[KerriMarie]

No matter your reasons for joining, it IS hard to be a member of "that sorority" - no matter how much you may love the house. It's hard to hear people say to you "Oh, you're a Kappa? But you're not fat!" and to have girls not even give you half a chance during recruitment because the girls in their Rho Chi group say "Kappa doesn't drop anyone, why would you want to be a part of that?" It's hard and it's upsetting - even more so when you love the house and know the women in it are absolutely amazing and it's so frustrating when other people don't realize that - they just see that your chapter is smaller than the others and has members that are bigger than a size 4.

I'm just rambling... but yes. Reputations can be extremely harsh and undeserved, and people have a hard time getting past them. But the reputations can change over time, and you can either stay in the chapter and work to change the reputation, or you can drop out and help keep that reputation going. Do what you think is best.