When I joined my chapter, there were about 60 or 70 members. I liked the fact that it was small, and that was a major factor in my decision to cut other sororities which were much larger--I wanted a smaller group because I knew I would feel much closer to the members. But my chapter was fairly new and national headquarters wanted us to get and keep our numbers up, so...we eventually got to 100, and now we're over that. The chapter has definitely changed with the size--I'm still trying to learn the names of last fall's pledges (they're not around the house much), and I don't feel the "sisterly bond" that everyone talks about. Now that we're larger we can go for quality members only, but there for a while, I have to admit that we were concerned with the whole "body count" thing...that's a good way of describing it! I really think it's a shame that sororities are pushed to get numbers up when there's nothing wrong with the way things are, but I guess it has to do with the economics of running a chapter. Economics or not, though, I still think it's sad.
