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i think the original poster wondered if, for example, alpha beta gamma sorority(i made up the name for purposes of demonstration only) is known nationally as the smart sorority, delta epsilon zeta(another group i made up) as the beauty queen sorority, etc.
if i am on target, my answer is no; i do not know of any npc sorority that has a national identity. we all have diverse chapters all over the country, sisters in all colors, shapes and sizes, smart girls and not so smart, popular, outgoing girls and shy girls, girls for whom service is very important, girls for whom socials are very important. what each npc sorority has in common with its chapters is their ritual & national traditions(for instance, my sorority has a national blessing that is sung before meals-our new members may not possess any object that has our crest(coat of arms) on it, until they are initiated, all our chapters support breast cancer research, to name a few). within the national organization we do have chapters that have certain reputations, warranted or not. we all have chapters whose members are consistently noted for their good looks, the chapter that has the highest gpa, the chapter that makes service a priority, but even those reputations will change from time to time.
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