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I've been thinking about this thread since I read it last night.
Growing up, I was brought up to believe that XYZ sorority was the end-all and be-all of sororities, both on the local and national level. My mom was not an XYZ, but my grandmother and great-grandmother were (I am not an XYZ), but even mom gushed over XYZ. Both at schools in my hometown and at my alma mater, the XYZ chapter was "top tier." I expected nothing less than for XYZ to be "top tier" at each and every school where they had a chapter.
Imagine my surprise a few years ago when I found out that there had been an XYZ chapter near to where I live now but it had closed down! How could this happen? They were XYZ!!! It made me realize that just because a chapter is strong at some schools, that does not mean all chapters are as strong as others. It really opened my eyes.
Before this, every time I saw an XYZ, I believed they were extra-special in some way, just because they were XYZ (and the XYZs I know are indeed special ladies, but that is not the point I am trying to make here). Now I know that XYZ has chapters that are A-1 at some schools, just as the "bottom tier" (oh, but do I hate that term!) sorority at my alma mater is A-1 somewhere else.
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