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Originally Posted by KKGAlumDGMom
I went to a large university in the early 80's where the Greek system had only just come back on campus a couple of years prior (although my chapter had been able to maintain a small off campus presence during the "banned" years). Our total at the time I rushed was only 48 and my pledge class was only 7 (things have significantly changed size wise now, however). Our house held 12 women.
When my daughter chose a university whose chapters have pledge classes of 50+, I couldn't imagine what that would be like. I have enjoyed living vicariously through her to see some of the differences. There are definitely positives and negatives to both, but I have to admit that I think, for me, the larger chapter size positives outweigh the negatives.
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I feel like I could have written the same post. When I pledged my sorority in the early 80's our total was 60 and my pledge class was 15 girls. I knew them all very well.
My daughter's new member class this fall was made up of 130 girls...more than twice my chapter's total! I still can't wrap my head around the fact that they have well over 300 actives present at their chapter meetings.
I completely agree that there are positive and negatives to both. Both have different experiences to offer, based on similar ideas, and big or small, I doubt any of us would trade our experiences for anything.
