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First, you need to know expansion is a long and hard journey for every young national organization.
Next, make sure you are ready internally to expand and have a lot of involved alumnae. If you do not have a National Board/Council that oversees the chapters, set up the National Board and incorporate the sorority. Make sure you have a Risk Management Policy and obtain insurance for the National Board and the chapters - many universities require that social sororities have insurance. Make sure the existing chapters have committed advisors and are not neglected while you expand, because you do not want to expand to new locations only to lose your older chapters.
Finally, you need to understand and articulate what benefits your organization will bring to a campus, because there are so many other social sororities and fraternities. This will enable you to determine where you should expand, and help you to find/recruit new members and justify your presence to university officials. Although it is usually easier to start chapter at public universities, you will probably still need to meet certain requirements before the university will recognize you as an official social sorority.
Good luck on growing your organization!
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