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Originally Posted by KSUViolet06
Something about the "least popular" on campus: sorority members don't realize that it could be their house, so they talk crap. They never think about the fact that if "least popular" closes, someone else is going to become the *new* "least popular."
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Reputations can take longer to change at some campuses, but I think your top point is an especially good one.
I think there's a perception that if that one chapter would fold, then the system would be stronger. Actually, I think people underestimate how much that one weak chapter (or maybe even group of chapters) is doing for everyone else in terms of propping up their reputations. Everyone else can say "oh, poor XYZ, I'm glad I got QRS" without every having to think about how the girls in QRS aren't much different girl for girl than XYZ; XYZ just has fewer of them. And if XYZ goes away, QRS is going to look a little less attractive compared to the rest of the system without XYZ to outshine.