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Wow, I'm really sorry about what happened to your friend, sugar and spice. I'm like you, I just don't buy that a chapter's rep can change overnight or that it won't affect the members, because it's a possibility that it will have an impact on how members see themselves. Luckily I wasn't negatively affected, but I didn't understand why my chapter was still "penalized" for being what it was ten years ago...yeah, back then it was struggling. Even though it was always stressed to us that recolonization was a new start and that we were part of a totally different group than the one that didn't make it, we still had to fight against the old reputation. I think I've mentioned on here before about how my parents were scandalized at first when I told them which sorority I'd joined because of what the reputation was back then...they changed their minds when they came to Parents' Weekend and saw for themselves that it definitely was far from awful, but still. It's really hard to change a reputation when it's stuck for that long. And it works the other way, too...I can think of some chapters who are considered top-notch that haven't even made quota in previous years! But they're still top-tier because that's what they've always been.
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