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I disagree that it's unrealistic to think one can improve a chapter's reputation. Otherwise, by that logic, these groups should fold up their tents and call it a day. Indeed, it is tough, but it *is* possible. However, most people don't care enough to work for it.
I work with a sorority at UT - Austin. I know what a competitive campus it is. I know reputations are ingrained -- and, I might add, undeserved.
I think the bottom line is: How much do you want to be Greek? How important is it to you? Ultimately, you're a sorority member for life -- not just these four years. Giving up membership means forfeiting the amazing lifetime benefits that come with it. Can you see beyond the labels -- labels that are probably untrue anyway?
I do agree that if you're going to be miserable and self-conscious because of a label affixed to this group, you should quit. However, if looking objectively at your sisters, you see the label doesn't fit; if you see that it's faulty, why not proudly don your letters and prove everyone wrong?
Call me a Pollyanna. Call me "stupid" for thinking you can make a change. Call me a naive idealist. I am not trying to be any of those things. I know where you're coming from -- I was Greek at a competitive Big 12 school. I know what it's like. I know how great houses with sweet beautiful girls can be wrongly labeled. I also know that none of these labels and other BS will matter a damn four years from now. Whatever their reputations at UT, the sororities there are wonderful national/international groups -- groups you can be proud to be a member of for the rest of your life.
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