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Originally Posted by carnation
Wow. This topic is really something to think about.
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I agree. I am still not sure how I want to respond.
Focusing on size alone -- sometimes the bigger fraternities are viewed more favorably. Alpha, for example, is bigger and older than the rest of the black fraternities. Because we're older, we're bigger. Because we're older, we expanded to more places sooner. Even today, I will meet a "white" Greek and be pleasantly surprised that they've heard of Alpha Phi Alpha.
(I say "white" because that has been the race of the NPC and NIC members that I usually meet.)
Would I be happy in a fraternity with less prestige than Alpha? Sure! but I'd be lying if I said prestige had nothing to do with what interested me in the fraternity.
My personality is sorta....I dunno.... I jumped into leadership positions in my chapter rather quickly. Even though I went inactive for a few years, it took only a few months for the brothers to sorta "decide" I would take over the website (when I became active again). I'm one of those natural leaders, or better yet, a natural organizer.
Saying all that to say I probably joined the type of fraternity (chapter) where I had to work hard for a reputation rather than a chapter that was all gung ho rah rah brotherhood.
But it's an NPHC fraternity anyway, so that probably throws a monkey wrench in this whole conversation.