another ****in pike. Posted 09/23/2008 8:30 PMReply
Clearly, JQ didn't talk to anyone who knows Jeff Roan. Posted 09/24/2008 12:32 AMReply
Most of the girls I have spoken with have liked Tri Delt the best followed by Kappa and then Alpha Phi. The majority of them liked Sigma Kappa a lot more than Alpha Phi but have been hypnotized by this website which all of them have read and were reluctant to pursue them as strongly as they may have with Alpha Phi. Chi O should be higher than DG and Theta and yes all of the hot jewish girls would much rather be in Kappa. Posted 09/24/2008 03:50 AMReply
YEAH BRAHBRODUDE!!!!!!! Posted 09/24/2008 6:57 PMReply