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Originally Posted by naraht

Alpha Gamma Theta at Columbus State Community College survived for 15 years (1990-2005) and was about the same distance from Ohio State University's chapter (Alpha Iota).

So having a chapter at a CC may work, if the CC is in the same town as a large state school with a stable chapter.

Naraht, what you don't know about Columbus State is the fact that during that 15 year period, there were large periods of dormancy where the chapter was virtually inactive, some lasting 2-3 years apiece. When I was a student there (1992-94), we only had one pledge class the entire time I was there (Fall 1992) and that consisted of only three people, whom I never saw after that. After I graduated, I remember attending a pledge ritual for two individuals in the Fall of 1995, of which only one got initiated. Then I remember a handful of people getting initiated in 1998 and another handful being initiated around 2000-2001, and the chapter died out shortly thereafter.

APO chapters at community colleges do not work because the community college environment simply isn't conducive to its survival (put another way, community college enrollment can be very sporadic - a student may attend one quarter and take the next two quarters off and re-enroll the following quarter, etc. Plus the school spirit at a community college isn't the same as that of a 4-year school).