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Originally Posted by irishpipes
The system can accommodate that much growth? I don't know that we know that. I believe most/every chapter at Ole Miss has just expanded their chapter houses. How do they pay for that if chapters go from 350ish to 125ish in only a couple of years (graduation attrition combined with much lower quotas)? Plus, if the new chapters want to bid up to average chapter size, that would mean 4 chapters times 350ish which is roughly 1,400. That is a whole lot, especially because these colonies would want to be extremely selective. Not to mention that that many colony members could overwhelm the system. That is a lot of folks who don't know the ropes all at one time.
I'm all for expansion at Ole Miss (and lots of other places), but I think biting off too much at once will inevitably cause one or more of the new chapters to fail. That would be tragic considering the cost to colonize.
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Do you think two are possible and/or necessary?
I understand the thinking that two groups at once helps avoid some sort of stigma attached to a single new group, but we've seen lots of successful colonizations in the SEC in recent years, and I'm not sure that the new kid necessarily comes in at a disadvantage. Often, it seems, many women would prefer the new group over one that has a less popular reputation.
ETA: I didn't realize there are only 9 groups there now. That means that every new group is a serious hit to quota (over 10%).