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Originally Posted by DeltaBetaBaby
I'm a believer that, on campuses with chapters larger than, say, 80 women, we could use a random number generator to throw women in chapters and it would work just as well as formal rush. That's why it is hard for me to understand how someone "belongs" in a top tier chapter and is too good to be in the smaller one.
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I strongly disagree. Just because a campus has large chapters does not mean that any PNM would fit into any chapter. At least at Maryland, this is certainly not the case because I feel like chapters have their own distinct "identities" and it's not just based on how "hot" chapters are perceived by guys. Out of the 14 chapters (chapters are 140ish after spring FR) at my alma mater, I still say that I would be a good fit in only 4 of them (all of which invited me to pref, one of which I joined), an okay fit in 4 more, and definitely not a fit in the remaining 6.
Could I have found SOMEONE to be friends with in any of the remaining 6 chapters? Of course, but I would feel like an outsider if I were in any of those 6. And in case it matters to you, 5 of those 6 are considered "top" or "middle" chapters, all of whom cut me at some point in the process, and the other is still a strong, viable chapter that doesn't have problems with numbers.